Turning Points in Spiritual Growth July 16, 2018 Issue

‘Seek holy thoughts’

Joan Christine Travis

When our first child was about two years old, some close family members planned to visit for a weekend. My husband and I were not looking forward to this. Their son was a few years older than our son, and so rambunctious that we felt he should not be left alone with our child.

One night shortly before the visit, I was awakened out of a sound sleep. I saw the room filled with holy light, and heard a clear message: “Seek holy thoughts.” This powerful experience filled me with such ineffable joy, and I understood immediately that the message was meant for me.

My husband was asleep, unaware of what was taking place. I picked up my Christian Science Hymnal from the nightstand and went into the living room to read. The book fell open to Hymn 30, a setting of a poem titled “Love” by Mary Baker Eddy. There was a marker on the page because a few years earlier, when my husband and I married, we chose this hymn to be sung at our wedding.

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