Kids June 18, 2018 Issue

The twenty-third Psalm brings healing

Jacob

One night, I was watching television when a commercial advertising flu relief pills came on. Not very long after that, I began to feel sick with some of the symptoms the commercial had described. I turned off the TV and went to bed, hoping that when I awoke, I would feel better. When I opened my eyes early the next morning, though, the headache I’d been feeling before going to bed was still there, along with an unpleasant feeling in my stomach.

In the Christian Science Sunday School, I’ve learned that I am spiritual—the pure expression of God, who is Truth and Love. So I knew this picture of sickness was not the real me, because the pure expression of Love couldn’t also include something bad. I also knew that my perfect spiritual identity couldn’t be affected by any negative suggestions, like those I’d heard in the commercial. I decided to read the Bible, along with Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, in order to understand this more clearly.

After gaining some inspiration from these two books, I thought I would pray a little before going back to sleep. As I did, the first idea that came to mind was the twenty-third Psalm. I felt like God was speaking to me directly through the healing words of the psalm. One part that stood out to me was: “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me” (verse 4).

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