My husband and I were camping in our travel trailer in a remote mountain area and had just gone on a twenty-mile bike ride. That night I noticed that a family heirloom wedding ring I’d been wearing was missing its main diamond. At first I was dismayed because I had wanted to give that ring to a relative, and now it seemed worthless. But as I thought about what the ring represented—God’s loving unfoldment and provision in my life—I realized that its true substance could never be lost.
As I prayed, I affirmed that we don’t live in a needle-in-a-haystack world with bits of matter randomly strewn about. God’s creation is not material at all; it is the reflection of infinite Mind. It was so clear to me that the universe is composed of Spirit and its ideas, whose relationship and place are forever maintained by divine law.
We took our vehicle along the bike route, looking for a sparkling glint, but we found only gravel and rock. When we returned to the trailer and my husband began to prepare it for hauling to our next destination, I turned my view to the beauty surrounding us. At first I was tempted to feel disappointed, but I firmly stated that I was not relinquishing the truth I had perceived. Regardless of whether the diamond was found, I knew the spiritual facts God was revealing to me.
