ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO a medical diagnosis showed that I had diabetes. I was told that I must go on a strict diet and take medication for the rest of my life. I was frightened by this prediction, and I took medication and followed the diet for several months.
I began to feel very hopeful.
Yet, I had no faith in this routine and gave it up. From past experience with Christian Science healing, I realized that God is my help and deliverer. I decided to seek help through prayer from a Christian Science practitioner. The result was marvelous to me. I had been afraid this disease was incurable, but while the practitioner was treating me, my fears disappeared. I began to feel very hopeful. I read in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy: "The power of Christian Science and divine Love is omnipotent. It is indeed adequate to unclasp the hold and to destroy disease, sin, and death" (p. 412).
