How brave are we about letting go of one situation for another? For example, we might have become so accustomed to an unchallenging job that it is now a comfortable rut. Perhaps it seems easier just to stay in this groove and not accept any possible change or new challenge.

Everyone, however, goes through changes, from the child going off to kindergarten to the student entering college. One's employment changes. One may get married and become a parent. The children grow up and leave home. These are sometimes difficult adjustments. They need not be. Application of Christian Science can free us from fear and the reluctance to let go of a habitual pattern of living.

God's law is always operating, causing only that which is good and progressive. Recognizing this fact, no matter what changes take place, we can demonstrate the continuity and infinitude of good. Mrs. Eddy writes, "God expresses in man the infinite idea forever developing itself, broadening and rising higher and higher from a boundless basis." ^{Science and Health, p. 258;}

We can look upon changes as opportunities to glorify God. Christ Jesus said, "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven." ^{Matt. 5:16;}

A change should be an opportunity for us to bear witness to God's provision of ever-present good and to His divine direction. Seen in this light, human experiences take on deeper meaning and, indeed, glorify the Lord. Changes fall into their proper perspective.

True advancement is in the development of our spiritual perception. Perceiving God to be in complete control of man, and man to be God's spiritual idea, demonstrates in everyday life the truth of harmonious being. Each situation can be a progressive step in our gaining opportunities for better, higher views of man's real being in God. Mrs. Eddy writes: "Mortals must emerge from this notion of material life as all-in-all. They must peck open their shells with Christian Science, and look outward and upward." ^{Science and Health, p. 552;}

Age is not the criterion for what one can, or cannot, do. We may retire from business, but we do not cease being about the Father's business. In retirement we need not be afraid to let go of a formulated program of employment. In truth, God has plenty for each one to do. Man is, and must continue to be, the active expression of infinite Mind, and the individual manifestation of this can be evidenced.

The Bible presents Moses as eighty years of age when starting on the forty-year journey with the children of Israel. These were active years of walking, searching, praying, and of proving the omnipresence and omnipotence of God, Spirit. Moses was at first reluctant to obey God's command to lead the Israelites out of bondage, feeling himself to be "not eloquent" and "slow of speech." But "the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth?... I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say." ^{Ex. 4:10-12.}

Moses may have preferred to continue tending his father-in-law's sheep on the quiet hillside. But in obedience to God he let go of that situation, and with complete trust went on to the new, glorious, divine adventure, seeking the Promised Land.

To expand and enlarge our understanding of God's goodness and allness should be our purpose for living. Don't be afraid to let go of a certain pattern of life, no matter how long it has continued, when God prompts you to move ahead. When our prayers result in pointing us in a progressive direction, then we can go this way without hesitation. With a spiritual purpose in mind, and a sincere desire to put God first above all else, fulfillment, joy, and peace are ours for the claiming.