Article January 30, 1926 Issue

"Illimitable Love"

FLORENCE TERRY

On page 4 of "Pulpit and Press" Mrs. Eddy writes these beautiful and inspiring words: "Wait patiently on illimitable Love, the lord and giver of Life. Reflect this Life, and with it cometh the full power of being." What a perfect picture these words bring before our eyes!

Webster defines "illimitable" as "incapable of being limited or bounded; immeasurable; limitless; boundless"—all attributes of the one infinite God, good. And in Mrs. Eddy's words we have the assurance that if we will but wait patiently and expectantly on this illimitable, measureless, boundless Love, "the full power of being" will be ours. What a goal to seek to attain! How wonderful is the thought of the illimitability of Love, the divine Principle, God! How it shows that in no way whatsoever can God be limited! Just think of trying to limit illimitability!

Are we not all, however, too apt to outline just what we want God to do for us, just how much we may expect from Him in the light of our past experiences or judging from the standpoint of the experiences of others? Do we not often say that if we could have just such an environment, or such a position, or such a home, or just so much money, we would be quite content? Do we not try, though perhaps unconsciously, to lead God, as it were, in the direction we should like Him to take on our behalf? Yet all the time, here within our reach, He has unlimited good for us, beyond anything we can ask or even think. In fact, He has more good for us than we have ever dreamed of, "the full power of being," which is ours for the taking, if we will open our consciousness wide enough to receive it, and stop planning and outlining humanly.

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