The Touch of Class May 26, 2014 Issue

Inspired obedience

Sammie Gray

I was a single parent with two children, teaching in a private school in west Texas, when the desire and direction came for me to take Christian Science Primary class instruction from a Christian Science teacher in New York City. I had no money to even consider getting to New York, much less stay in a hotel for 12–13 days. I was already having trouble making ends meet at home. In spite of all this, I decided to follow this inspiration and contacted the teacher.

After my interview with him and a discussion of my concerns about finances, he said, “Why not make this demonstration not only for now, but also for all time?” My question was: How was I going to do that when I had nothing to begin with? With prayerful metaphysical support from him and with legions of angels (I didn’t even know then that angels were “God’s messages,” but I sure felt God’s guidance), the way opened up.

One of the spiritual concepts that really helped me was from the book of Isaiah: “Thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left” (30:21). I could feel that God was leading me, and I felt that every step was completely fulfilled by Him before I took it. I also felt a lot of support from the dear branch church I had joined at the time.

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