Insight while flying over Iraq

John Kohler
Photo credit: Linda Kohler
Christian Science churches hold weekly testimony meetings in which people tell how their study of this Science has helped them gain healing or benefit in other ways. I confess that for years, whenever someone stood up at one of these meetings and told how they prayed when they lost their keys or their wallet, I used to get a little annoyed. “Come on,” I’d think to myself. “Is that the best you’ve got?” 

Sure, I’ve prayed about lost items and been grateful to find them again, but I wasn’t about to get up and give a testimony about it! Little did I realize how much healing is actually packed into the act of expressing gratitude for even the simplest blessings.

This past winter, my wife and I flew to Asia. Our seats were equipped with those on-screen maps with a flight indicator to show you where you are in the journey. At one point I noticed that we were flying directly over Iraq, and it looked like our flight would take us over Kuwait and the Persian Gulf. 

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