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Late one evening about six years ago, as I was driving to see a...
Late one evening about six years ago, as I was driving to see a friend, I was involved in a head-on collision with another car; both cars had been traveling at speeds exceeding forty miles per hour. As was later recounted to me by two individuals who were present, it appeared as if I had received an extremely severe blow to the head, rendering me incoherent. Of the three people most immediately involved in the accident, I seemed to be in the worst shape.
My mother was called, and she in turn contacted the friend that I was on my way to visit, as he was closer to the scene. When he arrived, the paramedics on the scene expressed great concern about my physical and mental health.
During this time, I had been speaking something that sounded to them like gibberish, but included the words shepherd and sheep. The remarkable thing was, though I did not recognize my friend or the names of anyone in my family (my memory appearing impaired), I refused to allow the attendants to put me in the ambulance; even then I was able to choose to rely on God. I am grateful to my friend, who supported me in this decision though he was not himself a Christian Scientist.
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January 9, 1995 issue
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Where can we find Christ?
Tony Lobl
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Peacemakers, and overcoming racism
with contributions from Jimeica Williams, Aaron Love, Samantha Dredge, Paul Lanning, Caitlin Winter MacQueen, Kerry Bunting
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Inspiration with power to heal
Evelyn M. S. Duckett
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Let me forget me
Bernice Holly Higgins
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I learned a lot that day
Mary Elizabeth Leever
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Dear Sentinel,
with contributions from Brooke Bennett, Erin Swinney
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The power that God bestows
William E. Moody
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Keep your eye on the "high goal"!
Mary Metzner Trammell
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All things were made new for our family, after my husband...
Dorothy Cochran
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When a woman who had an issue of blood for twelve years...
Aneeta Peterson Baker