My parents were Christian Scientists, and every day they studied the weekly Bible Lesson from the Christian Science Quarterly. Sometimes they’d refer to this daily study commitment as “doing” the Lesson. Soon after my marriage, I told my husband (not yet a student of Christian Science), “I’m going to do my Lesson now.” When I was about halfway through reading it, he appeared in the doorway and asked, “What is it you ‘do’ when you’re ‘doing’ the Lesson?” He wasn’t being facetious, just naturally curious. I realized it must’ve sounded odd—so what a great question!
I don’t remember my answer, but this was a wake-up call, one I’ll never forget. I asked myself in all honesty, “What exactly am I doing?” I soon saw that I was just moving sequentially from one little numbered metal citation marker to the next in both books—the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, the sourcebooks for each Lesson. I had to admit that if you asked me what I had just read, I couldn’t answer one thing. I was merely going through the motions.
While going to God for our daily bread isn’t limited to this provision, “doing” the Lesson is vital to comprehending and loving Him.
