Article April 22, 1996 Issue

Travel outside God's presence? Impossible

Sharon Slaton Howell

The other day I was talking to a woman who told me about a day trip she was planning. Driving to another city to visit a friend is something she has done many times. But these days the woman takes a passenger with her "because of all the incidents we hear about on television and in the newspapers," she told me.

Must you and I learn to live with uneasiness, insecurity? Do we have to give in to fear for our well-being, for the well-being of those we love? Fortunately no, because there is a reliable source of protection. Peace of mind and freedom of action are the result of understanding God's ever-presence and man's inseparability from God.

For centuries, men and women in dangerous situations have turned to the Bible for promises of God's care. We all have this assurance by understanding the divine Science that underlies these promises. For example, Psalm 139 declares God's unbounded "everywhereness": "Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me" (verses 7–10). And here's another promise: "The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders" (Deut. 33:12).

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