Article March 6, 1954 Issue

WHAT SHOULD WE REMEMBER?

ELSE L. A. BUCHENBERGER

It is with great joy that we remember the happy days in our experience, the blessings of home and friendship. We remember well the time when Christian Science first came into our lives with the sweetness of its healing touch. As we recall these experiences, our gratitude to God for His love and guidance increases. Shadows sometimes slip in, however, and we remember what we should prefer to forget. Yet, as we advance in understanding we can mark the steppingstones that were needed to bring us to our present stage of growth.

Answers to our queries are always found if we turn in "prayer and supplication with thanksgiving" (Phil. 4:6) to the Bible or the writings of Mary Baker Eddy. One such answer, applicable to almost every problem, is found in the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures." It reads (p. 223), "Remember that truth is greater than error, and we cannot put the greater into the less." This loving counsel of Mrs. Eddy's, if obeyed, would alleviate much suffering and discomfort. Does it perhaps seem that our strength is not equal to the daily tasks? Then let us remember that God, our Life, is All-power and that the promise reads (II Cor. 12:9), "My strength is made perfect in weakness."

Does the day seem too short? Do we seem to find no time for leisure and study? Then we may remember that our Master, Christ Jesus, was never in a hurry, and yet he accomplished more than anyone else has. At times he found it necessary to go up into a mountain to fortify himself and to commune with the Father. And once, when his disciples came to him for comfort and to tell him all that they had been doing, he took them to a desert place and admonished them to "rest a while" (Mark 6:31). So we cannot force a demonstration, but need at times to rest quietly and strengthen ourselves with specific study and communion. This will enable us to accomplish our task more easily.

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