Article May 16, 1925 Issue

"Love the place where you are"

BERNICE MADELINE WELLS

When the first bright rays of Truth as revealed in Christian Science dawn upon human consciousness, do not we all feel like exclaiming, It is sweet to be here? Yes, here, in the very place which we have thought to be at least partly responsible for our discontent and unhappiness. Mrs. Eddy says in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 559): "Then will a voice from harmony cry: 'Go and take the little book.... Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.' Mortals, obey the heavenly evangel." After a time we shall realize that we have commenced that travail which leads from material human beliefs to the knowledge of and participation in the life which is in Christ Jesus; but if in our eagerness to prove the divine Principle which when rightly applied never fails, we make the most of each present opportunity to demonstrate the practicability of divine Science, we shall find ourselves day by day approximating and rejoicing in that richer, fuller life—aye, the reflection of the Life divine—which permanently satisfies.

An anonymous writer counsels, "Love the place where you are, and the friends God has given you, and be sure to expect everything good of them." Could advice be kindlier? In Christian Science we learn that God is infinite, unchanging Love; and the Scriptures inform us that He made all that was made and declared "it was very good." From the very consistency of His nature, God could not make one place better than another, could not cause more of good, more of happiness, to be in one place than in another. Would a tender, loving Father, whose children exist because He exists, create anything but the very best for all of His children, each one to share equally alike? How could He do otherwise than bless all equally, since He is infinite good, and man and the universe are His reflection?

In Science and Health (p. 13) Mrs. Eddy assures us: "Love is impartial and universal in its adaptation and bestowals. It is the open fount which cries, 'Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters.' " God, our eternal Father-Mother, is invariably all-knowing, all-loving, omnipresent good, whatever the place, condition, or circumstance we may seem to be in; but we must all "come ... to the waters." Jesus exhorted his disciples, "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you;" and, again, in the same chapter he said, "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven." He thus brought to notice the significant fact that each one, individually, must desire to know God sufficiently to seek Him and bring mortal thought into obedience to omnipotent divine Mind, thereby demonstrating his worthiness to be called the son of God. Then will he be in a position to recognize and partake of the manifold blessings which the ever loving Father has bestowed upon him. As we confidently seek and rely on God's divine wisdom in all things, we shall find that every need will be met in the ratio of our trust in and obedience to Him, and that He will harmoniously adjust all our affairs and circumstances as each adjustment may be required.

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