Letters December 7, 1998 Issue

YOUR LETTERS

"The ideas presented in the Sentinel always give me key words to think on .... This way I have a deeper sense of how to deal with present world problems."

with contributions from Elise L. Moore, Phyllis F. Milloy

In the November 16 Sentinel, we printed a letter from a reader who had been beaten by soldiers when he took part in an anti-war demonstration years ago. He asked, "How are the innocent to respond?" We invited further comments, and here is one reply:

Like Elijah (I Kings, chap. 19), we can respond to God's call and come out of the cave to face and silence the turmoil of emotions that would break up our life. Feeling the strength and calm of the still, small voice of good, we will discover that a law of good is operating right now in our lives. Then, like Elijah, we can be freed from haunting images. God loves you too much to leave you sorrowing.

I love Mary Baker Eddy's prayerful response, "Each day I pray: 'God bless my enemies; make them Thy friends; give them to know the joy and the peace of love'" (The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p.220).

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