How I Found Christian Science December 4, 2017 Issue

Free to fly

Nancy Christopher

While taking time during the day for prayer and spiritual study, I have found myself reflecting on the many ways in which my thought was prepared for Christian Science.

One of the many memories that comes back to me is of being in graduate school several decades ago. As the mother of three young children, I was feeling tremendous stress in trying to juggle both the demands at home and in my classes. What was I doing, I wondered, trying to be both a full-time student and a full-time mom? Who was I kidding? And yet, I was given a fellowship for my study, so I felt it must be God’s will for me to go forward.

For some reason, I was feeling especially down one day as I walked from my class to take the elevated train home. As I approached the entry to the train, something caught my eye on the sidewalk. I bent down to get a closer look, and what should I discover but a Monarch butterfly. One of its wings was fluttering, and the other appeared to be stuck to a sticky substance on the sidewalk. I gently lifted the fragile wing without wanting to take even a breath, praying that I would not damage it in the process. Before I knew it, both the butterfly’s colorful wings began to flutter and lift its body into the air. And the butterfly flew off.

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