October 10, 1988
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Looking back in anger, regret, or longing keeps us from seeing what is happening right now in our lives—the dawn of God's goodness.
How is a recession like a "graven image"? The question may seem strange until you read this family's experience in finding needed work through prayer.
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Christ Jesus told us to become as a little child. And even if we feel we've learned too much of the world to cultivate our innocence, it's never too late.
As we are sifting through the varying views during an election campaign, maybe we should also be lifting our views to understand more of God's government.
Like the beggar in the Bible who was healed of lameness, we learn that our real need isn't silver and gold; it's a fresh understanding of God and of our spiritual nature.
From The Washington Post, December 20,1987 "Sunday Schools Regaining Popularity"
Healing comes more naturally as we remember it's a matter of responding to all that God is doing.
We don't settle for "not knowing." And that in itself indicates something about the nature of our relationship to God.
Many
years ago I suffered with what was diagnosed as an incurable disease of the skin and muscles, termed dermatomyositis by the various doctors I consulted.
Several years ago I found myself alone with four children to care for.
One day three summers ago, while mowing the lawn, I went to scoop the grass out of the chute on the lawn mower, and part of my finger was cut off.
The healing power of God, as revealed in the Bible and explained in Christian Science, has been proved in my life for many years now.
As I was growing up during the great Depression of the thirties, it seemed that our family had more than our share of challenges.
