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Rays of comfort
But first, a word about a sun metaphor. Malachi promises that “the Sun of righteousness arise[s] with healing in his wings” (4:2). To me, this illustrates how God’s children are related to God and to each other. Since we are joined with divine Soul, as rays are joined to the sun, we can really know each other only by looking to our common source. Science and Health explains, “The universe reflects and expresses the divine substance or Mind; therefore God is seen only in the spiritual universe and spiritual man, as the sun is seen in the ray of light which goes out from it” (p. 300). Mary Baker Eddy also wrote, “If we say that the sun stands for God, then all his rays collectively stand for Christ, and each separate ray for men and women” (The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p. 344).
God sends angels, His messages (the word angel comes from the Greek angelos, meaning “messenger”), in delightfully diverse forms. And so, one morning when the sun had just begun to peek through the trees, I received the exact message I needed. Here’s how it happened.
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April 2, 2012 issue
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Letters
Cindy Snowden, Sharon Rooker-Brade, Margaret Wylie
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Easter hunt
Jenny Nelles, Staff Editor
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Faith on the field
Ericka Sanders
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For star player: faith, community, hoops
Steve Almasy
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When you find out
Nate Talbot
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The joy of Easter morn awaits you
By Dorothy Estes, Editor
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Forsaken by God?
Abby Hillman
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Why was Jesus willing to come back?
Lois Carlson
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Rays of comfort
Tom Fuller
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Safe and sound
Lynn Weed
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The love God has for you
Michele Newport
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A spiritual slam dunk
Tia Goebel
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A snowboarding parable
Susie Jostyn
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'You've come home'
Barbara Whitewater
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Love in lavender
Nancy Malard
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Praying for others lifts burdens
Suzanne Riedel
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Putting a stop to self-mutilation
Anthony Whitehouse
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Easter week: Preparation of thought
Nancy Fischer
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Complete healing after a fall
David Foote
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Healed of smoking addiction
Regina Cielia Fortuna do Vale
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Healing of hearing condition
Bruce Cunningham
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Keeping a good watch
The Editors