Prayerful Watching

I am very grateful for all the watching that is done in the Plainfield Christian Science Church, Independent, and especially for the weekly Unity Watches. It has blessed my life in countless ways.

One weekend a couple of protest marches were organized for the city of Plainfield. Around the nation there had already been areas of great unrest and destruction at some of these marches, and now similar groups were coming to our area. One of the protests was a block from the church, and the other was set to be at the other end of town.

The church members were asked to pray for the peace and safety of the folks participating in this activity, and for the city of Plainfield. During the time of the protest and march, we were holding our Bible Study. The march did not disrupt the class nor our needed work and activities afterward. The march was peaceful, quiet, and safe, thanks to the love-filled, consecrated prayers for the community, nation, and world done at this time.

This experience also brought healing for me regarding deep-seated fears and memories from childhood. I had grown up in the 1960s and 1970s during racial unrest that often ended in violence. So it was wonderful to see the results of this prayer! The help I received from my Plainfield practitioner during the week leading up to these planned protests kept my thought focused on God, not people, events, or the past. It was such a powerful experience and lesson witnessing the effect and power of righteous scientific prayer, which brought out the good that was here, and silenced unrest.