"To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, to-day is big with blessings," writes Mrs. Eddy in Science and Health. A year ago I had a most interesting and challenging experience when I spent eleven weeks in the Ukraine, one of the republics in the Soviet Union, while carrying out research for a music project. It was a rewarding and fruitful experience, and it gave me ample opportunity to prove the truth of the statement quoted above.
One weekend I went to the Carpathian Mountains with a group of young people, some of whom were experienced hikers. Because my knowledge of the Ukrainian language is elementary, I had not fully understood the extent of the activities planned. If I had understood what was to be demanded of us, I probably would not have gone with the group. We were driven partway up a mountain in a bus. Then we got out and hiked. After a short time I was experiencing difficulty and told the group that they should go on without me. I was having a hard time breathing and was fearful of the possible results of overexertion. My companions told me that it was impossible to leave me behind, and they encouraged me to try to go on.
I realized that this was a time to demonstrate the spiritual dominion which the Bible says that God gave to man, and to prove the truths I had been learning for many years in my study of Christian Science. One phrase from a hymn in the Christian Science Hymnal was very helpful: "God it is who bears us on, / His the arm we lean upon."
