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Loving and Being Right
Until our desire to love equals our desire to be right, we will never be right. Until our care for the people who have broken a moral law is greater than our pride in rebuking them, our rebukes will have no meaning. Not that we should ever neglect the law and its enforcement, but that we should understand the nature of its fulfillment.
All true law is of God. He is the only lawgiver. But God is Love. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Love is the fulfilling of the law." Rom. 13:10; And Mary Baker Eddy, in the Glossary of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, gives a definition of "Moses" which includes these words: "...the proof that, without the gospel,—the union of justice and affection,—there is something spiritually lacking, since justice demands penalties under the law." Science and Health, p. 592;
Much misunderstanding occurs over the distinction between loving and being right—usually because it is believed that one must do either one or the other. But the teachings of Christ Jesus make it clear that one cannot be right without expressing love. In fact, he stressed gaining a right relationship to God through being truthful to oneself and through love. Only then could wrongdoing be exposed and corrected.
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June 8, 1974 issue
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Profitable Thinking
ELIZABETH BICE LUERSSEN
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The Road to Spiritual Healing
JACK A. KRIEGER
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Pray with Expectancy
JOHN OGILVIE HORNE
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Never Get Used Up
SHARON SLATON HOWELL
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SPIRITUALIZING THOUGHT
CHRISTOPHER JOHN PARROTT
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PRAYER FOR MYSELF
Mary E. Bouvé McCain
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Jesus Loved Little Children
Joyce E. Dronsfield
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Dear Son
Dad
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THE SECRET PLACE
Stanley John York
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Loving and Being Right
Carl J. Welz
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"What am I doing wrong?"—An Answer
Geoffrey J. Barratt
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Over fifty years ago a friend visited our home and brought us...
Bertha E. Lindgren with contributions from Patricia Lindgren Kurtz
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I am convinced that gratitude opens our thought to receive...
Metta F. Herber
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I had an unsightly skin disorder on my neck and the side...
Marion G. Lady with contributions from Dorman K. Lady, Lloyd M. Holmes, Jody Erb, Barbara Erb, Lucile Blackshaw