A Good Samaritan Helps Remove Deep Snow

Over a week and a half ago, where I live in Wisconsin, we received about a foot of snow. Because it snowed over two days, I was able to shovel several times to keep up with it and maintain a path to our stairs that go to the road where our car was parked. Then the bitter cold and wind came and I stayed inside Several days later, when the temperature was forecast to reach 0° Fahrenheit and we needed some groceries, I decided it was time to dig out our car on top of our driveway. As I was shoveling and singing hymns, as I usually do when performing outdoor work because it makes the work fly by, a truck with a plow approached and stopped.

He asked if I would step out of the way, so he would be able to plow as close to the car as he could. After he was finished, I asked him his name. He only smiled and replied, “Just a good Samaritan,” and drove off. This was a gift from God. It didn’t take long after that for me was able to return to the house and its warmth. The weather did not let up, and we received more bitter cold and snow. Again, I waited until the temperature rose, this time to 10°, to shovel out the car. As I was shoveling, I decided to do just enough to be able to get the car out. Later that day, when my husband and I were dressing to run some errands, he called me to the window and told me to look outside. There was a man with a white van, snow blowing around the car and he even cleared out the area where our garbage cans were so we could set them out on garbage day. Here again was another good Samaritan.

As I told this to my practitioner, she related to me a paraphrase from Miscellany by Mary Baker Eddy, “Angels will do your chores.” And they certainly did. Thank you, God, Jesus, and Mary Baker Eddy, for giving us this very precious way of life. Another thank you to the Plainfield Christian Science Independent Church and my practitioner for showing and teaching me how to demonstrate this science.