Editorial April 27, 1974 Issue

"Be a good Samaritan to yourself"

Alfred F. Schneider

The Master's parable of the good Samaritan, recorded in the tenth chapter of Luke's Gospel, teaches many helpful lessons. We usually think of the Samaritan as caring for the needs of his neighbor, but there may be times when we first have to take good care of ourselves. "Be a good Samaritan to yourself" may be the message we need.

Why is this important? Because Christ Jesus admonished us to love our neighbor as ourselves. Is there a neighbor nearer to us than this human sense of self? And do we not sometimes neglect to bind up our own wounds? We must watch that we are not robbed of our inspiration by neglecting ourselves in the endeavor to handle our many assignments. If at times we seem burdened by personal responsibility, mesmerized by some evil of mortal belief, we can regain our inspiration by praying first for ourselves, affirming diligently the truth of the real, spiritual man and realizing divine Love's presence to heal.

We can declare, as Christian Science teaches, that man's only true being is God's image, the individual expression of eternal Spirit, Mind, spiritual and perfect, superior to every form of material belief. Error's claim that man is a sinful mortal, the victim of fear or failure, is in God's sight not a claim but nothing, the lying suggestion of so-called mortal mind, infinitely removed from man.

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