We Can Hold Our Peace

KAY R. OLSON

Have you ever been told off, unjustly criticized? What were your immediate thoughts and actions? Angry self-justification? Sorrowful self-condemnation? Self-righteous explanations?

Through Christian Science we find that right thinking and acting are natural to us. God is Mind, and the offspring of Mind naturally express His divine, intelligent power. We go beyond human reaction and reasoning as we understand man to be the expression of Mind. Mrs. Eddy writes: "Know, then, that you possess sovereign power to think and act rightly, and that nothing can dispossess you of this heritage and trespass on Love. If you maintain this position, who or what can cause you to sin or suffer?"^{Pulpit and Press, p. 3;}

When we learn we are divinely appointed to bear witness to divine Love, we are less tempted to react negatively. We come to know that the Godlike is real and that whatever appears ungodlike is unreal, powerless. We are not fooled by or responsive to evil's misrepresentations of being. As the reflection of God, man is Truth-governed, Love-governed. There are no misunderstandings in the realm of God. There are no arguments, debates, rebellions. There is no outside source to contend with or strive against. God's expressions do not oppose Him or each other. They reveal Him, they glorify Him, because they are of Him.

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