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Child saved from rapids
One morning in late spring, when my youngest son, Teddy, was about six years old, my sister-in-law and I took our children for a walk on the lower trail at Taughannock Falls in upstate New York. There had been a lot of rain during the previous few days, and the river was full of muddy water rushing toward the falls. But at the very edge, the water seemed calm and was only a few inches deep, so we felt safe to wade in up to our ankles.
It was warm, and when Teddy asked if he could sit down in the water where we were all standing, I said OK. Suddenly, he was carried away by the current, and in seconds he was moving rapidly down the center of the stream, floating on his back toward the lower falls. Humanly, there didn’t seem to be any way to stop this. The water was moving too fast, and the falls were too close. Terror seized me; I couldn’t move, but I immediately reached out to God, divine Love. Instantly two verses from the Bible came to my thought: “Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord” (Exodus 14:13) and “Be still, and know that I am God” (Psalms 46:10).
As a child, I had attended a Southern Baptist Sunday school and learned to love the Bible and to pray with humility. When I became interested in Christian Science in college, I read Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy. It helped me understand the Bible and Christ Jesus’ healing works, as well as the “deep and conscientious protests of Truth” (Science and Health, p. 12) that were his prayers. Through the teachings of Christian Science, I learned that God is good and all-powerful, and I came to see that healing through prayer is natural, not miraculous, since it is the result of God’s law being applied.
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June 18, 2012 issue
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Letters
Demarest Bowers Morrow, Penny Witney, Vicki Hoff
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Get out of the mud
Gillian Litchfield, Copy Editor
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You can come home
Lois Herr
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Prayer–not guilt–heals
Deborah Packer
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Thank you, Dad
Karen N. Bain
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My own 'burning bush'
Melanie Ball
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Straight talk about animal magnetism
Hal Shrewsbury
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God has a purpose for you
Pamela Cook
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Build each day on 'Truth and Love'
Bruce Jamerson
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A good guy, not a thief
Name withheld
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Bullying? You don't have to be afraid!
Emily, Jasmine, Becca
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A fresh look at happiness
Kim Shippey, Senior Editor
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Negative political campaigns and what we can do about them
Elizabeth Kellogg
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Understanding the law of God
Ann Edwards
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The way to permanent peace
Steve Warren
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More churches turning to high-tech outreach
Cathy Lynn Grossman
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Ringworm healed
Puneet Sharma
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A fresh sense of purpose replaces depression
Heather Zurlo
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Child saved from rapids
Linda Gorman
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A man who loved
The Editors