Article February 22, 1975 Issue

My Brother and Me

Maurice Holman (told at age 10 to his Sunday School teacher)

One day my big brother came limping into the house. He had been playing football. I could see he felt bad. He said he had sprained his foot.

I told him I would pray to God and He would take care of it. I knew it wouldn't take long, so I hollered out the door, "My brother will be back out in a couple of minutes."

I helped my brother up to our room. I got my Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy and turned to the Lord's Prayer and how she explains it.^{See Science and Health, pp. 16-17 .} It starts out, "Our Father which art in heaven," and Mrs. Eddy explains it this way, "Our Father-Mother God, all-harmonious." I read it out loud. Then I prayed and said, "God, my brother's ankle is not really sprained because You did not make it that way, so it is not that way."