I should like to tell of the first healing I had in Science. It has been a poignant reminder that "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble" (Ps. 46:1).
Although it was many, many years ago that a loved one in my family, for whom I can never be grateful enough, first introduced Christian Science into our home, it was not until a frightening physical ailment overcame me about ten years ago that I really was receptive to Science and became interested in studying it. At that time I had been under the continuous care of a specialist for several years for a serious internal disorder that was worsening instead of improving.
The climax was reached one Saturday when I became very ill and was told by the specialist that because of my alarming condition and because of the history of my case, I would have to be hospitalized immediately. I told my husband that I did not want to enter the hospital because I should like to try Christian Science. Although he was very much disturbed by the seriousness of my condition and the verdict that the specialist had given, he lovingly consented to phone a Christian Science practitioner.
