Supportive Prayer for Adult Daughter

I am so grateful tonight for all I have learned about Christian Science during my time at this church.

Recently I went to Massachusetts to see my adult children. I need to give gratitude to this church and practitioner support for teaching me how to listen with my spiritual sense so I knew the right days to plan for, and then the right time to leave that morning, and the type of praying I needed to do before, during, and after the trip, and also how to have my armor on in such situations.

Going into the trip, my kids and I made a few soft plans on what we might do, but in the evening of the first night, there ended up being a problem severe enough that my daughter felt she needed to file a police report. The events around this were quite stressful for her, and she wasn’t sure if it was the right decision, so I began to mentally work for her with truths I have learned here, such as two quotes from Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy: “Honesty is spiritual power” (p. 453) and “Let Truth uncover and destroy error in God’s own way, and let human justice pattern the divine.” (p. 542) I did my best to be a quiet support to her, but the decision needed to be hers and I offered no advice. Once she went through with it, she felt relieved but also a bit of fear.

I told her of a time where my grandfather went through something that could have been dangerous, and when he was asked later on why he wasn’t afraid, his answer was, “Why should I be afraid? I didn’t do anything wrong.” I let her know that in the same way she had not been the one to do anything wrong in this situation, so there was no need to be fearful. All she could do is tell the truth, which she did, and now she could hold to the fact that she did the right thing. The remainder of the trip went very smoothly.

Through this I could see why I felt led to be there on those days, and I am so grateful for the peace and poise I have gained here which allowed me to be useful during that time, but also gave me the ability to not absorb anything erroneous, so that I could come back here refreshed and ready to work. I thank God for Christian Science, this church, and practitioner support. Thank you!