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No room for food fear
My sophomore year in college, a bag of trail mix with a combination of nuts and M&M’s was passed around the classroom while I was finishing an ecology test. Thinking nothing of it, I took a handful and began to eat. While working on my next question, I found it hard to concentrate on my test, as my tongue began to swell. I could only remember experiencing something like this once before, when I was in second grade. At that time, I was quickly OK and hadn’t experienced any reactions of that kind since.
Almost done with my test, I tried to push through. However, as fear of the swelling flooded my thoughts, I knew I needed to confront it through prayer. I set down my pencil and closed my eyes. When I was younger, my Sunday school teacher taught our class that when praying, we could “A.R.K.” the situation: allay the fear, reverse the claim of something being in control besides God, good, and know the Truth. And in Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy, Ark is described as “. . . the understanding of Spirit, destroying belief in matter” (p. 581). By following inspiration, I knew I could gain a clearer understanding of God, Spirit.
About the author
Jocelyn Shoemake is a junior in college.

April 23, 2012 issue
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Letters
Carole Westman-DaDurka, Adora A. Robinson, Tami Moulton, Tad Baker
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Answers from within
Maike Byrd, Staff Editor
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Call on faith
Kim Shippey
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Getting down to business
Steven Salt
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Learning to fish
Frank von Holzhausen
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Prayer and our 'blessing business'
Betsie Ellington Tegtmeyer
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Good is not seasonal
Virginia Hawks
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Rise up in thought and heart
Joni Overton-Jung
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Don't put happiness on hold
Rebecca Odegaard
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A spiritual lesson in traffic court
Susan Brown
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'Don't I know you?'
Kathy Chicoine
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A cool healing
Ricky
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God's timing
Chrissie Sydness
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No room for food fear
Jocelyn Shoemake
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Tireless prayer for endurance athletes
Lane Brown
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God–shepherding all of us
Abby Fuller
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Face and shoulder healed after a fall
Chris Coombs
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Recovery of strength
Sarah O'Brien
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Grandson healed of cough and appendicitis
Cemilda Schroeder
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Simple answers, seismic solutions
The Editors