Comfort From The Psalms August 29, 2016 Issue

Feeling the comfort and care of divine Love

Dierdre Taylor

I was at a weekly testimony meeting at my branch Church of Christ, Scientist, recently, where someone gave a testimony that, in part, discussed how God is always taking care of us, His children, even if we are not acknowledging or looking for it right then. I, too, have seen this to be true.

Several years ago I went through a very low time in my life. I was suffering from a deep depression, a gambling addiction, and health issues. One day during this time, I learned that one of my adult daughters, who was also a close confidant and friend, had died. I was inconsolable and angry at God. My thought was clouded by grief, and I blamed God for her death.

But in Christian Science we learn that God is Love. The Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy, says, “God is what the Scriptures declare Him to be,—Life, Truth, Love” (p. 330). I have been a Christian Scientist almost all of my life, and I knew in my heart that prayer to better understand God as Love would help me. I called a Christian Science practitioner for prayerful treatment. This support was invaluable, as I felt unable to really pray for myself. I would try to read the weekly Christian Science Bible Lesson, but my heart wasn’t in it. However, precious ideas from passages in the Bible and Science and Health would come to me from memory.

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