Of Good Report

Listening to a divine message to pray for "justice" brings healing to an unfair situation and sharing Science and Health with a grateful recipient

Prayer enables a father to overcome jet lag, perform his work duties, and care for his children with limitless energy and no ill effects

Instances of protection while driving

Unexpected guest healed of twisted ankle when unwilling hostess overcame fear of insufficient funds to care for guest by recognizing God's love and supply

Prayer supports a deer's escape from a frozen lake

We learn in Christian Science that God is omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent. And since God is good, we would naturally expect His government to be good—to be fair and just, to express kindness, honesty, incorruptibility.

There’s an expression that “scales fall from someone’s eyes” when they have a revolutionary insight or gain a completely new perspective and understanding. It refers to the Damascus experience of Paul (then known as Saul) when, after he became blind, he was visited by Ananias and, as the Bible describes, “immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith” (see Acts 9:1–18 ).

It matters what we think. Every day, we entertain thousands of thoughts.

I’ve recently been considering an idea that provides deep inspiration about how we can heal through the means Christ Jesus did. It’s from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, who said: “Stand porter at the door of thought.

Several months ago I came across a wonderful article titled “ ‘ Refugee is not a profession ’ ” in the Spanish edition of The Herald of Christian Science (Anni Ulich, December 2018). As I read it, tears of gratitude welled up in my eyes.