Sometimes it seems that human experience is one of constant vulnerability. The headlines in the news certainly support this belief. In our own lives it might feel as though we’re daily confronted with the suggestion that we are vulnerable beings. Is it possible to feel confident that our health, well-being, and security are fixed, not susceptible to attack?
Christian Science helps us gain a deep spiritual understanding of our safety in God. It begins with the acknowledgment of the total allness of God, who is the timeless, limitless Divine Being that is infinite Spirit. This unseen, yet deeply felt all-powerful force is divine Love, which is reflected by spiritual man. And this man of God’s creating is not the commonly held concept of man as a mortal, material being, but is the image and likeness of divine Spirit. This is the true identity of each of us.
This spiritual truth of the unbroken relation of God and man may seem difficult to grasp. Mortal consciousness, unaware of spiritual reality, clings to its perception of a matter-based reality and resists the truths of man’s real spiritual nature. This reluctance and resistance to understanding one’s spiritual nature leaves one feeling outside of God’s care, which induces a fear that the harmony of one’s well-being is at the mercy of an unpredictable existence.
