"Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits" (Ps. 103:2). I desire to take advantage of the privilege of expressing my gratitude for all the benefits received through Christian Science. Many times during the years I have been blessed by studying this Science, and healings have always resulted when its truths have been earnestly applied. I have received much encouragement from the helpful testimonies in the periodicals.
When a problem involving financial expense arose, I endeavored to work prayerfully on the thought of supply and to understand Mrs. Eddy's statement in "Miscellaneous Writings" (p. 307): "God gives you His spiritual ideas, and in turn, they give you daily supplies. Never ask for tomorrow: it is enough that divine Love is an ever-present help; and if you wait, never doubting, you will have all you need every moment. What a glorious inheritance is given to us through the understanding of omnipresent Love!"
I began to realize that God's spiritual ideas are available at every moment and that man, as a spiritual idea, has no unfilled need, because all that God has is already man's by reflection. The perception of these truths at that time cast out fear of financial lack, and the expenses were taken care of without hardship. Through this experience I gained a better understanding of God and of man's relation to Him and learned that one can have no greater need than to know his Father-Mother, Love.
