Article October 26, 1998 Issue

SAFE, IN THE MIDST OF A STORM

Phyllis J. Harte

Hurricane warnings were being posted all along the eastern seaboard. Inside my apartment on the top floor of a house, I was praying earnestly, bolstered by this insight from Science and Health: "There is no vapid fury of mortal mind—expressed in earthquake, wind, wave, lightning, fire, bestial ferocity—and this so-called mind is self-destroyed." The paragraph continues further on about these "manifestations of evil": "In reality, they show the self-destruction of error or matter and point to matter's opposite, the strength and permanency of Spirit" (p. 293).

This reminded me of what the prophet Elijah saw on Mount Horeb (see I Kings 19:8–12). Called by God to come out of a cave in which he'd taken refuge, he watched a strong wind, an earthquake, and a fire. But God was not in any of this fury. Then Elijah heard a "still small voice," which he knew to be the voice of God.

From my window, I watched our next-door neighbor grabbing clothes off her clothesline and running to get everything indoors. I was praying to know that we were all embraced in God's love as His children, safe in His presence and power.

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