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For two years I often suffered from numbness and pain in my arms and fingers—sometimes more frequently than others. I was healed entirely through prayer in Christian Science.
The pain would awaken me during the night or confront me when I got up in the morning. Soon, I became accustomed to it as part of my daily life and grew very discouraged.
Although I tried to pray, I wasn't praying with all my heart and soul, because I was thinking that a healing was impossible. And even though a Christian Science practitioner was praying with me, it seemed difficult to think that I could overcome the difficulty. I realize now that I wasn't acknowledging God as the divine power that heals, feeling instead that I had to somehow make the healing happen myself.
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April 21, 2008 issue
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LETTERS
with contributions from DEANNE LAWRANCE, ANTHONY OAKLEY, LINDA WENTZEL, DAVID HELMER
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'Spotless selfhood'
STEVE GRAHAM, SENIOR MANAGING EDITOR
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ITEMS OF INTEREST
with contributions from Roy Lloyd, Norris Burkes
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GOD'S LAW CANCELS WRONGDOING
BY ROB GILBERT
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THE BIBLE AND ORIGINAL INNOCENCE
BY MICHAEL HAMILTON
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AN INVITATION TO LEAVE REGRET BEHIND
BY SANDRA M. JUSTAD
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QUESTION OF THE WEEK from spirituality.com
with contributions from Marie, Barbara, Veronika, Nellie, Doni, Nergish
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Floods: hope in the midst of disaster
BY THOMAS R. MITCHINSON
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FROM THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING SOCIETY
The Christian Science Board of Directors and Board of Trustees of The Christian Science Publishing Society
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LETTERS FROM MEMBERS
with contributions from MIKE GRAHAM, LOUISE EARHART, ELIZABETH KENNEDY, MONA GRANT, ANNE MELVILLE, DAVID WATT, VIRGINIA STOPFEL, SUE WARRICK-SMITH, JOHN CARTER, MARILYN BOHLEN SIMPSON, SANDRA HAMAKER, MARY ANN LERCH, TODD CLECKLEY, MARNA NEUFER, SHARON LEMAN, ROB SHERMAN, SASKIA BARKER, JAN DUKE, PAULETTE WATKINS, KARIN MACBRIDE, PAUL SINCLAIR, ELEANOR BIGBIE, GLYNN LEWIS, MARILYN MCDONALD, HARRY PETERSON, VICKI KNICKERBOCKER, TIMATHEA SHAYS WORKMAN, ED GONDOLF
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I shared my prayers
BY SHOSHANNA MUSZYNSKI
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THE SHEPHERD CARRIES US THROUGH TRIALS
JUDITH HARDY OLSON
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HOW CAN PRAYER PROTECT KIDS FROM VIOLENCE IN THE MEDIA?
KITTIE BURRIS
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EARTH DAY: A CALL TO PRAYER
RON BALLARD
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MY TRUE COUNTENANCE
MARK RAFFLES
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ALL NUMBNESS GONE
GLADYS CISNEROS
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HEALING IN THE AMAZON
ALESSANDRA P. COLOMBINI