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Doubt is considered normal today. So many people haven’t proven to be trustworthy. Governments and businesses often fail to fulfil promises. And our own abilities sometimes let us down. Yet there’s an alternative to skepticism and despair—a spiritual one.

From a spiritual perspective, certainty is the norm. Unflappable certainty springs from the compelling awareness of God as entirely good—and everyone in His creation as entirely good, like Him. This awareness is within our reach through Christly prayer.

In this issue of the Journal, contributors show how a divine sense of things and the certainty that comes with it lead to healing and regeneration. Several own up to having felt inadequate to the demands of prayer, especially in the face of what seemed like scary or intractable problems. Then they share their paths to overcoming doubt—to securing unwavering confidence in, as one person puts it, “the solidity and constancy of Father-Mother God’s love.”

Whether we’re facing individual challenges or the appearance of overwhelming global chaos, we always have a thought-choice. It’s to wholeheartedly embrace God’s view and to reject everything unlike it. That’s a stance we can count on to answer every single need—including the healing of doubt.

Cheryl Ranson
Staff Editor

August 2021

Letters

Longing to share? [Jan Klesse, “ The native language of Science and Health , ” Journal, June 2021] This article is such a help to those who have been longing to share Science and Health or who are praying for its reception. This article goes beyond that to giving us a way to think about receptivity in lectures, Reading Rooms, church services, and so on.