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Finding undisturbed rest
Steady, harmonious patterns in nature can be reassuring. We watch the regularity of sunrises and sunsets, or tides flowing in and out, and we feel the recurring warmth of summer and the briskness of winter. Even in the face of irregular extreme weather incidents, there can still be something comfortingly secure about the usual patterns and rhythms in nature.
Whatever our immediate concerns, the rhythm of the universe continues on a grand scale, governed by universal intelligence, or Mind, God. This gives us perspective when conditions in our lives aren’t so peaceful and we are afraid. As we pray from the mental vantage point of knowing we’re under God’s government, we feel more secure in facing down fear.
About the author
Mary Beattie is a Christian Science practitioner from Canberra, Australia. She is also a member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship.

March 3, 2014 issue
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Letters
Jackie Wood, Cathy Maxam, Dorothy Hood, Margaret Rood, Joan Mortner
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Beyond keeping score
Walter Rodgers
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Yielding to God's plan
Charles Lindahl
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Finding undisturbed rest
Mary Beattie
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Forward steps for the Publishing Society
Scott Preller, Margaret Rogers, Lyon Osborn
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Sweet renewal
Text and photograph by Paul Gutelius
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Our pure, spiritual nature—one with God
Christa Kreutz
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The most valuable instruction I ever had
Evelyn Brookins
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Appropriate angels
Lesley Gort
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Back to the slopes
Joan Miller
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Dog recovers health and bark
Tori Dell
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Two powerful healings during college
Jim Williamson
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Healing is ‘proof of heaven’
Elizabeth Kellogg
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Are you good enough?
From the Editors