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Growth—even in the shade
There's a bright side to difficult times.
My friends would not call me a nature lover. I've always felt more at home indoors, curled up with a good book. One of my favorites is Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy. It makes a statement about nature that I had always glossed over. "All nature teaches God's love to man . . ." (p. 326). The full sentence reads, "All nature teaches God's love to man, but man cannot love God supremely and set his whole affections on spiritual things, while loving the material or trusting in it more than in the spiritual." Nature recently taught me a lesson about spiritual growth.
One day, I was listening to the public radio program, "Moment of Science." The speaker's comments about phototropism—the process in plants that causes them to turn to the light—reminded me of a scene years earlier. I had seen a field of sunflowers facing the morning sun. By late afternoon, as I returned home, the heads had turned completely toward the setting sun. Following those flowers' example of constantly seeking the light, I silently reaffirmed my desire to turn to the spiritual light of God for all my needs.

July 10, 2000 issue
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To Our Readers
Mary Metzner Trammell
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YOUR LETTERS
with contributions from Sancy Nason Childs, Victoria Pann
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items of interest
with contributions from Theresa Forsman, Jonathan Gallagher, Anita Mathias
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Acting lessons
By Val Kilmer
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This guy really was lovable
By George Wesley Faurot
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Listening, as never before
By Lynne Pace Robinson
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Growth—even in the shade
By Sharon Vincz Andrews
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Who's directing your life?
By Lana Deanna Cooper
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You're innocent! Enjoy it
By Charles N. Filbert
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I heard God call
Elizabeth Strebig Gainsway
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Turning up the heat
Kim Shippey with contributions from Martin Rutte
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Illness and loss of consciousness healed
Karen Morten
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A life of relying on God for healing
Elizabeth D. Koehler
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Prayer heals illness and provides a fresh start
Becky Ann Carr
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Child healed at camp
Alexander Toombs
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Praying with conviction for peace in the Middle East
By Fujiko T. Signs
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Prayer for peace
Elsa Lobelos de Genovesi
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Is there a plan for your life?
Margaret Rogers