November has been transformed for me since the teachings of Christian Science led me to love the Bible. This used to be the month in which winter, which was my least favorite season, began to set in. Now it’s a month in which the warm glow of gratitude to God (Thanksgiving Day) and specifically appreciating the Bible (National Bible Week in the United States and International Day of the Bible) sets in.
Pondering the Bible nurtures such a fresh, uplifting perspective of everything in our lives, especially when discerning the spiritual, healing message at its core, which the lens of Christian Science magnifies. One simple change that brought about for me: I’ve learned to love winter!
But much more far-reaching fresh perspectives come through the Bible. It helps us discern our thinking and check it against the timeless standard of Christly thinking laid out in its pages. A letter from St. Paul says, “We have the mind of Christ” (I Corinthians 2:16), which highlights a key point in the teachings of Christian Science: The true source of our thoughts is divine Mind, God, as most clearly exemplified in Jesus. Another letter attributed to Paul points to the nature of such Mind-derived thinking: “God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind” (II Timothy 1:7).
