OUR FIRST TINY CONDO in Boston started off modestly, to say the least—with peeling paint, cramped kitchen, and a dark, parking-garage view. But it fit our budget in an inflated real estate market. And my mom helped me see the possibilities. "All this place needs is a little vision!" she said. Granted, it took a few months, but paint, wallpaper, and some inspired help from a decorator-friend transformed that little apartment into a spot I still love to remember.
Isn't vision—energized spiritual vision—that redeems anything that looks like a lost cause, whether it's a dismal home or a diseased body or a land ravaged by earthquake and disaster?
And what if the cause that calls out for restoration and progress is the great and holy Cause of Christian Science itself? This actually happened in the early history of the Church, when the Founder, Mary Baker Eddy, realized in 1889 that the membership roles and financial resources had dipped dangerously. So she quickly addressed the situation with proactive prayer and spiritual vision. The result? There followed "a great revival of mutual love, prosperity, and spiritual power," as she described it in her autobiography (Retrospection and Introspection, p. 44).
