Several of our friends in Florida have been praying about the predicted hurricane and I know some of us here in Tennessee are doing the same.
For centuries, people who were afraid have turned to the Bible for God's help. And it is God who gives the solid help we need when storms threaten. These spiritually powerful words from Paul is so comforting: "I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 8:38, 39)
The media gives much attention to weather disturbances that can create great fear and worry in people. The physical senses tell us that we're subject to the natural elements around us, and that despite the precautions we may take, we are still potential victims of damaging weather conditions. This may seem to be the case--and we can't be blasé about potentially destructive storms. Still, there is no more reliable hep than God. There is actually no other power.
I have learned through my study of Christian Science the truth that we neither we nor our dwellings are helpless victims of violence from the weather. As the man of God's creating, each of us governed
by God, the divine Mind, the only real source of power and activity. When we realize this fact with the conviction that comes of spiritual understanding, we and those we know can come through stormy conditions without fear or harm.
Mary Baker Eddy writes in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures", "The history of Christianity furnishes sublime proofs of the supporting influence and protecting power bestowed on man by His heavenly Father, omnipotent Mind, who gives man faith and understanding whereby to defend himself, not only from temptation, but from bodily suffering." (p. 387)
Whatever weather threatens one's well-being, it can be met through an understanding of man's oneness with God. A spiritual understanding of this is extremely practical, as I have found more than once through dire weather forecasts. The spiritual truths brought out in the Holy Bible as well as the teachings of Christian Science can enable anyone to pass through storms with calmness and confidence that they're safe in God's love and care.
