"Divine Love Always has met and always will meet every human need" (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 494). I was thinking recently about these words written by Mary Baker Eddy. I was struck by the different ways in which God, divine Love, has met my needs through the years. I would like to share three experiences that illustrate a variety of ways in which Truth has come to my thinking and quick healings have resulted.
God was loving me at that very minute.
I attended a very unpleasant meeting one evening. When I arrived home, I was tired and very disturbed about the unkind behavior that had been exhibited at the meeting. For a short while I prayed about the situation, trying to recognize each person at the meeting as being a child of God and only capable of being loving. Before I felt completely settled about it, I fell asleep. In the middle of the night, I woke, shivering with chills. I felt awful. For a short while I tried to pray for myself, but I seemed unable to think clearly, and called a Christian Science practitioner for treatment. A warm, loving voice greeted my late-night call, and I was immediately assured that God was holding me in His arms, loving me at that very minute. The practitioner agreed to pray for me right away. Within moments, a warm sense of God's ever-present love surrounded me. It was a very tangible feeling of being held close in God's arms. The chills immediately disappeared, and I quickly fell asleep again. The following morning I got up and went to work as usual, completely free from any illness.
