Dear Sentinel

with contributions from Emily Beattie, Peter Nelson, Molly Ann Morris

Dear Sentinel,

One winter I was not feeling well. I think I had a cold, and I felt really miserable. I wasn't sure what to pray about, so I just opened the Bible and read the page that it opened to. I knew that whatever passage I turned to would help me. After I had read one page, I turned to another page. After I read a few more pages, I felt better and knew that God had helped me.

"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble" (Ps. 46:1).

In Sunday School, I learned to study the Bible and Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy. From these books you can obtain more knowledge about God that helps you overcome fear and dilemmas.

Emily Beattie Plano, Texas

Dear Sentinel,

Once I was flying with my mom down to Memphis to see my dad and brother, when all of a sudden the plane started jerking around, and my ears and head were hurting extremely badly. After a moment of hesitation, I turned to God and thought what seemed to be a really surprising thought—"How can you hurt an idea?" I realized I am an idea of God, good, and out of the reach of evil. Immediately the plane ride smoothed out, and my ears and head felt much better; and the rest of the trip went much more smoothly.

Thank you,

Peter Nelson Memphis, Tennessee

Dear Sentinel,

My nanny (grandmother) and I were riding along in her car, and I said that someday I wanted to ride in a hot-air balloon. She said that she would be afraid to go with me.

I told her that she should not be afraid, because God, good, is up and down and all around. We talked about the fact that when we trust God we will never be afraid of the first day of school, jumping off the diving board at swimming lessons, riding in a car, a plane, or even a hot-air balloon. Nanny changed her mind and said she would be happy to take a hot-air balloon ride with me someday.

When we got home, we read from Hymn 53 in the Christian Science Hymnal, which says:

Everlasting arms of Love
Are beneath, around, above;
God it is who bears us on,
His the arm we lean upon.

Molly Ann Morris Columbus, Ohio

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