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Do you sometimes feel as if you just can’t take any more bad news? One day I realized I could see each challenge as a prayer assignment—a call for prayer—and that I should be not only willing, but happy, to answer each call. It occurred to me that when Jesus was about to ascend, he did not say to the disciples, “Well, I’m leaving.

As a young bride from the Midwestern United States, I never imagined that one day I’d find myself living overseas in a military compound, but that’s what happened. My new husband, a US naval officer, was stationed in the Philippines soon after we were married, and I joined him months later on the naval base.

In the remote area where I live, two days of rain were forecasted, a welcome soak for my newly planted trees. But the forecast was later updated to a nor’easter, a strong storm with high winds.

As a child , I struggled with homesickness at various times. This went on for years.

I rolled the last ball of snow to finish a snowman for our three-year-old son in the front yard of our home. This was a new experience for us, since we’d moved across the country to New England for my husband’s job.

We learn in Christian Science that each one of us is complete, made in the image and likeness of God, as the first chapter of Genesis in the Bible describes; and so we each fully include the male and female qualities of God. When my husband of fifty years passed on, I realized this understanding was going to have to be more than words.

In the Preface of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures , which sets forth the divine Science of Mind-healing that Jesus practiced, Mary Baker Eddy wrote, “Future ages must declare what the pioneer has accomplished” (p. vii).

Some disturbing things happened to a friend of mine when she was a child, and in early adulthood she found herself making choices that she later felt remorse about. And she wondered if those earlier traumas might be tied to some physical problems she was experiencing.

Recently I met with a university student for ten weeks as part of her class assignment to interact with a senior citizen. She shared how she loved her theology class, and I shared how I love the Bible and the book that makes it so practical— Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.

I would like to express my gratitude for the immediate availability of divine help. Over and over I’ve been impressed by how quickly and powerfully prayer can bring healing.