Several months ago, in early spring, I was having a bit of a restless night. I was still somewhat awake at 1:00 a.m., when I suddenly heard tornado sirens blaring. While I felt no fear, I felt it best to rise and get dressed.
As I did, I immediately began to pray. I walked out onto my front balcony to see if I could spot any activity. I didn’t see anything, but the atmosphere was very still, which can be an indication of tornado activity.
I went back inside, but the sirens blared for a long time. In prayer, I kept my thought lifted to the benign power and presence of the Christ, “the divine manifestation of God” (Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 583), knowing that all true forces come only from God, good. As we read in Science and Health: “We tread on forces. … Human knowledge calls them forces of matter; but divine Science declares that they belong wholly to divine Mind, are inherent in this Mind, and so restores them to their rightful home and classification” (p. 124). I prayed to see the annulling and neutralizing effect that the divine force, God, Spirit, has over so-called material forces.
