All over the world as 1992 gets underway, people's quest for freedom remains foremost in the news. The desire to be free wells up in those who live under political domination. Others, struggling with the threat that they may become victims of crime in their own neighborhoods, seek ways to reestablish safety and a healthy community. More privately, all of us can no doubt list several things we'd like to find freedom from—fear of the future, conflict in marriages, anxiety that we might fail at the things that matter most to us. Or perhaps we'd just like to be free of the memory of past events that have left hurts not easily forgiven—whether in families or in the world. In fact, this month's Journal features several articles on marriage and family.
When the great healer, Christ Jesus, talked about truth, he related it to freedom. "Ye shall know the truth," he said, "and the truth shall make you free." Repeatedly he showed a direct relationship between truth, freedom, and healing.
The purpose of the Journal, according to its founder, Mary Baker Eddy, is "to put on record the divine Science of Truth" (The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany). In the process, the record is filled with accounts of people who are finding new freedom and healing through an understanding of man's true nature as God's spiritual child. More than merely a religious doctrine or a creedal affirmation of faith, such genuine freedom comes from the action of God's law
