Overcoming Shyness Giving Testimonies

I would like to express my gratitude for the Wednesday testimony meetings. They are inspiring and heartfelt, the testimonies praise God‘s power and goodness and they are wonderful. In this week‘s lesson, Mary Baker Eddy speaks of testimonies of God’s all-power and all-presence in the Bible. She writes in Science and Health, “From beginning to end the Scriptures are full of accounts of the triumph of Spirit, Mind over matter … Moses proved the power of mind by what men called miracles.“ and then, “In Egypt it was Mind that saved the Israelites from belief in the plagues. In the wilderness streams flowed from the rock and manna fell from the sky. … even in captivity among foreign nations, the Divine Principle wrought wonders for the people of God in the fiery furnace and in King’s palaces.”.

It wasn’t until I found the Plainfield Church that I realized the importance of giving testimonies. Having been very shy for most of my life, the thought of public speaking was very intimidating, but this is something entirely different. I have learned that it starts to become a human endeavor, but the Divine takes over. Very often, the suggestion will come that I don’t know how to put my testimony into words. Of course, I know that suggestion does not come from God, so I wait and listen, and suddenly, whether it’s a day later or 10 minutes, the words just come. I’m so grateful for Christian Science that teaches us the True meaning of Life