Sometimes, what's familiar suddenly looks new. That's what happened to me one day when I was reading the chapter "Christian Science Practice" in Science and Health. I have read it many times, but this time I read it looking for the verbs, the action words. There were so many that I started writing them down, and before I had reached the end of the chapter, I had a six-page list. Here are just a few of the action-packed directions the author, Mary Baker Eddy, gives in that chapter for dealing with the symptoms of sickness: dispute, destroy, dismiss, disagree, rise in rebellion, banish, mentally contradict, be firm, be calm.
The next Sunday, I asked my Sunday School class to write down the action words from just a few pages in this same chapter. All of a sudden, one student yelled, "I get it! Fight! Fight! Fight!"
When trouble comes, it's so easy to lie down and let it steamroll right over you. But it's possible to develope the capacity to fight on the side of divine Truth, of God. Fighting this way doesn't imply an exhausting battle. One kind of fighting can be actively trusting and resting in God's love. Whatever action is called for, by your firmly siding with God, you raise your sights above the problem and begin to see God at work, right where it looked as though there was only trouble.
