Christian caring, including Christian Science nursing, is not a substitute for prayer, or something to do when the healing results of prayer don’t yet seem evident. It moves hand in hand with Christian Science healing treatment in bearing witness to the presence and power of divine Love to heal.
We can check our zeal for sharing our light against Jesus’ timeless guidance. Does what we think, say, and do result in others experiencing the healing impact of understanding spiritual reality and lead to their heartfelt praise for healing’s source, God?
There’s not a power in this world, not a problem we might face, that could actually deny the all-power and all-presence of God, of divine Truth and Love.
It is our Father-Mother God, our divine Parent, who brings order to our schedule; protection to our children; and calm, strength, and healing to whatever challenges we may face.
There is a powerful reason to come together as Christian Scientists and support each other: to find ways and means to not merely better ourselves but to help all humanity find within themselves the Christ-spirit already present.
Throughout the Old Testament, the Hebrew word used for peace is predominantly šālôm, commonly rendered shalom in English. This peace not only refers to the absence of conflict between individuals or nations, but also points to an inner quietness for each of us, a spiritual tranquility that includes a genuine sense of completeness or wholeness.
I needed to fix my gaze on the divine reality that God’s infinite, ever-present care comforts and blesses. This truth helped strengthen my understanding that health and freedom are actually permanent.
God is not a mysterious, unknowable, distant Being, but identifiable and knowable and always at hand. Getting to know God through the synonyms for Him brings to light what the divine presence means to us.
Through studying the Bible and Mary Baker Eddy’s writings, we come to discern and increasingly demonstrate a harmony that’s already ours rather than feeling dependent on a steely personal grit to secure health and well-being.
