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Several years ago our family was waiting for a new arrival. One child had been born to us, and we'd been led to apply to adopt another.
Often in seeking healing we ask, "How long, Lord, how long?" But how fervent is our desire for grace? Our willingness to let God do His beautiful work in all of us is directly related to how pliable our hearts are. None of us are humanly perfect, and we have, in some ways, all fallen short of the righteousness of God.
How, indeed, could one study for hours and hours that holiest of all books, the Bible, and its companion, the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, without experiencing healing? Christ Jesus tells us, "If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Jesus pictured the Kingdom of God as the dimension of the spirit into which we are called to enter, where the axioms are not the usual ones of the physical world, although the imagery seems to give to the Kingdom a sense of space. As we have seen and must always keep in mind, most basically for Jesus, the Kingdom is a description of the presence of God as spirit and power.
It is becoming more evident to many people that physical disease and other human difficulties are not always what they appear to be on the surface. Disease, for instance, from the medical viewpoint, has a name, conforms to certain symptoms, and tends to follow a materially predicted course.
In the allegorical trial See Science and Health , pp. 430-442.
LOOKING DEEPLY AT HOW.
The Editors thought present-day contributors and readers might enjoy seeing the following announcement. It was published during the time of Mrs.
Try to find fresh ways to convey familiar ideas, and especially to avoid Christian Scientists' jargon. "I did my work" doesn't really convey the same idea as "I prayed"! The old analogies based on "Two and two is always four" and "Columbus's discovery that the earth is round ' are so well worn, they really must be retired !
What is our mission—our purpose— as Christian Scientists? Is it merely to swell our ranks? To get more bodies into our church pews? Isn't it rather to pray and heal with gratitude to God for the way our Master showed us and for the key to a clearer understanding of this way given to us by Mrs. Eddy? Of course, we want to open our branch church doors and our thoughts and hearts to all—to extend a loving welcome always.