Christ Jesus said, “Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom” (Luke 12:32). Mary Baker Eddy wrote, “Take heart, dear sufferer, for this reality of being will surely appear sometime and in some way. There will be no more pain, and all tears will be wiped away” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 573). I learned the truth of these statements and that the power of the Christ is right here to heal us when we turn to God with receptive hearts.
There was a time when I was very afraid of chronic pain that seemed to be spreading. I called a Christian Science practitioner to help me pray about this fear and to give Christian Science treatment. She spoke with me about turning away from thinking of my life as limited to a material body and turning toward the true spiritual understanding of God as my Life. She shared this analogy with me: “It’s as if you’ve taken a wrong turn down a street lined with old stores filled with dirty, unwanted clothes and goods. But you can turn around and go the right way, to a street lined with bright stores with shining windows filled with beautiful things people want.”
Mrs. Eddy wrote in Science and Health, “Do you not hear from all mankind of the imperfect model? The world is holding it before your gaze continually. The result is that you are liable to follow those lower patterns, limit your life-work, and adopt into your experience the angular outline and deformity of matter models.
