Goodness is not fragile

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Discerning God’s law lifts our understanding of life from materially vulnerable and fragmented to spiritually whole and perfect. Original content on ...

Discerning God’s law lifts our understanding of life from materially vulnerable and fragmented to spiritually whole and perfect. Original content on Christian Science written for this column by one of our readers. Audio read by a member of our audio team.

In Christian Science, God is understood as the creative, all-powerful, everywhere-present Mind of the universe, and all that this Mind creates is forever good. But what can we do when good seems so fragile?

There’s a biblical account of a woman who had been childless until the prayers of the prophet Elisha lifted her out of that belief of barrenness, and she had a son. When her son later died, she asked Elisha, “Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?” (II Kings 4:28). Elisha responded by immediately following her home and proving that goodness was not the deception. The deceit was and always is the evidence of the material senses, whose easily broken promises ultimately prove to be temporary and unreliable. Through his clear spiritual embrace of the child in prayer, Elisha completely revived the boy.

I’m reminded of a time years ago when our family’s little dog, Georgie Girl, meandered out of our yard and was hit by a car. She wasn’t able to walk. My husband and I brought her inside and made her as comfortable as we could, then we phoned a Christian Science practitioner to pray with us. Having experienced Christian Science healings in our families, my husband and I were hopeful of healing, yet we felt caught in the emotional anxiety of the moment. After talking with the practitioner, I felt a deep sense of peace that all was well, and we humbly turned the whole situation over to what I understood as the ever-present healing power of our all-loving God.

Mary Baker Eddy writes in “Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures,” “God is Mind: all that Mind, God, is, or hath made, is good, and He made all” (p. 311).

A creator animates, gives life to, energizes.

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