Testimony of Healing July 22, 1991 Issue

At one time I had a yearning to pray about a specific world...

Rebecca MacKenzie Odegaard

At one time I had a yearning to pray about a specific world problem, but I felt inadequate. As I tried to pray about this situation, instead of finding peace I became increasingly restless and frustrated. But one morning, with a humility I had not felt before, I began to realize that this desire to pray would be answered by God! The disturbing frustration was replaced with a trustful expectation of answers from God—not only to me but to all of His creation.

Later that evening my son came to me while I was getting ready for bed and asked me to pray for him. He complained of soreness and pain in his ankle and foot, and he showed me an open sore that had resulted from his wearing a pair of roller-skate boots that day. There was swelling in his ankle and foot, as well as several other sores.

I began to pray right away. As I was praying I recalled an incident that had occurred earlier that day when this son had had a friend over. My son had been eager to exclude his sister from their activities. We had spoken about the trouble at the time, but he had felt some lingering resentment toward her. In my prayers that evening, I acknowledged that God's government is good, harmonious, and ever present. Therefore there is no place for evil, friction, soreness, exclusion. God, divine Love, is the only power and embraces each and every one. I could see that our son's true, Godlike nature was loving and generous.

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