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Ever hear the one about the farmer who practiced lifting his 2,000-pound cow every day? When asked how he could lift so heavy an animal, he answered thoughtfully, "Well, I started when she was just a few days old. " To me, that little anecdote is more than clever.

As Journal readers wrestle through questions and issues facing society today—and pray about them—they sometimes share these questions, and the answers they arrive at, with us. Here's one such question and answer.

When I was growing up, water for our family's home came from a shallow surface well, 15 feet deep. It was linked to a water system that fed a river behind our house and was controlled by a dam 30 miles upstream.

The church I attend is across the street from a large middle school, grades six through eight. Several years ago we noticed some destruction of the property and lots of litter in the churchyard.

Christian healing rests on the fundamental spiritual truth that God is infinite Spirit, and He is All. The Bible says, "I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.

Prayer brought a particularly inspiring and peaceful focus to my thoughts prior to a family wedding early last year. The family was happy about the upcoming union.

A friend of mine invited me to a play in which he was taking the part of a judge in a trial. Toward the end of the play, the audience became the jury and had to decide on a verdict.

My sister's children are in college, and mine are in high school and junior high. Over the years we've both learned that turning to God for guidance has enabled us to raise healthy and happy kids and to have a more harmonious home and family.

Mary Baker Eddy's groundbreaking book   Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures was first published 125 years ago. For more than a century, this book has met humanity's increasing demand for a more spiritual understanding of health, a better basis for lasting relationships, and a greater sense of security and peace.

Hands up if you want to experience bliss! I do. And hands up if you feel you're subjected daily to subtle and not-so-subtle insinuations that bliss comes from getting this car or that companion, earning this much money, and being admired by that many people.