Article November 10, 1980 Issue

Untroubled joy

DOROTHY KAPLE

The Christianly scientific thinker can remain undisturbed in the midst of upset, confusion, and even calamity. Knowing that God is omnipotent, the only presence, he will find protection from discord—his needs will be met. "'God is Love.' More than this we cannot ask, higher we cannot look, farther we cannot go,"^{Science and Health, p. 6;} writes Mrs. Eddy in the textbook of Christian Science, Science and Health.

In reality man does not live in a material world of turmoil and hurts. He is not a helpless mortal reacting to circumstances that are sometimes good and at other times bad. Man is wholly spiritual. His being is in and of God; he is Spirit's reflection, God's offspring, governed by Him.

This true perception of God and man comes to us through the Christ, the saving Truth forever present with us. "Christ is the true idea voicing good, the divine message from God to men speaking to the human consciousness,"^{ibid., p. 332;} Science and Health explains.