Editorial August 6, 1990 Issue

The transforming power of prayer

Elaine Natale

Her family seemed trapped in a web of difficulties. "It's not just that things are so awful, but that I can't see any possibility for change on the horizon—that's what sinks my heart," she confided to her friend.

When her friend shared some ideas he'd learned about prayer through his study of Christian Science, she listened and became so interested that she took up the study of it, too. After that, her experience changed to such a degree that she described her "old" life as "a badly written story that finally began to be revised."

The family situation took a dramatic upturn in ways she previously wouldn't have been able to envision. Health problems and a financial crisis were resolved, and opportunities opened where doors had been closed. This woman felt new—full of hope and purpose. It didn't all happen overnight. But from the point where she began to pray with more understanding, a steady shift in the tide of events was noticeable.

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