Nothing bad could come from helping a friend

Before my last semester in college, I had a friend who was working as a librarian on the campus. One day, she struggled with a physical challenge. As a Christian Scientist, she was working through that situation to find healing. Then she needed to pick up a package from the postal office, but could not do so. She asked if I could help her.  

It was an opportunity for me to help. Right away, I picked up my bike, left the campus, and went to retrieve her package. On the way back, I took a shortcut – a trail with a very steep slope. It did not go well. I fell and was not able to stand up until some people came to give me a hand. I was dirty and scratched all over. I walked down to the campus and delivered the package without mentioning anything about the incident. 

One thing that really stood out was that I remembered calling God in the moment when I was going down. It happened fast. God was there and had been always there. I was happy to help somebody, and I knew well that nothing bad could come from doing that. When I got back, I was praying with the Scientific Statement of Being on page 468 of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. As a result, the wounds started being less painful.

Later that day, I had to go to work off campus. It was hard to keep focused on my identity, yet at the same time, I knew that there are no accidents. I could not let mortal mind fool me, and I did not have to. It would not be right. In a couple of weeks, all the pain was gone. Until I left college, I was able to take the trail with the steep slope many times to exercise my off-road biking skills. I encountered no incident – only joy to be part of God’s creation and feel His love, tenderness, and, of course, His omnipresence.