When I arrived to serve at the Christian Science Reading Room, I was surprised to find a fellow church member already on duty. My first thought was that I could leave and run errands since the shift was covered. But my next thought was that I’m never in the wrong place.
As Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer of Christian Science, asserts in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, “Under divine Providence there can be no accidents, since there is no room for imperfection in perfection” (p. 424). So, even though our dual presence seemed to be the result of an accident, a scheduling mix-up, I decided it was right to stay and serve with my fellow worker.
I’d intended to spend the afternoon praying for the Reading Room and our community. However, I wasn’t feeling inspired. I was facing home repair challenges that seemed unrelenting and at times unsolvable. Concern about them was affecting my health, sometimes causing severe headaches and other physical discomfort. I was beginning to feel that selling my home would be the only way to relieve a crushing sense of responsibility.
