The Bible Speaks to You December 19, 1964 Issue

[The above is substantially the text of the program released for broadcast the week of December 11-17 in the radio series. "The Bible Speaks to you." heard internationally over more than 900 stations. This is one of the weekly programs prepared and produced by the Christian Science Committee on Publication. 107 Falmouth Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.]

RADIO PROGRAM No. 141 - Discovering the Man God Made

INTERVIEWER: Sometimes we get such a jolt we simply have to sit up and take stock of ourselves. We may ask: Why did I act that way? Was it worthy of the best in me? John W. Gardner, in his book entitled "Excellence." has this to say: "What we must reach for is a conception of perpetual self-discovery, perpetual reshaping to realize one's best self, to be the person one could be." (©1961, by John W. Gardner, Harper and Brothers, Publishers, New York, N. Y.)

Now, some may feel that this is aiming rather high. But how do we discover our best self?

SPEAKER: Real self-discovery is discovering the man that God made. And we can't aim too high in our efforts to discover that man. The word "discover" has this connotation : to reveal that which already exists. There is only one real basis for discovering or uncovering the true nature of man, the man that God made: through the spiritual senses. Man's true nature cannot be revealed by the physical senses.

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