Article September 11, 1954 ISSUE

LET LOVE ORIGINATE AND GOVERN OUR THOUGHTS!

SUZANNE PAULSEN

"Love cannot be a mere abstraction, or goodness without activity and power." The truth of this statement made by Mary Baker Eddy on page 250 of her "Miscellaneous Writings" can be testified to by every Christian Scientist who has experienced the redemptive nature of divine Love in his life.

To avail ourselves of the full efficacy of Christian Science, we must claim the present actuality of Love, God, and allow it to enter and permeate our thinking. To the degree that we do this, Love becomes fundamental in our consciousness and provides an immutable standpoint from which to think and act. To let Love originate our thoughts would mean to let go of destructively critical attitudes about people and circumstances and to give up predetermined notions of how things should go. In short, it is allowing Love to unfold and define to us itself and its creation.

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