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No more earache
One day I had an earache. When my father got home from work, he came to talk with me. He told me about how I could be healed through prayer. My father read to me from a little book called God Is Right Here.* It had many stories about children who were healed through turning to God. I knew that God was there for me, too.
In the Christian Science Sunday School I had learned that God is the only power and He made everything good. God does not cause us to be sick and hurting. I loved the words of a hymn by Mary Baker Eddy because they showed me that pain is not a real power. I could see that it did not come from God, since God is good and God is All. The third verse of the hymn goes like this:
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June 20, 2011 issue
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Try being a sheep and a shepherd
Steve Graham
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Psalm 23: God’s love song for you
Chet Manchester
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From a spark of an idea . . .to a movie
with contributions from Karen Glasser
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The 23rd Psalm: a help with school tests
By Brittney Gibson
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What would you do?
Elsa, Carolin, Mollie, Maggie, Zach, Sasha, Devon, Sophie, Gabby
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A letter from Gabby in Australia
Gabrielle
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A summer camp night
Nadja
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I thank God
Bénie
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Dog bite—healed quickly
Hannah
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I love Christian Science
Mariano
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No more earache
Selina
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I was healed!
Eric, Karen
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Who’s John the Revelator?
By Hanna Mehring
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God — my ‘director’
Anna
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Let’s be friends
Federico
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How I learned to love Sammy
Zander
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My interview with David
Adison
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Kids draw... Psalms 23
with contributions from Robyn, Malia, Ben, Nina, Joanna, Anika