Article December 8, 1980 Issue

The football game I didn't hear—and the truth I did hear

VICTORIA K. DELL

"Not another football game!" I groaned to myself as my husband turned on the car radio for our two-hour drive home. I don't mind a football game once in a while, but I really wasn't interested in listening to this one. There were a lot of things I needed to pray about, and I felt the sportscasters' commentary would be distracting. How wrong I was! I learned a valuable lesson from that game.

After we had been driving for a while, my husband made a comment about one of the plays, and I realized that even though the radio was on rather loud, I hadn't heard a word of the game. Because I had been busy in prayer, I had not been disturbed. There had been no struggle on my part to block out the sounds of the game; rather, it was as though there was no room in my thought for any interruptions.

Many times during the day we're confronted with sights and sounds that would distract us from doing good or make us believe that God isn't in control. The mere fact that these disturbances are presented to us is no reason to be overwhelmed. Spiritual sense quiets the clamor of the physical senses and identifies us as man— the complete reflection of Spirit, God. God's reflection is ever active, constantly imaging its omniactive source. In reality, man can't help manifesting Life, Truth, and Love, because he images the one God these three names identify.

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