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A talk with God changed my life
It was an awful argument. We both said a lot of unkind things to each other, and I ran to my room and slammed the door. This wasn't the first argument my mother and I had had, but it was a special one because of what happened next. The tears filled my eyes and began to run down my face. I threw myself on my bed full of hurt and resentment, but then I did something I had never done before, and it changed my whole life. I reached out to God. Picking up my Bible, I opened it and read: "Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's." Deut. 1:17;
I sat up in awe. How beautiful these words were to me. They fitted the situation exactly. As I felt God's loving care for me in providing me with such a wise and wonderful answer, I also saw my error and the need of correction. I knew I was not honoring my mother in arguing with her. In the Christian Science Sunday School where I was a pupil, I had been taught the commandment, "Honour thy father and thy mother." Ex. 20:12;

April 17, 1978 issue
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Perfection and progress
KURT GLADHORN
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Don't identify evil
LAURA C. BELL
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Would you argue with a liar?
RONALD C. LONG
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Surmount!
Steven Alan Avey
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A WORD ABOUT CHURCH
ARTHUR CHRISTIAN WEICK
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For a special pupil
Nancy L. Stewart
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Dale's paper route
David M. Wilson
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A talk with God changed my life
June Knapp Angell
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Watch for good
Lesley E. Gort
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Crossing the Red Sea
Florence Mary Mason
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The "yes" and "no" of treatment
Geoffrey J. Barratt
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A lesson for the Fix-it family
Naomi Price
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Can Christian Science heal hepatitis? Indeed it can! This...
Ellen D. Morris with contributions from Rose Amy Bethell
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In October 1965 I had a healing in Christian Science that...
Helen L. Connelly
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First, I want to express my gratitude for the high school...
Anne L. Benedict
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Last winter I went to Wisconsin to see my father
Sam Neely with contributions from Cynthia Neely