A CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PERSPECTIVE

including a very chatty passenger next to me. Emotions were running high, but amid the chatter, I quietly turned to God in prayer. I prayed to know that everything was being guided perfectly by God and that nothing could separate any of us from God’s care or from the spiritual law of divine Love, which includes harmony in all things, even in seemingly uncontrollable situations.

It is these types of ideas that give me a better sense of who I am and a concrete way to overcome the noise – the stress and conflict that can seem to be part of everyday life –and really pray. I find I can do this when I recognize our inseparability from God. Science and Health says: “Let us rid ourselves of the belief that man is separated from God, and obey only the divine Principle, Life and Love. Here is the great point of departure for all true spiritual growth” (p. 91).

Once when I was traveling to a meeting, my flight was delayed due to a mechanical issue. What was supposed to be a quick fix turned into a much longer wait than I’d anticipated, and it seemed unlikely that I would be able to make my connecting flight.

After we took off, I discovered I was surrounded by others talking and fretting about missing their connections,

Not only did my prayers help to calm me, but a calm seemed to settle over everyone on that flight. Once we landed, the flight attendant began calling out connecting gates, and there was a mutual agreement by everyone on the plane to let those making connections get off first. There was also a tangible air of compassion, politeness, and respect being expressed as passengers helped each other leave as quickly as possible. A flight attendant told me that my connecting flight was waiting to take off until I got there. I easily made it to the gate and arrived safely at my destination.

When we recognize God as our entirely spiritual creator, who is the ultimate definition of Love, and we understand our relationship to that Love, we find our own inner peace as well as ways to extend that peace to others.

By Diahana Barnes