Editorial June 1, 1981 Issue

Phenomena—miraculous and scientific

BEULAH M. ROEGGE

A glimpse of Christ, even a momentary hearing of a divine message from God, is the most wonderful experience on earth. Actually, it is not strictly an earthly experience; it is the divine meeting the human, transforming consciousness, replacing doubts and fears with spiritual conviction. It brings joy to our hearts and praise to our lips. Each incidence of this divine and human coincidence destroys some dreary belief. An aspect of our living is cut loose from material limitation.

Through the centuries those who have consciously entertained Christ have striven to tell others of this glorious message. Such Christly impulsion moved Old Testament figures and prepared human thought for Jesus, who was ever aware of his own oneness with God. Christ, this true consciousness of God and man, was so consistently his that he was called Christ Jesus. He always moved at the impulsion of Christ, healing and saving others from their fears and sorrows and sins. His life changed human history.

Last Christmastime a newspaper column posed a question regarding the understanding of that life. The writer notes all the "marvelousness" we believe in—being able to walk on the moon; conceptualizing the geometry of the DNA molecule. He asks, "Why, now, in an age gullible enough to re-embrace astrology, is the [Christmas] story's Central Figure so hard to believe?" And prior to this he asks, "Why do we balk at the belief that 'God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son to the end that all who believe in Him should not perish but gain everlasting life?'"^{The Boston Globe, December 29, 1980 .}

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