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Do you have to accept all that life throws at you? I was a long time learning that the answer is found in doing what Jesus said: "Seek ye first the kingdom of God. " Matt.

As God becomes less theoretical to us—and more tangible as infinite Spirit—our latent, yet unbounded, potential to heal and be healed can be realized. Christian healing doesn't change reality, since the only reality is God.

DO YOU SOMETIMES wait for a particular report to come on the television or radio and then realize when it's almost over that you missed it because you were thinking about something else? I have been considering this recently in relation to listening to God. I've read many articles, both in this magazine and others, about people who have been wakened in the middle of the night with a strong urge to pray about something very specific.

Mary Baker Eddy's groundbreaking book, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, was first published 125 years ago. For more than a century, this book has met humanity's increasing demand for a more spiritual understanding of health, a better basis for lasting relationships, and a greater sense of security and peace.

" Do you carry any smaller pots?" I asked the woman sitting at the table in the marketplace. Miniature vases with engravings, paintings of domestic scenes with peasants, flower pots, and other artifacts made of black pottery crowded her rustic "shop" along the roadside.

If God knows our heart , why isn't repentance and a desire to be pure sufficient to make us pure? Because effective repentance means reform—radical, fundamental rethinking that changes sorrow, shame, and suffering into purified lives. God's love for us impels us toward this reformation process.

The poet Robert Bly hints at the illusory nature of mortal life when he writes: For we are like the branch bent in the water.

There are ways out of the trap of depression—ways that avoid the slippery road of becoming heavily dependent on drugs. I found such a way, and it taught me some of the most useful lessons I've learned in my life.

IN THE UNITED KINGDOM , one of the main areas of increased public sales in bookstores is in "Mind, Body, Spirit" (MBS) subjects. In contrast, the subject of religion doesn't evoke similar interest.

It would certainly be understandable if Jesus' followers had hoped that after the crucifixion they would eventually see their Master again. Perhaps in some future heaven.