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Shoulder injury healed
As I was coming down a winding staircase at my daughter’s new house, I looked back over my shoulder to speak to someone and missed a step. Grabbing hard on to the railing to avoid falling, I wrenched my arm and shoulder, and they immediately started throbbing.
My daughter heard the commotion and was concerned I might have hurt myself. I assured her I was OK. After getting to the bottom of the stairs, I affirmed that God, who governs all in complete harmony, wouldn’t and couldn’t cause or allow a mishap or accident. I knew that nothing could separate me from God or make me doubt His omnipresence, and I reasoned that a lie about God’s ever-present care could have no adverse effect on me.
When I got home, I looked up a helpful statement in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy: “Under divine Providence there can be no accidents, since there is no room for imperfection in perfection” (p. 424).
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August 2, 2021 issue
View IssueEditorial
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Are we awaiting a future salvation?
Tony Lobl
Keeping Watch
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No lost opportunities where God guides
Donna Read
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Healing the past
Chris Jones
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The “Daily Prayer” won the day!
Auriel Wyndham Livezey
Teens
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How forgiveness helped my family
Name Withheld
Healings
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Abdominal pain quickly healed
Milton Bulloch
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Shoulder injury healed
Pamela Savage
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No more COVID symptoms
Griffith Henninger
Poetry
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There is no woe to pass
Robert Witney
Bible Lens
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Spirit
August 2–8, 2021
From our readers
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Letters & Conversations
Bob Minnocci, Barbara Fay Wiese, Elie Bakala