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Lord of the answers

From the September 2014 issue of The Christian Science Journal

Originally written in Spanish, this article first appeared in the July 2013 Spanish, French, German, and Portuguese editions of The Herald of Christian Science.


The waves were huge. I was with my family off the island of Kauai, in Hawaii, taking a 17-mile ocean kayak trip. Several months earlier, our daughter had made this same trip when the sea was as calm as the peaceful waters of a lake. But on this day, the wind began blowing with such force that the ocean swell was impressive and rather fearsome. In fact, a couple of the people in our group flipped out of their kayaks, and getting back into them was challenging.

Never in my life have I prayed with such persistence, and for so long. While paddling, I was both affirming the omnipresence of God and expressing my gratitude and admiration for the power of the waves and the magnificent view of the coastline. I even gave thanks for the marine wildlife crossing our path.

This passage from the Bible was constantly in my thought: “Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me” (Psalms 139:7–10). I have never before seen such clear proof of this psalm’s promise as I did during the first several miles of our trip.

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