DO we as Christian Scientists realize how much is to be gained from our present experiences if we will but profit by them? Do we appreciate the opportunities afforded us every day and hour to demonstrate the Truth of Being? In looking for great blessings we are apt to overlook the many little things which help to make the great ones. Likewise, we let opportunities go by unimproved, because we are looking for a chance to do some great work. The selfishness of mortal man causes him to want to do a work he is not able, or to wish for something he has not earned. He has not yet learned to be satisfied in doing what he can do and to be content with his wages. He wants what he sees others have, and frequently complains because his wishes are not gratified. Even though he may call himself a Christian Scientist, yet he is too apt to estimate happiness and harmony according to the abundance of the things that are seen.
Each individual experience is a mine of richest treasure whose gems lie buried beneath the surface. Only he who goes beneath the material sense of things can find these treasures and know their value. The hard work of digging is forgotten in the joy of possession.
Much as we may desire the blessings of spiritual existence, let us know that we cannot have them unless we labor for them. Do we say we do not have the chance to work? Perhaps we do not have the opportunity we desire, but we do have the opportunity to do a work we are capable of doing, and which is very necessary that we should do, even though it may not bring us the reward we hope to receive. Still it is a work for us to do and will bring its own reward.
