I have several go-to statements from my study of Christian Science, one of which has been a beacon and a rock with its assurance and expectation of God’s, divine Love’s, deliverance: “Remember, thou canst be brought into no condition, be it ever so severe, where Love has not been before thee and where its tender lesson is not awaiting thee” (The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, pp. 149–150).

This statement by the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, is universally applicable—to anyone in any situation—and it echoes the beloved twenty-third Psalm, which says, “I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me” (verse 4).

Both statements provided much-needed reassurance that we were safe in God’s omnipotent, loving care when my husband and I stumbled into a dangerous, volatile predicament. In this experience, the “tender lesson” that Mrs. Eddy mentions was for us to see that, regardless of what human perception was screaming, the spiritual truth that no one had the power to harm us was governing the situation. Radical reliance on the truth that God always accompanies, loves, and protects each of us enabled us to see these promises fulfilled.