At a time when I had decided that if the kind of experience I was having was what life was all about, I didn't want any more of it, Christian Science came into my life. I had felt such a sense of emptiness one evening that I decided to take my life by a certain date if things didn't improve. I remember earnestly praying to God that I would do whatever He wanted me to do if only I could feel loved and cared for again. I had a family that loved me, but I didn't realize at the time that I was searching for divine Love —the love that comes from God that makes you feel joyous and complete under all circumstances. When I woke up the next morning, I felt completely different. God had answered my prayer!
The night before I had been setting a date to take my life and here I was the next morning filled with joy. The following Sunday I found myself at a Christian Science church service. I had been invited very lovingly by my sister a few weeks before, but had turned down the invitation because I didn't think it was what I was looking for. When I stood up with the congregation that Sunday to sing a hymn I remember feeling "I'm home again." I had been introduced to Christian Science as a child, and I am so grateful to my mother for this, though I hadn't stayed with Christian Science at the time.
I turned to see my daughter walking
into the room with her arms
outreached to me and smiling. That
was the end of the illness!
