Anyone who has ever written an article, a play, or a scenario knows what it is to rewrite. He goes over the whole development with a fresh eye as to what needs to be changed, cut, rephrased, recast. He needs to be willing to challenge any and all concepts, subject each one to new scrutiny, and let the main idea or theme come through more clearly.
We're in the process of rewriting every day as we study and pray over the facts of God and man in our pursuit of Christian Science. Our lives constitute our scenario. Certain lines of reasoning and activity, certain concepts of ourselves, may have become more or less set in our script. Are we willing to cut where necessary? Are we willing to give up a "favorite phrase" or a "pet paragraph" for the benefit of the whole? There's need for flexibility, willingness to yield to a higher idea, a clearer sense of guidance.
And that's the reason we pray. We pray to subject our lives to the divine influence. The prayer that Mary Baker Eddy has given us the duty of praying each day is: "'Thy kingdom come;' let the reign of divine Truth, Life, and Love be established in me, and rule out of me all sin; and may Thy Word enrich the affections of all mankind, and govern them!" Manual of The Mother Church, Art. VIII, Sect. 4. Thus we examine our daily activity and yield to the rewriting of divine intelligence.
