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Expect delays? No way
While driving through the mountains recently, I came upon several roadwork projects. Each typically required some wait time for the work crews and other traffic. It was exasperating. Eventually I came upon a large sign with just two words on it: “Expect Delays.” My first reaction was a silent sarcastic remark, but as I continued to drive along, it dawned on me that this notion of delay was simply an inversion of the truth about God’s creation.
In fact, this notion of delay bombards us every day. It would claim that economic recovery will be delayed or that employment opportunities will not be available until some later date. That justice or healing can be delayed, or—one of my favorites, as I travel frequently—“your flight has been delayed.” It’s hard to count all the ways that mortal mind—a material sense of existence—would claim to delay God’s love and goodness for His creation.
Nevertheless, the claim of delay is just that—a claim. The good news is that it is a false claim. Not one iota of truth supports the belief that God’s care and support for His children can be delayed. Actually it’s quite the opposite, as can be proved through the teachings of Christ Jesus and the writings of Mary Baker Eddy. In her spiritual interpretation of the Lord’s Prayer, Eddy offers readers insight into the passage “Thy kingdom come.” She writes: “Thy kingdom is come; Thou art ever-present” (Science and Health, p. 16).
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December 12, 2011 issue
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Letters
Madelon Maupin, Gordon Myers, Margery Jean Smith
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Lyrical leading
Jenny Nelles, Staff Writer
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Where the psalms turn us when we turn to them
By Channing Walker
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The secret place of the most high
By Sandra Brooks
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Ocean rescue – with a psalm at the helm
By Steve Berrie
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No 'ifs' about it
By Vicki Turpen
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Expect delays? No way
Timothy Terry
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Keep an eye on your baggage
By Wendy Ely
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A mother's prayers for her child
By Jill Hood
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'Unceasing' prayer
Marilyn Needham
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Progress report
By Christy Kenga Lutayi
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Because God is
Hayley Scheck
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Reprinted from The Christian Science Monitor: The Bible in my life
T. Jewell Collins
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I can't help but share it
Susanne Sims
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'Senior moment'? Forget it!
Patricia Hardee
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Discover God's glory
Michael Hamilton
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Allergy symptoms and poison ivy healed
Heather Farrell Bauer
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'Whole, not hole'
Russell Whittaker
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Prayer heals skin condition
Paula Jensen-Moulton
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Buying influence that should never be sold
The Editors