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A journal is a record. It’s an accounting of important things to be remembered.

The sweet sounds and glories of earth and sky, assuming manifold forms and colors,—are they not tangible and material? As Mind they are real, but not as matter. All beauty and goodness are in and of Mind, emanating from God; but when we change the nature of beauty and goodness from Mind to matter, the beauty is marred, through a false conception, and, to the material senses, evil takes the place of good.

Every reader of the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, knows that its author, Mary Baker Eddy, opens it with a radical statement: “The prayer that reforms the sinner and heals the sick is an absolute faith that all things are possible to God,—a spiritual understanding of Him, an unselfed love” ( p. 1 ).

As First Reader at my branch church, I put together a Bible lesson on the healing of depression for a Wednesday evening testimony meeting. Gideon, an early Israelite leader (see Judges 6:11–40 ), feels ill at ease because of the evil intentions of the surrounding peoples that want to do him and his fellow Israelite settlers harm.

“Divine Love always has met and always will meet every human need,” Mary Baker Eddy states on page 494 of the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. This truth has been proved to me many times throughout my life.

I believe it’s possible to say that the oldest natural activity is nursing! The word nurse is derived from the Latin, nurture , meaning “to nourish. ” An expectant mother naturally nurses (nourishes, feeds, enfolds) her unborn child.

I joined The Mother Church a little over a year after I began studying Christian Science. The Church is the one institution on this earth that makes available a means for the healing of any disease, if one follows and practices its teachings.

Christ Jesus’ parable of the prodigal son means so much to me because I’ve always felt like the prodigal daughter. This tender story of love reminds me of my membership in The Mother Church.

I consider membership in The Mother Church to be my most valuable possession. As with many precious treasures, gaining membership for me involved sacrifice and work.

During my sophomore year in high school, my mother, the only member of my family who was a student of Christian Science, was healed of cancer through Christian Science treatment. At the time, I was taking a class preparing me to join a mainline Christian denomination.