Article August 11, 2003 Issue

Drought relief on the prairie

By Marian English

There we were —running across a rocky meadow, stumbling through tall grass, pushing against gusts of wind. Drought had made the grass tinder dry, and smoke from a fire sparked by a firecracker was billowing above the prairie. The fire was about one quarter of a mile away from my relative's ranch complex. Well aware of how serious this fire could be in the high plains of Colorado, we would do whatever we could to stop the flames before they burned out of control.

As I ran, the words "God's government" kept roaring through my thought. In my panic I didn't realize it was a healing message from God until it became so insistent that I had to pay attention. It was then that a passage from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy came to mind. It was the spiritual description of wind, which states: "That which indicates the might of omnipotence and the movements of God's spiritual government, encompassing all things" (p. 597).

Still running, I reasoned that if God is all-powerful, His government could be no less potent than He Himself is. And if God is good, it follows that His governing of His creation must heal, restore, and protect, but never destroy with anger. God's government must have an effect that's as good as its spiritual source. Furthermore, because God is always present, His healing law must be available in every situation. And like its source, divine law must be trustworthy and protective. I reasoned that just as a breeze flows around everyone and everything in its path, God's governing law must encompass all things with the all-embracing goodness of divine Love, God's nature.

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