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Teeth straightened through prayer
When our son Rick was in the seventh grade, we were at the dentist’s office for his yearly cleaning, and the dentist told us Rick would require braces for a short time to straighten his crooked teeth. Rick was very upset by this verdict. When we left, I said we could either go ahead with the braces or we could pray about it. Through tears, he said he wanted to pray.
Over the years, I had often prayed when dental problems came up. A Bible verse I had worked with was particularly helpful: “Whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it” (Ecclesiastes 3:14). I interpreted this to mean that God’s creation is spiritual and forever intact, and no perfection can be taken from man or any detail of his being. There is nothing material in God to decay or become displaced, so there can’t be anything in His idea, man, to decay or be displaced. All that man includes is spiritual and is held by God in its perfect place and condition.
I wrote to my Christian Science teacher about my son’s teeth, and he wrote back with some inspiring thoughts, noting that spiritual ideas always express the order and function of divine law. None can interfere with another; each idea acts in perfect coordination with every other idea.
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September 15, 2014 issue
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Letters
Becky Barrett-Alford, Kaye Cover, Keb, Charles E. Pike, Maggie
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Prayer that avails much
Dorcas Strong
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Reliable parenting books
Mary Trammell
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Taken care of, not terrorized
Laura S. Jacobs
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Love your neighbor...even when it's difficult
Cathy Partusch
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An invitation
The Editors
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"Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace..."
Photograph by Helen Eddy
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No obstruction to omnipotence
Madelon Maupin
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When a coworker shared...
Charlotte Piteleski
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My softball story
Jade
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Knee trouble gone
Bruce Bicknell
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Teeth straightened through prayer
Adrienne McWhorter
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True growth is only good
Susie Jostyn
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Walking with freedom
Ara Knorre
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What daily prayer can do for us
David C. Kennedy