There
is an infinitely higher way and one more effectual in the adjustment of human difficulties than personally devised corrective or disciplinary measures.
Contrary
to popular belief, true completeness lies not in personal companionship, health, satisfying employment, or other material possessions or activities, desirable though these may be, but in the recognition and demonstration of man's oneness with or reflection of God.
Humanity's
greatest asset is intelligence; but to increase this valuable asset, one needs to understand what it is, where it originates, and how to demonstrate it in its unlimited possibilities.
In a period of great stress, one of the early Biblical leaders records God as saying, "Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God".
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At a time when I was in utter despair and was harboring a sense of self-condemnation over what seemed to be a ruined career and a hopeless existence, I turned to a then unknown God and prayed, "Father, I no longer care if I am happy or not, just let everyone else be happy.
After being a student of Christian Science for about seven years and after experiencing a wonderful healing of a stomach disorder, I again found myself in fearful distress.
I was led to the study of Christian Science by attending a lecture which had been advertised in the daily paper, and I realized that I had been seeking this very truth for many years.
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