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A new baby, children in college, loss of employment, big mortgage expenses, high cost of living, unwise investments, relatives in need—such situations sometimes drain people's financial resources, telling them it's time to worry, or to keep worrying! I've found that if I have time to worry, I have time to pray. And I've also discovered that while worry brings no solution, consecrated prayer brings to light a definite and appropriate solution, whatever the problem.

Around the time of my university graduation, I went to visit a Christian Science practitioner about what seemed an overwhelming problem. I was suffering from an eating disorder.

Are you waiting for things to get better? Someone with a tedious job awaits vacation. The harried parent looks forward to a time when the children will become more responsible.

It is humbling to consider the purity of the Virgin Mary's thought, which permitted the conception of Jesus. Matthew's Gospel bears record to the fact that before she was married to Joseph, "she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

If only I was married/not married to him/her, had/didn't have this/that job, lived/didn't live here/there, had/hadn't said this/that, bought/ sold sooner/later.

The Bible assures us that God is Love. Man, made in God's image and likeness, therefore embodies the invariable laws of Love, which never fail.

In a moment of spiritual awakening, years of sin, disease, and suffering have been known to disappear. How? Through a clear recognition that sin and suffering are never a part of God's spiritual man—never a part of our true being.

This is the last article in a series that has focused on the healings brought about by Mary Baker Eddy through her reliance on God. These healings began in her childhood and continued throughout her life.

Simon , James, and John were business partners. Luke's Gospel tells us of an occasion when they had worked hard—all night, in fact—but human skill, talent, experience, and a strong work ethic had not been productive.

We can learn to erase from thought images of disease or injury. This is an important ability, for it heals.