Dear Sentinel

From children and teenagers

with contributions from Cléo Collange, E. S., Sean Tarpley

Dear Sentinel,

The Lord is our Shepherd. God is the only Shepherd. He will always guide us, all the time, so nothing can hurt us.

Having a family is important because you can love them and care for them, reflecting God's love and care for you.

Put God in your family and everything will feel better.

Cléo Collange
Delray Beach, Florida

P.S. I wrote this because I like the story of "Amanda and the jar" (see the January 30, 1995, issue of the Christian Science Sentinel).

Dear Sentinel,

This is how the Reading Room helped me to pray. One day there was a treasure and magazines hunt at the Christian Science Reading Room in my town. The treasures I learned about were books and magazines full of healing ideas—the Bible, Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy, and the Christian Science Sentinel. I did the whole treasure hunt all by myself.

When we got home, I was setting up an area where my little brother and I could read Sentinels together. My little brother was helping, too, but he fell down and his leg was bleeding. I told him he was OK, and I read him a poem from the Sentinel¹ that said:

Love is my Shepherd.
Love is my Life.
Love is my guide
And keeps me from strife.

And my brother was fine. He didn't even cry. The scrape was gone.

That night I read all of the Sentinels I could find. I put them in files for the whole family to read. I am very grateful for God and Christian Science, and for what I found in the Reading Room.

E. S.
Albuquerque, New Mexico

1 See poem called "Love" by Bryan P. Reed in the May 10, 1993, issue of the Christian Science Sentinel.

Dear Sentinel,

This is a message I want to give to the world. If you don't have a friend to play with, you can pray and find peace and love. You might even attract a friend.

My name is Sean. When I met my friend Michael, he didn't have anyone to play with, and I wanted him to have someone to play with. I said, "Do you want to be my friend?" I hoped he'd be my friend, and he did want to be friends. Now I play with him every day. God gave me the idea to make a friend. I was thinking that all of God's children have friends because they love God and each other.

If you have no friend, don't act selfishly; act with love and you'll attract a friend.

Sean Tarpley
Dallas, Texas

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