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There was a time when I felt uncomfortable with conversations concerning medical topics, but I was hesitant to share what I had learned about healing through Christian Science. I decided to pray more deeply about Jesus’ message, “Love thy neighbor as thyself” ( Matthew 22:39 ).

A number of years ago, I noticed that a small growth I’d had on my body for several years was getting larger at an alarming rate and becoming ugly and painful. I had previously accepted the growth as harmless, but now it could no longer be ignored.

Have you ever wondered whether the right person for a lifelong commitment would ever come along? How would you recognize this person? There are certainly matchmaking services with questionnaires to draw people together who have kindred tastes and interests. But how do you really know in your heart whether someone is a right match for you?  You can ask God for guidance.

For centuries people had searched for an answer, and finally they got it. Someone could explain the movement of the solar system, and the world gobbled it up.

A few years ago I was faced with challenges at home, at the school where I teach, and in many other areas. I felt as though I were hanging by a thread.

Shortly after I graduated from college, I met a longtime Christian Scientist. She was a wonderful woman, and since I liked and respected her, I listened to what she had to say even though her beliefs were quite different from what I had learned as a child.

The most productive approach to solving any problem is to make God the starting point. While it’s tempting to focus on the dark things that distress us, thoughtfully considering the nature of God shines a healing light on a situation that could otherwise seem difficult, maybe even hopeless.

In her poem “Mother’s Evening Prayer” Mary Baker Eddy reassures us of God’s omniscience, omnipresence, and omnipotence when she writes, “His arm encircles me, and mine, and all” ( Poems, p. 4 ).

“You call this healing?!” I cried out as I threw my Bible and Christian Science textbook across my college dorm room. I had been reading selections from these two books in the current week’s Bible Lesson from the Christian Science Quarterly.

It’s those little shifts in thought that blow a concept wide open. One changed word can move you out of a familiar rut, and suddenly you see you’ve been holding to a somewhat limited concept.