I had followed protocol exactly, gotten my documents in on time, and watched as they’d worked their way through the process. Yet, my plane ticket to leave was for the following day, and I still didn’t have the required visa for the country where I was supposed to travel. Despite repeated calls, it looked as if I would need an alternative plan for my business trip.
The lack of government response seemed to reinforce the commonly held belief of chaos and dysfunction in that country. And so, at my usual wake-up time set aside for prayer, I turned away from the fixing-planning-doing mentality that urgently wanted to outline a Plan B. Instead, I focused wholly on feeling the power of the divine presence.
This was not to avoid a problem or to escape from dealing with it. Christian Science shows that it is the nature of God, divine Mind or intelligence, to enlighten us with spiritual good. Even before a solution arises, a situation resolves, or a difficulty ends, this spiritual good calms and strengthens us, and opens our thought to possibilities.
