Throughout Jesus' ministry we find love underlying all his teachings. It was a love which reflected God and transcended human affection. Jesus knew the world's great need to understand divine Love, which sustains the universe in perfect harmony, radiates the power that heals the sick, enfolds us in its protective influence, showers its blessings upon us, and eliminates fear.
The enlightened thought of St. John is recorded in this forthright declaration: "God is love" (I John 4:16). Mrs. Eddy, through her pure thought, beheld the boundless infinitude of divine Love. In Science and Health she writes (p. 6:) "'God is Love.' More than this we cannot ask, higher we cannot look, farther we cannot go."
The omnipotence of Love's healing power was clearly seen by a student of Christian Science one day after her two-year-old daughter had caught her finger in a folding chair. Holding the distressed child, the mother said, "God is Love, and you as Love's child are all right." Instantly the child stopped crying.
