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Finding peace as a parent
I’m a mom of three and have been a wife for nearly 23 years. I have no idea how anyone raises a family without understanding at least a little bit of what Christian Science teaches. I don’t think I could do it.
When my children were younger, they would get sick, or hurt themselves while playing. Whatever came up, we turned to God and Christian Science, and always found very quick, complete healing.
In my marriage, when we have faced financial hardship, relationship problems, or questions about raising our children, taking our issues to God has always given us a sense of direction, peace, and unity. If I didn’t know that God, divine Love, was always guiding, protecting, and healing us all, I think every bit of life would feel scary to me. I would feel very lost and alone.
I find in the teachings of Christian Science a logic about everyone’s intact relationship with God, which gives me a deep sense of calm and confidence. Now, I’m not always calm and confident to begin with—like when my daughter was bitten in the face by a large dog. The wounds were hard to look at, and my sweet girl was in pain. However, in Christian Science I’ve learned to pray by starting with a recognition that God is pure, ever-present, all-powerful Love, and to reason forward through any challenge, accident, or illness from the fact of our perfect peace and health. So when I prayed this way, I soon gained that beautiful calm, that strong confidence in God’s care. Within minutes, the pain my daughter felt was gone, and in a few short days, all evidence of that bite was, too.
Praying with success in this way can take practice. Christian Science is not a pill, faith healing, or magic. It is a Bible-based Science. It must be studied and understood, and then put into practice in daily life. It requires an openness of thought to spiritual ideas and a willingness to learn and grow in entirely new ways. Sometimes this takes sacrifice and great effort. Yet, for me, it is so worth it. Time and time again, in every need, when I bring the spiritual reasoning taught in Christian Science to my prayers, I find the answers and peace I’m looking for.
—Dawn-Marie Cornett, Framingham, Massachusetts, US