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Early one morning I set out on a bicycle ride
Early one morning I set out on a bicycle ride. The streets were silent. As I rode through the shadowy, tree-lined paths, I found myself thanking God for all of His abundant beauty and bounty. I reached a shopping center and turned my bike into the parking lot. Suddenly a car was backing out quickly. It all happened so fast. It was obvious that the driver didn't see me.
I was thrown into the air quite a distance. Right at that moment I realized that my true identity was not a material body. An accident could not harm or destroy who I really was, the spiritual image and likeness of God. I remember declaring that I could never be separated from my Father-Mother God. I saw that I could not be damaged or hurt, because Spirit, God, gave me life. I absolutely knew that my life was in His hands and that I was surrounded and upheld by His infinite, all-embracing love.
I'd been studying to learn more of God and His Christ and of the healing, saving power of God's presence, and I was confident that the spiritual understanding of this power would help me in my need. Immediately I got up unaided, continuing silently to acknowledge my God-given dominion over the accident. I assured the driver that I was all right. I felt totally unharmed.
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June 9, 1997 issue
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TO OUR READERS
The Editors
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Heaven—here?
with contributions from Laura Matthews, Judith H. Hedrick, Cynthia Alyce Neely, Marguerite E. Buttner, Richard C. Bergenheim, Beverly Goldsmith, Robert A. Johnson, Elaine R. Follis, editorial staff
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How did heaven begin?
Elaine R. Follis
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Safety in paradise
Peter James Wilson
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Many sons and daughters, one Father
Thomas Richard Mitchinson
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Blessed home
Michelle Boccanfuso
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Working with young people in trouble
Robert N. Peaslee
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Let's start singing
Annie Caroline Dupe
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God's law: perfect and irreversible
Gloria Delroy
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Scholarship and religious faith
by Kim Shippey
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Noble endeavor
Geraldine Schiering
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Going beyond the comfort zone
Russ Gerber
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Early one morning I set out on a bicycle ride
Susan Lea Condon
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During midsummer 1995, I suffered from a severe ear infection...
William T. Piteleski
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At a time when I was taking on some additional work, I leaned...
Rebecca M. Odegaard