Each testimony is unique in the spiritual lesson and truth it conveys

First off, thank you very much for this gift. It is truly the best gift I could have received. I will have to re-read it because there are so many different points and healings to take in.

I would have read all of it the very first day, but instead I made myself space out my reading over a number of days. This proved to be an especially good idea, because the testimonies were so thought-provoking and heart-warming that reading only a couple each day was enough to give me inspiration throughout the entire day. These testimonies gave me strength and courage to go forward with my daily activities. In fact, I would save time to read the testimonies during a period in the day when I most needed inspiration and confidence to continue going forward.

Each testimony was a great joy to read. I took away much from them and have many favorites. The great thing about these testimonies is that each is unique in the spiritual lesson and truth it conveys. These different truths give us a broader range of thoughts to use in our healing work.

It is quite inspiring to learn how specific angel truths are sent in certain situations, even though they might not be the passages that one would expect to be used. The one Mind gave Mrs. Ethel M. Ritter (pp. 41–42) the very verse she needed when her boy had seemingly passed on: “Watch diligently; never desert the post of spiritual observation and self-examination” (Miscellaneous Writings 154:26–27). This is an example of how God is always giving us the truths we need in every circumstance and emergency. The very fact that this specific verse would come to her memory at this moment seems to be a sign of God’s presence, in and of itself.

One of the testimonies that was most inspiring to me was the testimony of Douglas Norman Keith, the soldier who was stationed in South Vietnam (pp. 1–2). It was very gratifying to hear how the impersonal truth being known by Christian Scientists reached to “the globe’s remotest bound.” It inspires one to be more diligent in one’s prayers about world situations.

I very much appreciate this gift. It met a need for me and was given at a time when I especially appreciated it. It will be a gift that lasts many years.