Shortly after moving crosscountry and starting a new job, I noticed a growth on my leg. My husband noticed it, too, and said it would have to be removed surgically. I told him that before he and I met, this growth had been removed surgically, and now it had returned. In between, I'd begun to study Christian Science, and I felt I could help myself better by using what I was learning through that study. My husband agreed, but felt we should check it after a while.
Even though I wanted to rely on God, I still felt afraid. So I began my prayers by endeavoring to get rid of the fear. Soon I came across these words in the Bible: "Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom" (Luke 12:32). I felt this was a specific answer to my prayer. I could feel God with me, giving me only good, and that ended my fear.
At the same time, things were not going smoothly at work. I was having problems with a co-worker who seemed indifferent, even hostile, toward me and my efforts to befriend her. One day, things came to a head. I ran back to my desk and prayed diligently for an answer. As I opened the Gospel of John, my eyes fell on this passage: "But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, and needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man" (John 2:24, 25).
