Letters May 19, 2014 ISSUE

Letters

Diana Palenz, Wordsmith, Margaret L. Heimer

Addictions can be healed

Please thank Bruce Smith for his article in the April 28, 2014, Sentinel, “No more tobacco addiction.” I’m grateful for Mr. Smith’s clear proof that addictions can be healed! Thanks also to Maureen O’Neal for her testimony in the same issue [“Freed from alcoholism”], affirming her healings of both alcoholism and smoking. Our prayers are needed to help those who feel enslaved by various substances. (See The Christian Science Monitor’s recent cover story about heroin addiction, “Heroin’s long reach,” March 24, 2014.)

Mr. Smith referred to a testimony he had heard, which helped him rededicate himself “to finding an answer to [his] tobacco addiction.” He didn’t recall the source, but it reminded me of a testimony by William Ansley, C.S.B., which was included in the Sentinel Radio Edition, November 21, 1999. The experience Mr. Ansley describes is quite similar to the one Mr. Smith remembered. I highly recommend this Sentinel broadcast, titled “Giving thanks to God—a powerful act.”

Diana Palenz
Wichita, Kansas, US

Editor’s note: Bruce Smith has confirmed that the testimony by William Ansley was the one he listened to in his time of need. He was able to listen to it again on JSH-Online.com, and was very grateful that a reader found it!

True wealth

[“Rethinking the pursuit of wealth,” Paul Collins, April 21, 2014, Sentinel]

When I began reading this article, I was thinking of substance primarily in terms of adequate supplies of financial resources and goods to meet our daily needs. Indeed, we can confidently rely on God for sufficiency in this area. 

By the end of the article, however, my thoughts of substance had expanded to the realization that spiritual substance constitutes the essence of all we need: sufficient energy, adequate rest, abundant time to accomplish the tasks God has set before us. Everything in God’s creation is spiritually substantial and, therefore, sufficient to the need. Thank you for a fresh and clear perspective on the true wealth that is ours as the image and likeness of Spirit.

Wordsmith
JSH-Online Web Post

Delightful covers

What delightful pictures are on the covers of Sentinels and Journals!

I just discovered a little section to go with these covers called “Cover Inspirations” [see inside front cover]. 

The cover of the April 14 Sentinel has a precious picture of a dog kissing its master with a cat looking on. The “Cover Inspiration” explains with this quotation: “And Love is reflected in love; …” (Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 17). I think of this quotation when one of my cats comes to lie beside me when I read the Christian Science Bible Lesson and when the other cat likes to cuddle with me in bed during the night.

Margaret L. Heimer
Newport Beach, California, US

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