Military families tell of protection, guidance and healing in challenging situations and in everyday life . . .
A few years back I was on an aircraft carrier on the other side of the world. The comfort of my family, friends, and church were a long way away…but only to mortal sense. The portability of Christian Science and its application to every situation has helped sustain me through my life and military career.
This fact was demonstrated multiple times while I was on a long deployment. One particular situation involved a condition that made it uncomfortable to sit for prolonged periods of time. My job as a pilot and the missions I was flying required me to do just that, day in and day out. Each mission was also punctuated on either end by the violence of the catapult shot to begin the flight and the equal violence of the arrested landing at the end, both of which seemed to aggravate this condition. I held fast to the idea that I was always in the exact place that God wanted me to be, and that He would provide all the comfort I needed. I could not, and would not, be hampered in executing my daily activities by the claims of mortal mind because God’s man is not susceptible to those claims.
One of the few bonuses of being on the ship is that there is a good amount of free time for reading. At the time, my wife and I were studying Science and Health (the textbook of Christian Science) simultaneously. We would each read the same ten pages a day and would chat about what we were learning from it via email. This provided further comfort and the dedicated time for the study and prayerful reflection that I needed to see myself through this trial. During this time I was able to see myself so clearly as the perfect and unencumbered idea of God and know that material circumstances could not dictate the state of my being. The condition cleared up expeditiously and I was able to continue on in my duties without pause or interruption.
I am so grateful for all the tools that Christian Science provides for me in dealing with day-to-day issues and for the pure, absolute Love that accompanies it.
Gabe – U.S. Navy
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