August 6, 2001
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Greetings—and thanks for all you do! My wife and I dig right into each Sentinel when it arrives, and we love the healing messages and inspiration.
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SPEAKING ABOUT HIS EFFORTS to end apartheid in South Africa—a struggle that included 27 years in prison—Nelson Mandela said that among the characteristics he had come to hate during this time was "ignorance—and a person's inability to see what unites us instead of only those things that divide us.
This thought just popped into my head: There is no unbeautifulness in man, who is the reflection of Soul.
Sure, people say these things all the time: "Everybody's beautiful in God's eyes." "What counts is what's inside." "Clothes don't make the man." But here's why they're actually true.
When he sustained extensive facial injuries in a biking accident, Nelson Burris could have been worried about what he was going to end up looking like. But his trust in the power of prayer kept him calm and restored his face. See for yourself.
As a teacher of chemistry in Nebraska and Missouri high schools, and as a chemistry laboratory technician at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, I have always enjoyed demonstrating to my students the beauty inherent in chemical systems—beauty not only in the colors and forms they often take, but also in the intellectual elegance they portray.
I'VE MADE IT A POINT
while raising my three children—especially my teenage daughter, Katie—to steer clear of focusing on their weight, height, or overall body type.
A look into the mental causes of accidents answers the question in the negative.
One morning, I was standing at the kitchen sink doing the dishes, when I thought distinctly, "What would you do if they brought Peter home injured from an automobile accident?
Read how a moment of insight into the nature of true beauty brought an array of healing one cold Chicago day.
Besides keeping him in line with the law, doing his civic duty led the author to see God's hand at work in the justice system.
Spirituality. That's what comes nonstop to rescue you and me from drowning in problems.
The pain receded within half an hour, and I was able to move more easily.
I prayed to get a better understanding of my relationship to God.
For three or four weeks I was having severe pain in my lower back.
My son was looking to me for help, and I wanted us both to look to God.
