Even devoted students of Christian Science have occasion to dig deeper in their understanding of its teachings about God, our relation to God, and the practice of Christian healing. I recently experienced the need to go well beyond my normal study discipline, to unreservedly reach out and declare my unimpaired oneness with my creator, and to express my joy and freedom as His, Her, loved child.
A little before Thanksgiving last year, I felt a growing discomfort in my midsection. It affected my mobility, and over a few days it became quite painful. Realizing the need to meet this false claim, I reached out to a Christian Science practitioner for treatment through prayer. This was entirely natural for me, as I have experienced the power of prayer grounded in the divine Science of being to meet every need since boyhood.
So many wonderful, healing ideas were shared by the practitioner. And, even in the midst of extreme discomfort, I was finding healing ideas through my regular—but deeper—study of our beloved weekly Bible Lessons in the Christian Science Quarterly. Other ideas flowed in as I dug into my treasured notes from Christian Science class instruction. I had learned about my oneness with divine Love, and with all Love’s attributes that were mine—and everyone’s—by reflection. I was assured that Love could only be expressed in tenderness, compassion, boundless freedom, and wholeness. In divine Love, fear, pain, or discomfort simply could not be real. I didn’t need to experience these errors. More accurately, I, as the beloved child of God, could not experience them. Love brings freedom.
