Since the time I took class instruction in Christian Science, I’ve been familiar with the seven synonyms for God that Mary Baker Eddy uses in Science and Health with Key to the Scripture. But recently, when reading this book, I noticed that the terms Principle and Love are used in close relationship, as in these passages: “He [Jesus] knew that the divine Principle, Love, creates and governs all that is real” (p. 286). Or: “God is individual, incorporeal. He is divine Principle, Love, . . . . He fills all space, . . . ” (p. 331).
I wanted to get some new insights into this term Principle. What helped me was that Jesus often talked in parables to the people to make them understand his teachings. For example, the parables of the sower and the seed, the lost sheep, the good Shepherd, to name just a few. How could I get a clearer picture of how divine Principle works?
I thought about a winter landscape covered with frost. Frost is formed when temperature and saturated air interact in a certain proportion. Then the whole landscape is blanketed by frost. No tree can say, “I don’t feel like frost today.” Frost covers all, without exception. And no bush can say, “If it has to be frost, then please let it be black.” Frost covers all in white without exception.
