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Eye on the world: Never ‘priced out’ of our place in God’s kingdom
In “US housing crunch: The price isn't right” The Christian Science Monitor reports that booming home prices in many US cities have come with some “deleterious effects,” including leaving many middle-income households unable to find housing they can afford. [This is also the case in other cities around the world, though this particular article focuses on the US.]
Ideas on this subject:
From the Bible:
How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house.
—Psalms 36:7, 8
I will place them ... and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
—Ezekiel 37:26
From the writings of Mary Baker Eddy:
(From a rendering of Psalm 23
:) Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house [the consciousness] of [love] for ever.
—Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 578
Soul has infinite resources with which to bless mankind, and happiness would be more readily attained and would be more secure in our keeping, if sought in Soul.
—Science and Health, p. 60
Divine Love always has met and always will meet every human need.
—Science and Health, p. 494
Related articles from the Christian Science Sentinel:
In “Looking for a home?”: “Because man lives in divine Love, he is always in his Father’s loving care…. Because man lives in the atmosphere of divine Mind, he is never helpless.” And “To understand God—His nature and power—and our true selfhood as God’s expression opens up to us the perfection and affluence of real being…. As our understanding matures, we’re able to demonstrate in a progressive degree the qualities that give us dominion over our environment…. We find the wisdom to think clearly and to follow through by acting on the inspiration that comes…. the humility to trust God instead of statistics. Joy comes from seeing more clearly that the Bible promises regarding God’s providing and caring apply directly to us today.”
In “Don’t be anxious, be spiritually expectant”: “My search [for reasonably priced housing] began with prayer... to realize more of my completeness as a child of God, a child who includes the spiritual qualities associated with home.” And “Spiritual good is infinite, therefore constantly and abundantly available to all…. As we discern more of the unchanging completeness of God and man, we understand that we can naturally and trustingly expect good each day…. instead of giving in to discouragement and despair.”
The articles above and others dealing with this subject can be found on JSH-Online.com or on CSMonitor.com.