I was a young mother whose family was struggling to make ends meet, and I had come to church to worship God. My grandmother had always told me that you can feel our heavenly Father’s loving care when you pray, and when I prayed during that Wednesday testimony meeting in a branch Church of Christ, Scientist, I heard an angel—an inspiration from God—say to me, “I will lift you up!” From that moment on, I felt a conviction that God was taking care of my family and me no matter what. 

I had been seeking a better understanding of the spiritual fact that, regardless of our insufficient income, all was well. That church service was a turning point for me because I stopped looking at what I believed to be my want. Instead, as I prayed, I thanked God, Spirit, for the abundance of good that He is always providing. Divine Spirit’s provision is everywhere. I thanked God for the flourishing natural world around me and for what I was already able to afford; I even thanked God for other people’s blessings, such as the new car my neighbor was driving. And I prayed on behalf of others who seemed also to be in need. 

We can rise from a sense of life as material into consciousness of the infinite spiritual substance that is always ours.