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In northwest Illinois, where I live, we got quite a bit of snow last year. I am accustomed to taking a walk every morning, and as I live in a rural area, my subdivision is surrounded by agricultural land.

Over the years my family and I have been blessed watching God meet our needs. Lately, I have noticed the wonderful beauty of God blessing me from minute to minute, and hour to hour, in the smallest of details.

Many years ago, after completing one phase of my doctoral studies, I determined that it would be necessary to find employment to earn the income needed to sustain a lengthy period of dissertation research.   Having no clear idea what I wanted to do, I began a job search that was, to say the least, desultory.

Much of the art we see today causes me—and perhaps you—to question the inspiration and motives of the artist. Every artist has choices to make—do I want my art to uplift or tear down, to stimulate right thoughts and action, or to present erroneous ideas? What is my reason for creating? As an artist, I choose to uplift.

A few years ago, I went to the Christian Science Reading Room during lunchtime to read the weekly Christian Science Bible Lesson and pray, as I often do. On my arrival there was a lady, who was not a student of Christian Science, listening to a CD.

While sitting before a beautiful landscape, one is easily awed by the magnitude of God’s creative power. As the scene unfolds, changing light reveals new shapes and colors, while a sense of peace and well-being fills the viewer’s thought.

It was August 2009. My husband had been asked to give the address at his Christian Science Students Association in Chicago, which I have also been visiting each year.

When I was a young teen, my dad experimented with investing in the commodity futures market. He grew potatoes on the family farm, and a farmer friend had convinced him to hedge his crop against low prices through the purchase of futures on a commodity exchange.

My academic training was in physics and electrical engineering. These disciplines use logical thinking to explain cause and effect.

Have you ever heard someone question why Christian Science doesn’t have adult Sunday School? Perhaps you have done so yourself? The query really speaks of a heart’s desire to learn more about this Science. But just because one is older than 20 doesn’t mean they have missed out.