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Injuries after a fall healed, tendency to criticize abates
Recently, my husband and I moved to a house that needed remodeling. One Wednesday afternoon I pulled into our steep driveway behind the contractor’s truck. As I was balancing bags of groceries and closing the car door with my knee, I fell backward and tumbled several yards down the driveway. I hit the back of my head hard on the concrete. Groceries flew everywhere, and my cries for help were unheard over the noise of a jackhammer.
Finally, a young worker saw me and, with extreme gentleness, helped me up and into the house, all the while saying over and over that he was sorry for what had happened and for not seeing me sooner.
My husband wasn’t home or reachable by phone, so I called a Christian Science practitioner I knew, to ask him to pray for me. I don’t think he recognized my voice. My jaw was dislocated and my voice shaky. The practitioner greeted me with a warm, “Hello, dear; how are you?”
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January 14, 2019 &
January 21, 2019
double issue
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From the readers
Pat Spencer, Julie Roe
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God’s mothering love: An ever-present help
Rosalie E. Dunbar
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You will always exist
Deb Hensley
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Spiritual integrity overcomes temptation
Name Withheld
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Trusting God one day at a time
Jan Duke
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A Soul-filled life
Allison J. Rose-Sonnesyn
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A good idea from God
Priscilla Kesting Huffman
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Foot injury healed
Roderich Römhild
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Young child’s earache healed
Charlotte Whitby
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Swift recovery after dog bite
Gillian Smith
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Injuries after a fall healed, tendency to criticize abates
Diana Paul Bort
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God’s universe
Ray Seddon
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Jesus Christ: Humanity’s model for successful living
Barbara Vining