God never sentences His loved offspring to be on the receiving end of any evil, reactive influence. God is good alone; God doesn’t send evil, use evil, or allow evil.
There is a growing conviction in my heart that people and places that seem consumed with hatred can be viewed with healing compassion that can melt even the most egregious forms of hatred.
It’s comforting to glimpse in prayer how, in every corner of existence and in every corner of thought, God, including God’s pure goodness, is present—the only presence. In reality, there exists absolutely nothing to react negatively to God.
By paying attention to God’s healing messages, I understood that neither burnout nor a sleep disorder is any part of God or His creation. Why? Because God, divine Mind, is the inexhaustible source of all movement, energy, and intelligence—and our source as well.
The usher didn’t miss a beat and warmly invited me in without any other comment. It turned out that I very much needed the atmosphere of peace I felt at the service that morning, and I was very grateful that I was a welcome visitor.
It’s natural for each of us to hear and follow divine direction when we realize that we’re never separated from its source—the infinite, all-loving, and all-good Mind, God.
We all want peace in our lives and the world, and Christian Science teaches that to find that peace, it is essential to watch our thoughts as Christ Jesus taught when he said, “What I say unto you I say unto all, Watch” (Mark 13:37).
I took home several copies of The Herald of Christian Science from the Christian Science Reading Room. The testimonies of healing in the magazines inspired me so much that I realized everyone could perform such healings if we understood and applied these teachings.
