Article January 13, 1968 Issue

Staying Our Thought on God

M. KATHERINE ELLIS

In the book of Isaiah we may read this comforting promise: "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee."^{Isa. 26:3;}

Too often in our study of Christian Science we turn to God only in an extremity. We may daily read our Bible Lesson, as outlined in the Christian Science Quarterly, be conscientious in the study of the periodicals, do a certain amount of daily mental work in obedience to the Manual of The Mother Church by Mrs. Eddy; and yet, such is our lack of continuity in application that too often, when we go forth to face our day, it is as if we have put our Christian Science experience in a closet and locked the door on it.

None of us, of course, can study without being benefited. However, the full measure of the benefits of Christian Science cannot be derived until we have learned to stay our thought on God, to dwell with God during those waking hours when we are not studying or doing specific mental work. We must learn that God is divine Mind, infinite Spirit, ever-present intelligence. Many opportunities to demonstrate what we really know of the truth slip by, and we eventually find ourselves in a state of frustration and confusion. We may even be tempted to feel that Christian Science does not heal or benefit our daily human experience.

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