Over twenty years ago when I was in the second grade, one might have described me as a rather shy and timid child, tending to cling to my mother as often as possible. I cried before being prodded to embark on the school bus each day. When the phone rang at our home, I was afraid to answer it. I was told at school that my reading skills were not progressing. Along with all this, I had recurring earaches and needed to be home from school occasionally, which added to my difficulties at school. Because of the continuing ear problem, my hearing was not as good as it should have been.
I attended the Christian Science Sunday School regularly and had many beautiful healings. Daily I studied the Lesson-Sermons in the Christian Science Quarterly with my mother, who has studied and practiced Christian Science all her life. But the ear problem persisted, and we called on a Christian Science practitioner for treatment. I stayed home studying and learning more about God and my relationship to Him as His perfect child.
During this time I loved doing jigsaw puzzles and spent quiet hours engaged in this activity. One afternoon I was thinking how my jigsaw puzzle was so much like me and I was like it. I realized that once the puzzle was completed, it was seen as a complete picture with no part missing. Similarly, I was a complete idea of God with nothing missing. I knew then that my whole being lacked nothing because God's perfect child is whole and upright. Within a few days the ear trouble eliminated itself through drainage, and I was in school within a week. Since that time I have had no recurrence of ear difficulty, and when I have been required to have my hearing tested, it has proved to be excellent.
