Nathaniel Wilder - The Christian Science Journal Sept. 2006
From the beginning, Tibet struck me as a place peopled by quiet dissenters. On the one hand, there are the Tibetans who silently oppose the Chinese occupation; on the other, there are those who oppose the material world altogether in search of the spiritual. All Tibetans are deeply invested in the spiritual life, and I’ve found great inspiration in seeing God’s children pursuing spirituality with such sincere, selfless devotion.
One day my brother and I traveled to a giant lake known as Nam-Tso. Along the drive to our main destination, we noticed groupings of nomadic tents dotting the landscape. We decided that we’d like to get a closer peek. After a brief walk around the area, we headed toward a distant set of mountains and tents. As we approached one tent, cautiously giving the nomads’ protective dogs a wide berth, a man came out and motioned to us, inviting us to come inside.
We followed him into his tent, into a single room packed with family members. Seven people sat around the central fire, four of them children. Nearby a baby goat and large orange cat rested against each other. The family served us hot drinks and sweetly nudged an intruding donkey back out the door. These people couldn’t stop smiling and were clearly excited to share what little they had with us.
What struck me was the beauty of the scene. The beauty of human character that has been stripped of its impurities and pretensions so that only the good and the true remain. To me, this kind of beauty is an attribute of grace. Here in this place that has experienced such a rugged political and economic history were people who transcended their modest human circumstances to live lives filled with grace, the grace that Mary Baker Eddy described as being expressed in
patience, meekness, love, and good deeds” (Science and Health, p. 4)
The simple kindness these people showed my brother and me that day always reminds me that high on the Tibetan plateau, God’s grace shines.
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I will look for more prayer sections,Thank you for yours.Looking for the ones i ‘d found just a day or two ago
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God bless you all,Amen.