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Today mankind still greatly needs to understand the nature of God and to experience the safety, spiritual comfort, and progress that come from this understanding. Christ Jesus' mission to prove the true nature of God and thereby bring healing, peace, and salvation is not intended for a select few but for the whole world.

I was a young wife and mother, a Christian Scientist, and I had no trust in material remedies— or so I thought. My child's kindergarten teacher escorted her to my car to point out a place on her face that the teacher thought was evidence of chicken pox.

The Bible tells us, "One day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. " II Pet.

One of the most vital issues for those of us who are parents is, Have we accepted the commitment to pray for our children? And next in line for me is, How can I do it systematically and joyously, with fresh inspiration? Clear motives Undergirding the commitment to prayer is a clear understanding of why we pray for the children. Perhaps the answers to this question seem obvious, but, in my early days as a parent, the obvious answers didn't inspire me, and too often they induced a sense of urgency about my child.

It had been a lovely spring with fine weather for sowing crops and ample moisture to germinate them. Then followed a hot, dry summer.

As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. Proverbs 25:25 About eleven years ago, not long before riots swept through Soweto, the black township that has become synonymous with South Africa's racial struggles, my wife and I received a letter from friends in Johannesburg.

When the heart speaks, however simple the words, its language is always acceptable to those who have hearts. Mary Baker Eddy Miscellaneous Writings, p.

As a boy, I was extremely impressed when I received a compass as a present. Later, the leader of a youth group showed me how to use the compass to regain my orientation if I became confused on a hike.

As free moral agents, Christian Scientists champion the practice of democracy wherever it exists. They know that the political liberties exercised in a democratic society—such as free worship, free speech, free press—testify to the individual's inalienable right of free thought.

When I was a new student of Christian Science, I was informed that in the state where we lived I had the legal right to claim for my children certain medical exemptions and freedom from taking courses of study contrary to my religious tenets and practices. Parents, though, must file a form requesting these exemptions.