Article July 14, 1934 Issue

Acknowledging God

ROSE L. KEMPTHORNE

In Proverbs we find the helpful admonition: "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths." On page 471 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, says, "The facts of divine Science should be admitted,—although the evidence as to these facts is not supported by evil, by matter, or by material sense,—because the evidence that God and man coexist is fully sustained by spiritual sense."

What does it mean to acknowledge God and admit "the facts of divine Science"? What, indeed, but to acknowledge the allness, ever-presence, power, and goodness of our infinite Father-Mother Love, and man as His spiritual likeness, coexistent with Him—man who is now, always has been, and ever will be perfect, holy, upright, and free! This man, whom we are to recognize and persistently claim as our true and only selfhood, could not possibly be, and is not, sick, sinful, fearful, or lacking in any good thing. This true selfhood, this perfect reflection of the perfect Maker, could no more be discordant than could his perfect Principle. The Christian Scientist who stands firmly for these undeniable facts of his being cannot fail to bring harmony, happiness, and peace into his experience.

But let the student carefully observe his thinking for one day, or even for a single average hour, and see how much of that time he is acknowledging God and admitting the spiritual facts of divine Science. Is he sometimes fearful, impatient, discouraged, ungrateful, confused? Does he wonder why a healing is delayed, a righteous desire unfulfilled, a legitimate need not met? Is his heart heavy because of certain home conditions or human relationships? Does he waste precious moments in self-pity? Then to that extent he has ceased to acknowledge his perfect Principle, God. It is impossible to acknowledge good and evil at the same time. While he is wondering, rebelling, condemning himself or others, he is acknowledging error instead of Truth, admitting not the glorious facts of his true being, but falsities. The Christian Scientist cannot afford to waste one moment indulging in these unprofitable works of darkness.

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