Article June 15, 2015 Issue

Our unity with God

Rachel Luther

On a Friday, late last August, I was volunteering and helping with the last day at a camp. The next day was a big paddle board race I had trained for all summer, and my official cross-country season for school was starting on Monday. I had almost finished the day and was taking a bike ride, when I tumbled off of a low, approximately five-foot, bridge on my mountain bike. I hit the ground with my arm extended and immediately was in a lot of pain. Right away, I started to pray, but the pain soon overwhelmed my thoughts.

I was taken to my mom’s work nearby, and she began to share with me that there was no way I could have fallen out of God’s care. Later we called a Christian Science practitioner for help, and she assured me that God loved me and I had never and could never be separated from God.

That night my mom read to me a lot from the Sentinel, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, the Christian Science Bible Lesson, and a book that had lectures and articles on Christian Science. I don’t remember the exact passages she shared with me, but I do remember feeling comfortable in my mom’s loving embrace. The next day was my paddle board competition and I wasn’t able to compete, but I tried to encourage others by cheering them on while they raced by.