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When I was about eight years old, I was lying on my mom’s bed watching her iron. I asked myself, “Why should I be good?” Quickly the thought came, “Because it is right to be good!” I immediately accepted that idea.

Mary Baker Eddy, who discovered Christian Science, reasons: “If God, or good, is real, then evil, the unlikeness of God, is unreal” ( Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 470 ).

Sometimes ads for services by handymen or other craftspeople contain the slogan “No job too small!” As someone who’s not a do-it-yourself kind of guy around the house, I always appreciate seeing those words. They reassure me that I don’t have to feel embarrassed about asking for help.

When God speaks to us, what do we hear?

Dear Reader:  Authenticity. People want real, honest communication—whether it’s between friends or in discussions on social and commercial media.

More and more I’ve been working on staying in an absolute consciousness of Love during every moment, every interaction. One of the synonyms for God is Love, and as I continue my study of Christian Science, I grow more certain that Love is the only power and is governing every aspect of my life.

Some time ago I planted corn on a quarter-acre plot. Sixty days later my field showed promising signs of an abundant and high-quality harvest.

Editor’s note: The following is an example of how study and prayer with the weekly Bible Lesson from the Christian Science Quarterly blessed a family, and those they were in contact with, during the Thomas fire in California in 2017 and 2018. The authors share, week by week, what inspired them and brought healing progress.

My family shares parts of a farm in the South Valley of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Some of the land is meadow, and there are several flower gardens and a vegetable garden.

These words, spoken by Jesus, were startling to the people of his time. “Who can forgive sins, but God alone?” ( Luke 5:21 ) they murmured amongst themselves.