A WHILE AGO, I began to experience a dull ache in my lower back and light menstrual cramps. This was the obnoxious, yet tolerable pain I had grown so accustomed to as an unavoidable part of my period. I was studying Science and Health at the time, but I found it difficult to stay focused on the words. My mind kept drifting back to the situation. So, rather than just bear the pain, as I always had before, I decided to challenge it this time with my most recent study of Christian Science.
I had been thinking about the qualities included in God's man, both masculine and feminine qualities, and how they all had their source in God. Although I am a woman, I definitely reflect what are considered to be masculine qualities, such as strength, integrity, and intelligence. I also know many men who reflect the more feminine qualities of compassion, grace, and tenderness.
I remembered the description of man in the Glossary of Science and Health as "the full representation of Mind" (p. 591). Without a doubt, I am part of God's creation, and I am "the full representation" of the qualities of God.
