This author was loving CIT summer, but she wasn’t loving all the late night chatting going on in her cabin. Her impatience continued to grow until a hymn from the Christian Science Hymnal gave her a new perspective.
Instantly, I awoke and got out of bed; all symptoms of illness had vanished. To me, this was more than a dream; it was a realization that I had just what I needed for healing in Christian Science.
Working as a wrangler in the corral at camp should have been the perfect way to spend the summer … until this author didn’t feel well. But instead of getting discouraged, she took it as an opportunity to learn more about healing.
The key to healing political strife is not to pray for the defeat or victory of any particular party but to adopt Jesus’ steadfast conviction that God is the one and only power.
We were struggling to get our bearings after my then-fiancé was laid off when a friend warmly encouraged us, “Instead of worrying about what’s going to change, think instead about what’s not going to change.”
This theater camp camper wasn’t feeling great after a week of practicing and performing in the heat. But a single hymn from the Christian Science Hymnal turned everything around for her.
This author was a pro at criticizing … until she realized it wasn’t actually making her feel all that great. Prayer gave her new insights about God and herself that helped her get to the root of the criticisms—and to stop them.