Article May 24, 1969 Issue

Gratitude Heals

SHARON SLATON HOWELL

Few states of thought are so conducive to healing as that of gratitude. This wonderfully uplifting moral trait lets in the light of Truth, whereby it penetrates the darkness of mortal thinking and begins at once to obliterate everything unlike itself, thus restoring harmony.

Through the study of Christian Science, with its spiritual interpretation of the Scriptures, we learn to know and use gratitude in its fullest sense. Being taught that God made all that was made and was satisfied with His handiwork, as the first chapter of the Bible states, how can we refrain from praising Him and expressing our heartfelt appreciation for this all-pervading good? The correct view of the real creation—perfect God and His perfect reflection, man and the universe—destroys doubt, discouragement, unhappiness, and fear. What a wonderful assurance we possess when we know that God, divine Love, is supreme over all His creation!

We are constantly supported by our heavenly Father. It is not possible to find ourselves in a situation where God's help is not instantly available. Each individual has recourse to his Maker, divine Mind, for the solution of every problem. Paul caught a glorious glimpse of this all-encompassing support when he said, "Neither death, nor life ..., nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God." ^{Rom. 8:38, 39;}

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