Article October 26, 1998 Issue

Our thoughts, our weather

We're not at the mercy of the elements.

By Jane Partis McCarty

My Husband and I had boarded a cross-country flight. I was deep in a delicious mystery book when the pilot came on the intercom and told us that we could not take off because there was a very destructive storm over the city to which we were flying. I continued reading, but my husband took out a pencil and paper and wrote something. He showed it to me and asked where these words came from.

I was amused when I read them because they were such familiar words that I knew he really did know where they could be found—the first hymn in the Christian Science Hymnal. Then I took a good look at the words and realized that, while they were from a hymn, they were also a message from God applicable to our situation right then. Here they are:

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