True resilience is grounded in the spiritual fact that God is our divine Parent, who has bestowed grace and favor upon each of us because each of God’s children is precious in His sight.
When we are living the beautiful qualities that express everyone’s true identity—purity, compassion, tenderness, mercy, unselfishness, and countless others—God’s redeeming and healing love shines forth through us to bless all humanity.
A few of these new readers of Science and Health expected healing; most did not. Some read it out of curiosity, some out of genuine interest, some out of desperation. But they all read the whole book and were healed—naturally.
We do not need to accept that any disease or problem defines us. But this is more than just disassociating a material problem from a material view of ourselves. Instead, it’s letting our thought be consistently oriented to fully accepting that we are so much more than what a physical body presents.
If we want to experience the undivided harmony of God’s ever-present kingdom, we have to play our part. We must be willing to submit to God’s will instead of insisting on our own.