Article June 3, 2019 Issue

God shows us how!

Elaina Simpson

It was the middle of the night. I had a high fever and felt extremely uncomfortable. My thoughts seemed to be going around in endless circles: How will I heal this, when I can’t keep my thoughts straight? How will I take care of my work and home duties, when I can’t move? How will I pray for others, when I can’t even pray for myself? How will I get some peace and rest?

I had been praying all day and didn’t understand why I still felt unwell. But then I remembered—God gives us beautiful, healing ideas through the study of Christian Science, but doesn’t just leave us there. God shows us how to apply these ideas effectively in our experience. With this realization, I knew it wasn’t up to me to figure things out, and that God would direct me.

At that moment, the phrase “ABC prayer” came to my thought. I pulled out my tablet and began typing out what came to me:

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