Article May 1, 2006 Issue

A healing prayer upstream

BY GLORY HOLZWORTH

It was a glorious fall day, and so my husband and I decided to go canoeing up the Assabet River in Concord, Massachusetts.

The natural beauty of this familiar trip has always drawn me closer to God. But on this day, my heart was heavy. I was troubled about a sharp pain on the bottom of my foot, which had gotten worse during the last few weeks. And, although I'd been praying earnestly about this, I was beginning to feel discouraged. I was also worried about my daughter, who was living near Washington, DC, during the time when a sniper was at large after several shootings. My heart ached for the victims, and I was scared for my daughter.

As my husband paddled quietly upriver, I decided to turn my thoughts from these worries and instead spend some time in prayer. My experience with prayer has proved that focusing thought on God tends to shut out the worries and stresses of the day, replacing them with peace and healing answers. I acknowledged, in my heart, God's presence, and thanked Him for the beautiful day. I knew from my study of the Bible that God, Spirit, created man and woman in His own image. Since an image can only respond to its source, I realized we can only respond to God. And because an image is an exact likeness of its source, the reflection of eternal Life must live eternally.

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