There is no circumstance that is out of the reach of prayer. When I hear reports in the news about child abuse, I feel impelled to tenderly take up the world's children in my prayers and to know that they are enfolded in God's love.
In my own praying, I find this statement in Science and Health reassuring: "The prayer that reforms the sinner and heals the sick is an absolute faith that all things are possible to God,—a spiritual understanding of Him, an unselfed love." Science and Health, p. 1.
From studying Science and Health, I have learned why all things are possible to God—because He is the infinite creator and the only cause. He has made a perfect, spiritual universe, although we don't discern this with our physical senses. God, the divine Mind, never created a desire or an impulse for criminal behavior. Divine Love never produced or allowed any kind of terror or hurt. There can be no opposition to the almighty power of God, which is always active and present. Faith in God's goodness and power equips us with the might of spiritual understanding, which eradicates and corrects evil conditions and restores the peace and harmony that characterize spiritual being.
