Testimony of Healing July 20, 1998 Issue

Mother masters fear

Allison T. Demarkles

One winter several family members, including my daughter and me, were returning home after attending my nephew's wedding. The flight was very turbulent for the whole trip. I felt gripped with fear because of the sharp jolting and rocking of the plane, and was upset by seeing the effects the disturbance was having on other passengers. So I put my head back, closed my eyes, and began praying. From studying Christian Science I knew I had to allay fear. I first thought of God and gained a clear sense of divine Love. I saw that God is the only real force governing the universe and the only true lawgiver.

In minutes our daughter jumped off my lap to join a friend. That was the end of the illness.

My fear lessened. I marveled that my daughter was peacefully asleep next to me, completely unaffected. Then I realized that this assurance was natural to all of us, since it wasn't the situation that affected us so much as it was our thought about the situation. I continued to pray, making any fearful, unpleasant, or evil thought yield to accurate spiritual facts about God and man. This became easier as I saw the bigger picture of God in charge, with man as His expression. I did not stop praying until I felt completely safe. This victory brought an undeniable feeling of dominion that continued to bless our family.

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