We had some very strong weather here last Friday (2/16/01), and at home a wonderful evidence of God's power. That nasty sound that indicates tornado came rumbling towards us and just after I had put the cats in the laundry room the doors of the house began to be pulled in and out on their hinges in and out. I was so grateful for what I have learned and worked with regarding the weather over the last several years mostly through the Blue Book [Divinity Course and General Collectanea, compiled by Richard Oakes].
As it happens I had pulled out my Bookmark copy of Watches, Prayers and Argumentson Sunday last and had been working with thoughts presented in the Foreward on pages xii-xiv regarding weather and then Mr. Carpenter's comments regarding Pleasant View on pages xvii & xviii. Like many (I assume), I have been working to see clearly that there is no drought, of any right idea, manifest in the universe of ideas and as such no such idea can be reflected in this experience.... But after reading her injunction about the not seeing the sun for three days and nights, and that there would be a constant rain with clouds constantly replenished I began to work that way myself. By Sunday evening, although none had been forecast, clouds began appearing and on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday there was no sun seen and there were gentle showers though not constant. Thursday the showers stopped and then on Friday came the false sense of organized system.
As the wind increased and the roar came closer I stood just inside the back door to my garden and worked. Quickly came two thoughts. First, an incident relayed in The Healer I had just read that very morning: page 54 the first full paragraph and second, also from Watches, Prayers and Argumentson page xiii where Mrs. Eddy directed Calvin Frye to tell Joseph there is no cyclone. A fact among others that I yelled, literally, at the enemy. IMMEDIATELY the winds and the sound disappeared. As I was rejoicing my neighbors came over and said they were sure we were all about to be hit by the tornado that had been spotted about to hit ground 1/4 mile away [tornado alarms were sounding]. They could only believe that it was God that had spared them. Later we learned that the tornado had traveled on the ground touching down on the main road just outside our neighborhood and then dissipated having done no damage. Indeed the voice of the Lord is in the still, small voice.
I spent much time in gratitude and in thinking about Mr. Carpenter's comments in the Foreward again on page xiii in the second paragraph which gives us the most powerful explanation for Mrs. Eddy's focus on working on the weather. How grateful I am to have had both our compilation of Mrs. Eddy's healing work [The Healer: The Healing Work of Mary Baker Eddy]and my well used copy of Watches, Prayers and Argumentsfrom the Bookmark. How very special the fine edition coming to rest here will be. Truly it all stems from the beloved words that begin the Preface our textbook "To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, to-day is big with blessings." [S&H vii:1-2].
- Carôn Lazar, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.