Remember His Marvelous Work

The Responsive Reading this week in the lesson on Truth at first seemed to me to be kind of ordinary. How often is that in the lesson, I thought.

But then I read it again.

Responsive Reading

Psalms 33:4 the; 105:1–5; 111:2, 3, 7, 8

. . . the word of the Lord is right; and all his works are

done in truth. 1 O give thanks unto the Lord; call upon

his name: make known his deeds among the people.

2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his

wondrous works. 3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the

heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord. 4 Seek

the Lord, and his strength: seek his face evermore.

5 Remember his marvellous works that he hath

done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;

2 The works of the Lord are great, sought out of all them

that have pleasure therein. 3 His work is honourable

and glorious: and his righteousness endureth for ever.

7 The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his

commandments are sure. 8 They stand fast for ever

and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness.

The line from Ps 105:5 "Remember his marvelous works that He hath done" really struck a chord in my thought. How many of His marvelous works have I experienced in my life? I could not count them, they are so many. Just my being is one of them.

I think that sometimes I have taken for granted the good that God has given to me. But today I will do as the responsive reading tells me to and I will give thanks unto the Lord and make known his works among the people. I don't know how many people read this blog but here goes.

I have experienced healings of burns on my face from a hot iron that fell on me when I was a toddler. I was healed of the measles in a half hour. I was healed of severe stomach pains when I was in my early teens. I was healed of severe hay fever also when I was a teenager. I was healed of a broken or dislocated kneecap in a few hours after a fall from a bike. Soon there after I met my husband after being led to go to church while on vacation.

After we were married and started our family we had many healings through prayer and the practice of Christian Science. Our first child was born with a large growth on his head. The doctors were very concerned and unbeknownst to us did many tests on him. When they came to give us the results of these test, we told them that we did not want to know what the results were, that we would rely on God to heal our son. We talked with a Christian Science Practitioner and were told to look away from the material problem and see him as God's perfect child. So we put one of those baby caps on him and went about doing what the practitioner said. Seeing him as the idea of Love, God, was not a hard thing to do. About three weeks later, my sister-in-law, who is not a Christian Scientist, came to visit. By this time we had almost forgotten about the problem. But she burst out, "Oh, my, his head! It's normal!" I looked at him and indeed it was. "Perfectly round" as my husband would say.

When this same son was about three months old, he stopped having bowel movements. We again called a practitioner. This problem persisted for three weeks. During this three weeks the baby never showed an ounce of discomfort. We were sure that God would handle this problem just as He did for us in the past. We knew that "Every function of the real man is governed by divine Mind." [God] Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy page 151. and "in this Mind the entire being is found harmonious" . As I said in three weeks his healing was complete.

When our second child was about 10 months old he seemed to really want to walk. And we expected that he would do so at any given moment. He was very active, climbing out of his crib and crawling everywhere. But he just couldn't get that walking thing. I know this is young to expect your child to walk but his brother walked at nine months, so it was not something new to us. One day, as my husband was holding his hands and encouraging him to walk, we noticed that his little feet didn't lie flat on the floor. Again, I asked for prayerful help from a practitioner, and within 24 hours he was walking with his feet flat on the floor. You couldn't stop him after that.

These are just a few of my remembrances of God's marvelous works!