One of the things I have always loved about Christian Science nursing is how a “wordlessness,” or “still small voice” (I Kings 19:12), so often bases the care that the Christian Science nurse provides. What I mean by wordlessness is a silent yet palpable presence of divine Love, God—the spiritual, healing power that breathes through the Christian Science nurse’s words and acts.
Christian Science nursing initiates practical care for human needs, but it does so without bringing focus to matter or any material law. It is able to care with God’s law because the care is grounded in the conviction that spiritual law reveals and sustains harmony, which is untouched by material conditions. It shows divine Love’s constant care for both nurse and patient. To me, it is evidence of the Comforter that Jesus promised would come (John 14:26).
Mary Baker Eddy says that the Comforter is a “divine utterance” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p.127). I see this “utterance,” or divine impulse, revealing to the Christian Science nurse what words to say or not say—or even when not to say anything at all. It constantly shows the Christian Science nurse and patient divine Love’s governing care and each one’s direct link to this Love.
