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"God is Love" (Science and Health by...

From the June 1970 issue of The Christian Science Journal


"God is Love" (Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, p. 2). These three words changed my whole life after I had read them in a Christian Science pamphlet, which I had come across in the bookcase of a relative. For some years previous to this my concept of God had been entirely negative. As a child I had been taught to pray to God when I needed His help, and as I was always in poor health and afraid of everything and everybody, I mostly prayed that I might be as healthy and strong as other children. But my prayers did not seem to be answered, and I gave up my faith in God.

The words "God is Love" were for me as the sound of the first trumpet that we read of in Revelation (see 8:7), and since beginning to understand more of the spiritual import of these words I have been more than grateful that this trumpet call of Love so early roused me from a false concept of God.

We knew nothing about Christian Science, so my mother turned to a friend, who she knew had been healed through the teachings of this religion. Later, she took me to visit a Christian Science practitioner. The explanations given to me during this first visit convinced me that Christian Science was what I had always longed for.

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