Letters October 21, 2013 ISSUE

Letters

Keith Wommack, Sandra McNeill, Yvonne Renoult

Important message

[“Learning from Peter,” Kim Green, September 16, 2013, Sentinel]

Wonderful article, Kim. Such an important message. I will try to be less impressed by parades and more appreciative of the Christ. Thank you.

Keith Wommack
JSH-Online Web Post

Healed while listening

Thank you to Elizabeth Kellogg and Rita Polatin for this chat [“What is influencing you?”].

I had been struggling and praying most of the day to overcome stomach discomfort. I just didn’t know what to do next. The thought came to listen to something on JSH-Online, so I listened to the chat “What is influencing you?” Everything in it was so on target. I lay down and listened; I just drank in the thoughts that were shared. It was amazing—every question/answer had a thought (or more) that spoke to me.

When it was finished, I got up, and I was 95 percent free. I needed to polish my nails, and usually I do this and sit and watch TV for an hour. But I thought, “I can listen to this chat again. It will be much more worthwhile.” After I listened the second time, being very grateful for the messages I so much needed, I was completely free!

And I listened to the chat again this morning, writing down the questions and answers that I needed. I need to continue to make them my own.

Sandra McNeill
Warrensburg, New York, US

Appreciate this example

Anne Melville’s article, “My prayers for Syria” [September 2, 2013, Sentinel], puts into action what the Sentinel’s purpose is all about! She intelligently breaks down the claims that would keep us from praying about hard issues in our world. She helps us examine the subtle prejudice that could cause us to apathetically withhold our prayers. Ms. Melville outlines her compassionate prayer for Syria, denouncing the notion that some groups of people cannot be subject to God’s care because they are imprisoned by repression, devoted to a different religion, or blinded by hate.

Melville’s explanation of mortal mind is so helpful. It’s mortal mind’s nature to feel defeated from the outset when faced with enormous and seemingly hopeless situations. Melville helps remind us that spiritual sense lovingly takes the problems head-on and fearlessly—happy to roll up one’s sleeves and delve into the issues with the tools at hand to solve the problem.

Although I would in no way discount the tremendous help I have gained over the years from Sentinel articles that focus on personal issues and health-related challenges, I appreciate this example of using Christian Science beyond one’s own personal sphere. Such selfless prayer as described in Ms. Melville’s piece brings out the far reach and Christianity of Christian Science. Praying for the world puts in motion the law that simultaneously blesses oneself.

Yvonne Renoult
San Francisco, California, US

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