Most of us, at some point, have felt misunderstood, even rejected. Maybe you've felt that way. How did you handle it?
I once asked a friend of mine this question. He answered: "I take what I am and offer it. If it's not welcome, I offer it somewhere else." This response reflected his freedom from self-consciousness—the security he feels in the understanding of his spiritual identity as God's child. He realizes that sometimes a particular individual may not need or want what he is offering. Still, it is needed somewhere and is worthy of acceptance. He doesn't feel diminished but knows that his Father-Mother God values and loves him.
What is it about him—or any of us—that God loves? Christ Jesus knew. He recognized man's spiritual qualities, not a material personality, as true substance. And he loved unconditionally the man of God's creating. Mary Baker Eddy explains in Science and Health: "Jesus beheld in Science the perfect man, who appeared to him where sinning mortal man appears to mortals. In this perfect man the Saviour saw God's own likeness, and this correct view of man healed the sick. Thus Jesus taught that the kingdom of God is intact, universal, and that man is pure and holy." Science and Health, pp. 476-477
