Article May 28, 1979 Issue

Patience and healing

JOHN H. WILLIAMS

Patience—the right kind of patience—can contribute measurably to healing. This is the patience that is quiet and unafraid, buoyant and expectant of good, sure of God's supremacy. Such forbearance strengthens our resolve to do better. The wrong kind of patience, on the other hand, is tinged with fear, doubt of God's all-power.

We can bring the divine essence of patience into our lives. It is a characteristic that enables us to grow spiritually until the bud of understanding blossoms and the fruit begins to form. With it we perceive with increasing clarity the potency and love of one perfect God and the immortal status of the real man, God's expression. These divine facts, revealed through patient study and prayer, enable us to nullify the false concepts of man as sick, handicapped, limited in any manner. James wrote, "Let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing." James 1:4;

Patience is not always needed in healing. If our understanding is sufficiently tuned to God, if our enlightened faith in Love's omnipotence shines brightly enough, healing will be instantaneous, as is often the case. However, if we have not yet discerned enough of the Christ, Truth, to destroy the error and heal at once, then greater comprehension is needed. This is where patience comes in.

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