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The armor of heaven
[Original in German]
Have you sometimes seen on summer evenings what looks like a little prickly ball rolling briskly along at the edge of the road? You can't take hold of it, because its back is covered all over with sharp spikes. That is a hedgehog, rolled up in a ball, using its armor to defend itself from danger. With the sharp spikes that cover its back standing out, the hedgehog feels safe.
There's an even better protection—and you have it. You never have to be afraid, because you too have strong armor. It's not made of little spikes, but of good thoughts from Truth and Love, which are names for God. No one is hurt by this armor, but with this strong defense we can feel even safer than the hedgehog.
Mary Baker Eddy tells us, "Clad in the panoply of Love, human hatred cannot reach you." Science and Health, p. 571; Not only hatred but every kind of evil bounces off this armor. The lie of evil is always unreal and powerless. No matter what disguise evil uses— whether jealousy, envy, fear, or pain—the armor of Love is strong, and nothing can get through it. How do we put on the armor of Love and Truth? By knowing that because God is Love and Truth and because God is all-powerful, nothing else, nothing bad, has power, and by being sure to think and act as God's child. There's a hymn that says of our heavenly armor: "Wear it ever night and day;/... Watch and pray." Christian Science Hymnal, No. 67.
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March 12, 1979 issue
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To be better parents
MERLE WITHAM MILLER
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Potent prayer for humanity
STEPHEN T. CARLSON
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Would you have cast a stone?
BARBARA LINDSEY NASSIF
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You're not aging
KATHERINE JANE HILDRETH
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Never apart from God
JAMES CLOIS SMITH, JR.
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Don't be sidetracked
ALMA A. KONIGSLOW
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Refuse to be a dummy
COLIN C. CAMPBELL
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Flowers of Bethlehem
Margaret Tsuda
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Refuse to manipulate others!
EARLINE SHOEMAKE
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Your testimony
Dorothy Huntington
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Nothing outside God's control
Geoffrey J. Barratt
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Every whit whole
Naomi Price
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The armor of heaven
Claire Roselius
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Over several months an alarming eye condition developed
Frances L. West
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One day when I went swimming in the ocean, my kickboard...
Nathan McDonald Craig with contributions from Helen Rose Craig
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We have had a marvelous demonstration of the power of God...
Ester Salvatto de Porley
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I am twelve years old and attend a Christian Science Sunday School
Douglas Foster with contributions from Sara M. Foster
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At a time before "learning disability" was used to describe...
Vivienne S. Luebbecke with contributions from Donald S. Luebbecke
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Letters to the Press
with contributions from Bradley D. Harris