As I read the editorial on this text in the June Journal, it came to me, not in the sense of punishment, but of reward; immediately I was lifted out of the region of chronic fear, discouragement, and despair, up into the realm of joy and peace, into the consciousness of the protecting care of an all-wise, all-powerful God of love; and as the babe nestles with perfect confidence in the arms of its mother, so I rested in the arms of Infinite Love.
Oh, afflicted mortals! beset on all sides by numberless fears, cast aside your worry and anxiety. "Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." Is this not a promise made to us by God? Is it not an unconditional promise that if we, each day, perform conscientiously the tasks awarded to us by the divine Mind, success shall crown our labor, and we shall receive our just and proper compensation?
We should not fear that our work will not be satisfactory; because He who is all-wise, will not give His children tasks that are too difficult for their performance; and all the help that we need lies in His province to supply. "Since to all mankind, and in every hour, Deity supplies all good" (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker G. Eddy, p. 490).
