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DISASTER IS NOT IN GOD'S PLAN
I live in an area of Florida prone to hurricanes and have seen their destructive forces. Each year as the June-October hurricane season approaches, I've prayed to feel and be safe, and I have experienced wonderful instances of protection.
This year, however, I've asked myself, "Do hurricanes have to happen?" Meteorologists, and most people for that matter, would say yes. But as I've endeavored to think about it from a spiritually scientific perspective, rather than accepting what others predict, I'm seeing more clearly that destruction is not the result of God's law of Love. Therefore, damaging hurricanes have no divine origin, place, or power.
What's my authority for this radical statement? The Bible and Mary Baker Eddy's Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. These books make known God's infinite law of good—the law of cause and effect. In the Old Testament book of Daniel, we read about three Hebrew men thrown into a furnace for defying an edict designed to prevent their worship of God. They came out unscathed; neither the king's unjust law nor the physical law that fire destroys and harms had an effect on them. Seeking God's protection, they were safe.
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August 1, 2005 issue
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LETTERS
with contributions from JEAN GALLAWAY, JEAN E. JONES, SARAH NELSON, DIANE PIORKOWSKI
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The sum of all comfort
WARREN BOLON. SENIOR WRITER
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ITEMS OF INTEREST
with contributions from Josie Newman, Ron Orozco, Mary Kaye Ritz, Kevin W. McCullough
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THE ANTIDOTE TO ANXIETY
By Channing Walker
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YOU—WORTHY AND FEARLESS
By Shelly Richardson
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ACQUAINTED WITH GOD, AND AT PEACE
By Pamela Cook
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A MOTHER'S PRAYER
SARITA ZANNIELLO
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When the pain gave way TO PROGRESS
By Elizabeth Schartz
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HOW I PRAYED when my town was evacuated
By Ruby Bennet
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DISASTER IS NOT IN GOD'S PLAN
GEORGE KRUSZ
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'A JOY-FILLED WORKPLACE'
KIM SHIPPEY. SENIOR WRITER
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'IT IS INEVITABLE'
JULIE WARD
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DREAM LESSON FROM DANIEL
ANNETTE BRIDGES
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HIGHER EXPECTATIONS FOR THE CONFIRMATION PROCESS
RICHARD NENNEMAN
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BACK PAIN HEALED THROUGH PRAYER
PHILIPPA CHATTERLEY
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GRATITUDE FOR GOD'S GREAT BLESSINGS
DOROTHY STEVENS
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MOBILITY REGAINED QUICKER THAN EXPECTED
MARIE-AIMEE DUBARRY