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Jesus expected his followers to heal. He promised, “He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also” ( John 14:12 ).

Have you ever felt separated from the ones you love? I certainly have. Many things—geographical distances, disagreements, social distancing, and circumstances like the passing of a friend or close relative—can make us feel alone or isolated.

One of the most profound truths in the Bible is conveyed in this question: “Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord” ( Jeremiah 23:24 ). Answered correctly and with spiritual understanding, it can lead to inspiration that heals quickly and completely.

“While Christ is rich, can I be poor?” sings a line from a hymn in the Christian Science Hymnal (John Ryland, No. 224 ).

What’s most important to our individual spiritual growth, to following in the footsteps of Christ Jesus and living the life of a true Christian, to the successful practice of Christian healing, to the building up of our churches and fulfilling the universal mission of Christian Science, to being quietly at peace within ourselves, to feeling genuinely content with our life’s purpose and accomplishments, to being truly satisfied with who we are? Over the years, I’ve come to find that, fundamentally, nothing is more important to all of this than the special quality known as humility. A while back, when I looked up the definition of humility in an online dictionary, I was surprised to learn that this word was in the top 10 percent of all words that the site’s users had searched.

Feeling burdened by problems in your life? The good news is that you can turn to God to drop the burden.

Quietly contemplating Jesus’ instruction, “Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves” ( Matthew 10:16 ), can restore peace in situations that have seemed upsetting. It can help eliminate the self-righteousness or self-condemnation that would disrupt our rightful harmony.

One Wednesday evening after church, my husband and I decided to drive over to a nearby nature preserve for a walk with our dog. On the way, we were talking about how Christian Science is a moral Science and how our practice of it is correlated with how near and dear good is to our thought.

God is always present. That’s a comforting revelation from the Bible.

“Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth” (Matthew 5:5). Christ Jesus’ familiar words were spoken centuries ago.