Article April 25, 1903 Issue

Impatience

L. W.

In the last recorded words of Christ addressed to his disciples, after the resurrection, we find this statement: "It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father has put in his own power. But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you." These words may teach every one of us a lesson to-day.

I think many of us, when first coming to Christian Science, delay our own demonstrations by our impatience, a false belief in time, which our Leader, in Science and Health, designates as error. (P. 595.) Eternity is limitless, "a thousand years is as a day with the Lord," impatient haste to tread where we have not conquered, and to occupy a place we have not proved ourselves worthy to fill is neither worthy not profitable. Let us study again the lesson taught by the experience of the disciples. They had worked the greater part of the night, the sea was rough, and a great wind was blowing, and they were getting anxious and afraid, as we often are when error is tumultuous around us and our understanding of Truth seems small. As soon as they saw Christ walking on the sea and took him into the ship, "Immediately the ship was at the land whither they went." This helped me much, for I saw that, just as soon as we are ready to lay down self, willing to leave off hugging "our tatters close about us," willing to recognize Christ, Truth, letting him come unto our lives, to guide and govern in all things, then at once are we at our destination, and the demonstration is made. "One moment of divine consciousness, or the spiritual understanding of Life and Love, is a foretaste of eternity" (Science and Health, p. 598), and we can with thankful hearts say "Thy will be done," and mean it too.

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