The authority to still the storms of daily life is found in God. It is as effective today as it was when Christ Jesus relied on God's power to quiet the storm on the Sea of Galilee.
At first the woman was primarily praying for physical healing. But soon she was also praying in support of greater lawfulness and purity in the way people approached the environment.
We may need to be more watchful of mental pollutants—such as anger, revenge, hatred—in our environment, but we don't need to fear them. Divine Love is their antidote.
As we accept the glory of God into thought, our view of reality changes and we find the darkness of mortal thinking being replaced by the radiance of Christ.
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