Article October 14, 1967 Issue

Reverse the Lie and Uphold the Fact

HALLIE JEAN L. BUETTNER

Youth—what a happy, jubilant period and what a privilege for adults to uphold and support our young people! The carnal, or mortal, mind seems to be painting such an unloving and disturbing picture of youth. Yet need we be disturbed? How much more helpful we shall be if we reverse this picture and uphold our youth as they exist in truth.

In Isaiah we read, "Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord." ^{Isa. 1:18;}Let us do just this in thinking of the youth of today. Has man changed? Is the world moving at a faster speed? Is there nothing we can do to help our young people?

First let us consider what man is. In Christian Science we understand man to be made in the image and likeness of God. The basis for this understanding is found in the first chapter of Genesis, where we read, "God created man in his own image."^{Gen. 1:27;} Later in the same chapter is the statement, "God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good."