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By the time we reach our 40’s , we’ve often come to terms with life—settled in our ways and not expecting big changes. I certainly never expected the answer to the riddle of the universe to appear at that time of my life and transform my entire existence.

I have always loved studying different languages and cultures. So, when I was given the chance to learn Spanish and Indonesian during my last two years of high school, I eagerly signed up.

Last Christmas, while looking at a nativity scene, I was profoundly moved by the picture before me. On one side of the display were shepherds bowing to the baby Jesus, and on the other side were kings honoring him, as well.

One day as I was praying for church, I began to appreciate just how vital the Wednesday testimony meetings are in Christian Science churches. I turned to Revelation 12, verses 10 and 11 : “And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

Several years ago, I made an annual trek to a Christian Science nursing facility in California to prune their 250 rose bushes. That particular year, the weather was colder and wetter than usual.

When I first found Christian Science, I was surprised to learn that I didn’t have to catch a cold just because it was going around. One day I asked the librarian at a Christian Science Reading Room some questions about how to handle the “bug” people were complaining about.

Have you ever wondered if the opportunity to bless humanity in a meaningful way has passed you by, and that now it’s too late? I know I have. But I find great comfort in the fact that each one of us is always blessed to be a blessing.

We occasionally use the expression “out of the mouth of babes” ( Ps. 8:2 ) when hearing a child utter something that sounds so “adult” or mature.

A recent Christian Science Bible Lesson contained this statement from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy: “The foundation of mortal discord is a false sense of man’s origin” ( p. 262 ).

We all know David wallops Goliath in the end. But how exactly did a young shepherd boy triumph over a menacing man of war?  It struck me recently that the key to the whole story—including its healing relevance to our lives—is in one little phrase: “five smooth stones.