Article October 9, 2006 Issue

5 WAYS TO DISPEL FEAR AND CHANCE

BY ELISE MOORE

Accidents, disease, layoffs,
marital troubles sometimes seem to pop out of nowhere. Is there a solid way to pray that brings peace and healing?

IT WAS A GLORIOUS DAY, all sunny and warm. The salt-scented breeze encouraged my parents to rent bicycles. Gently pedaling through a resort area, they chatted and chuckled, enjoying the freedom of a mid-winter Florida vacation. Then suddenly, my mother's front wheel caught in a grate. She fell to the pavement, badly injuring an arm. To all appearances, it was broken.

She told me later her first thought was, There are no accidents in divine Mind (see Science and Health, p. 424). Divine Mind is an inspired name for God, the Creator, who knows only good. By declaring that divine Mind was present then and there, my mother was instantly placing herself under God's loving care. This care includes harmony and wholeness. In the divine Mind which creates only good, pain and breakage are forever excluded. God's law supersedes chance and accident. In that moment, my mother decided to trust the divine law and power of God to heal her. From her study of Christian Science, she had learned that God governs by divine law. Through praying to understand that fact, she had experienced the healing power of God many times.

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