Article November 20, 1971 Issue

Keeping Our Standards Up

GLORIA NOVAK CHRISTENA

The jeweler rejects an inferior gem; the florist selects the most perfect blooms; the art connoisseur chooses a fine painting instead of a cheap copy. Each has learned to recognize and appreciate certain high material standards of quality and is unwilling to settle for less.

Centuries ago the prophet Isaiah predicted the coming of a child who would be called Immanuel, who would know how "to refuse the evil, and choose the good." Isa. 7:15;

When Christ Jesus came in fulfillment of prophecy, he proved Isaiah to be right, for he let no appearance of evil attract or impress him, come to rest in his thought, but consistently chose what most manifested Spirit—whatever was orderly, pure, harmonious, whole, abundant. This discrimination marked his outstanding ability to know and do his Father's will and gave him dominion over his surroundings and the situations that confronted him. His thinking determined his experience.

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