Editorial June 28, 1941 Issue

Waiting

George Shaw Cook

ONE of the most persistent beliefs of mortal mind is that of having to wait for something desirable rather than of being at once in the enjoyment of it. Mortals are beset by the belief of the human mind that while it may be possible for one eventually to realize the good he desires, such realization must of necessity be postponed.

Some of the common manifestations of this belief in delay and postponement include waiting for a favorable change in the weather, waiting for "the early and the latter rain," waiting for the seed to germinate and sprout, for the crop to mature and the harvest time to come. A merchant may find it necessary to wait for costs to be lowered or prices advanced, and the worker for a rise in wages. Many business men and others find themselves obliged to wait long and patiently for the favorable consummation of some enterprise which they are promoting; and there are innumerable other ways in which human beings seem subject to obstruction, hindrance, and delay.

One of the most subtle and yet most frequently experienced phases of delay is due to the suggestion of mortal mind that it is necessary to wait for healing; whereas the law of divine Mind is the law of immediate and perfect recovery from the belief in disease, whether it be chronic or acute. Christ Jesus proved in the ministry, in more than one instance, that it is possible through the application of spiritual law immediately to heal disease, even though it may have been of long standing. This was convincingly proved in the instantaneous healing of the man of whom it is recorded in the Gospel of John that he "had an infirmity thirty and eight years."

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