In the tender story of the Prodigal Son, as told by that old-time physician and metaphysician, Luke, there is a portion of a sentence that has always challenged my attention and demanded careful consideration and study since I have read and studied the Scriptures in the light which Christian Science throws upon them, for the words contained therein seem to me to be pregnant with deep meaning, and helpful to all who are trying to apply the lesson of the great parable practically.
In the seventeenth verse of the fifteenth chapter of the Gospel according to St. Luke, is found these words: "And when he came to himself."
We all desire to be ourselves, to act ourselves, the real self, for in so far as we do this we know that we are reflecting that which is good in the sight of God. We want to feel at all times that we are guided by Good,—God,— and that we are not controlled or influenced by any other mind. We knew that man is himself only when he is reflecting his creator, and therefore every one of us awaits the day that he will "come to himself," for that day will find him close to his Father-Mother God.
