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Governed by Love, not by anger
Anger begins as a thought, which is really a suggestion, that can be rejected because it is not of God.
I grew up in a loving and good family, but a lot of anger was expressed by one member of the family. Being around yelling and anger was a frequent occurrence in my experience. As a teenager, I began to realize that I was also expressing anger, mostly at home, and that I was hurting the very people I loved the most. I did not want to hurt anyone, and I knew that it was wrong and that I needed to stop.
My desire was to stop yelling. And Mary Baker Eddy writes in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, “Desire is prayer; and no loss can occur from trusting God with our desires, that they may be moulded and exalted before they take form in words and in deeds” (p. 1). I asked God to help me stop having angry outbursts and trusted that God, divine Love, would show me how to do this. And He did!

November 1, 2021 issue
View IssueEditorial
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The real heaven and earth
Warren Berckmann
Keeping Watch
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Valuing worth, not wealth
John Biggs
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Governed by Love, not by anger
Stephanie Mason
Image and Inspiration
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Image and Inspiration
Mary Baker Eddy
Keeping Watch
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I prayed to find my first home
Jenni Cloud
Glimpses of Truth
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“I will restore . . .”
Cathrine Hogg
Kids
Healings
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Quick healings of cold and flu
Joy Basse-Emerson
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Spiritual gain in the face of loss
Molly Nash Larson
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Child’s bed-wetting stops
Fenna Corry with contributions from Bronwyn Corry Tucker
Bible Lens
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Adam and Fallen Man
November 1–7, 2021
Letters & Conversations
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Letters & Conversations
Susan Howell, Paul Hoffman, Lois Nobles