Article January 21, 1956 Issue

GOD'S GUIDANCE FREES FROM CONTAGION

ANNETTE JEAN HORNSTEIN

Enjoyment of health is man's constant heritage—a precious eternal gift from his Father, divine Love. This fact denies the existence or power of contagion. God is the only giver and creator, and He fills all space with good. The belief of contagion cannot stand before the spiritual, effective prayer of the alert, wise, and earnest student of Christian Science, who knows the preventive and curative power of Truth.

Praying effectively is not, as some would think, a difficult task, but a very simple one. Since God is ever present, we can at all times listen for His guidance, and through this guidance we learn to express the consecration, unselfed love, and spiritual understanding which compose healing prayer.

Let us be sure not to close and bolt the door of consciousness so that Truth cannot enter. Every good and holy thought has healing power, and divine Love gives us the thought we need for healing. Let us remember that man is not a material body with a mortal mind and soul inside of it, but that man is the image and likeness of God, the reflection of immortal Mind, the expression of divine Love, Soul, Spirit. "Divine Love is infinite. Therefore all that really exists is in and of God, and manifests His love," Mary Baker Eddy tells us on page 340 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures."

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