Christian Science came into my life when my whole world appeared to be tumbling down. I was most unhappy, my health was poor, and I was terribly confused. When I attended a Church of Christ, Scientist, such peace and consciousness of unity with God came to me as I had never before experienced, although I had been a member of an orthodox church almost all my life.
I am grateful for the Christian Science practitioner who with patience and kindness lovingly led me out of the valley of despair. She showed me that as a beloved child of God, the offspring of divine Love, created in God's image and likeness, I was already perfect, whole, and complete. Therefore I did not need to be under the care of doctors, nor did I need to take the drugs they prescribed. I had been told I would have to take these drugs the rest of my life because of an operation on my thyroid gland several years before I turned to Christian Science. It required a great deal of letting go of many human beliefs before I was able to see that man is not material but spiritual. As I studied the Bible, together with Science and Health and the other writings by our beloved Leader, Mrs. Eddy, I grew in my understanding of Christian Science. When I understood that God is my Life and that He meets my every need, the desire for medical help left. I have not returned to a doctor's office in these past seven years.
Another healing I am particularly grateful for came about as the result of my activity in our branch church as chairman of The Christian Science Monitor advertising information committee. A voice difficulty, best described as impaired vocal chords, due to the thyroid operation previously mentioned, had to be overcome. Many times I experienced pain and great difficulty in talking loud enough to be heard, and at times of stress or toward the end of the day my voice would almost disappear. Self-consciousness threatened to engulf me in the fear that my voice would fail or the next word would not be heard.
