Article September 25, 1971 Issue

Searching for Good Health?

JOHN H. WILLIAMS

Many people are diligently searching for good health, but often without much success. They try medicines, health foods, exercise, diets, and other material aids, but are still hounded by ill health. Why is this? Because they are not searching in the right direction. They are believing that health is material, a bodily condition, and that it can be made better only through treating the body in one way or another.

To these sometimes weary searchers, Christian Science says, Turn away from the body to God. Learn of His goodness, power, and love. He is right at hand to free you from every form of physical bondage. The Bible states, "I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord."^{Jer. 30:17;}

One who is striving to attain good health needs to see that actually any physical ailment is the objectification on the body of conscious or unconscious ailing thought. Hence, Christian Science teaches that if one desires good health he should turn from contemplating the condition of his body and direct his attention to correcting his thoughts through a better understanding of God. Mrs. Eddy states in Science and Health, "If God were understood instead of being merely believed, this understanding would establish health."^{Science and Health, p. 203;}