On page 246 of Science and Health, Mrs. Eddy writes: "Life is eternal. We should find this out, and begin the demonstration thereof. Life and goodness are immortal. Let us then shape our views of existence into loveliness, freshness, and continuity, rather than into age and blight."
It is truly a joy to realize that man lives in the eternal presence and fullness of God's love now and forever. Christian Science teaches that this eternality of life is the spiritual fact of every child of God, Love's perfect reflection. In the vast forever of infinite good there has never been a lapse from Truth's ever-presence, from Mind's continuous manifestation of intelligence, from Love's protective power, and from Life's constant expression of right activity.
With the desire to understand this nowness of spiritual living, we may gain further enlightenment in this Biblical passage (Eccl. 3:15): "That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past." This verse puzzled the writer until one day she reasoned that if she placed complete trust in God and His loving care for her in what humanly is often spoken of as the hereafter, then she should know that His presence had always been with her, divinely guiding and blessing her in the present as well as in the so-called past.
