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While I was praying about viruses, I asked God to give me a fresh view. The word host came to mind.

As a teenager , I was working above a new display of soda pop at my job in a grocery store when some bottles exploded, sending shards of glass into my face and eyes. Soon after, I sat alone in a hospital emergency room waiting for my mother to arrive to authorize medical treatment because I was a minor.

Mary Baker Eddy describes how she felt after being healed of life-threatening injuries from a fall on the ice: “Being was beautiful, its substance, cause, and currents were God and His idea. I had touched the hem of Christian Science” ( Retrospection and Introspection, p.

A deep dive into the Bible shows us that many individuals experienced God’s saving and protecting power in the face of extreme adversity. Starting with Genesis, we read of the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and other key figures such as Sarah and Joseph, who saw God’s laws of harmony overcome such afflictions as floods, loneliness, hunger, disease, infertility, greed, jealousy, rivalry, and abandonment.

Years ago, I was driving my car, when I had a stroke and crashed into a utility truck. Thankfully, no one was hurt, but the utility workers called an ambulance and my husband.

I live in El Bolsón , in the province of Río Negro, Argentina. One day, while I was traveling along the highway with a friend to another province, one of the tires on my car blew out.

What we can expect on Easter morning—and every day.

When a Christian wants to work out the right course of action in a given situation, he or she might ask, “What would Jesus do?” But, “What did Jesus know—and how can I know it, too?” might be more to the point of what is needed to be a better Christian. For example, the Gospel of Luke describes Jesus meeting ten lepers at the entrance of a village.

“A soft answer turneth away wrath,” says the Bible ( Proverbs 15:1 ). In other words, meekness is more sensible than a contest of wills.

This article is part of a series appearing periodically in the Journal , the Christian Science Sentinel , and The Herald of Christian Science . Each article aims to correct some misconception about Christian Science that would keep us from having the results we so desire as spiritual healers.