I had been away from Christian Science for about ten years when I had many personal difficulties pile up. Arthritis had made my hands and wrists very weak, and digesting food had also become difficult, as had breathing. I’d had enough! I wanted something to change.
I remembered my grandmother saying to “hit the books” for help, for a deeper understanding of God. By “hit the books” she meant to read and study the Bible along with any and all of Mary Baker Eddy’s writings, including the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. So, I began studying Christian Science again. When I did, I found some more of my grandmother’s words that she had written in the introductory pages of her copy of Science and Health. She wrote, “Read about 20 pages a day to complete in one month,” meaning to begin reading on the first page and to read the book from cover to cover.
I had occasionally dipped into Science and Health over the years, reading small passages here and there, but after I followed my grandmother’s advice, along with reading the weekly Christian Science Bible Lesson each day, I began to notice beautiful changes in my life that I continue to be so grateful for. I was beginning to be able to use my hands and wrists again, and I knew that, as I kept studying, complete healing would follow. I trusted that if I could gain a deeper understanding of God, all the physical ailments would completely disappear.
