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Don't scrutinize—see!
One day while I was reading Mrs. Eddy's book No and Yes, my thought was arrested by this statement: "There are sinners in all societies, and it is vain to look for perfection in churches or associations."
My eyes fixed on the words, "vain to look for perfection." My first thought was, why? What's wrong with looking for perfection? Then my question was answered, for Mrs. Eddy continues, "The life of Christ is the perfect example; and to compare mortal lives with this model is to subject them to severe scrutiny."No and Yes, p. 41.
Looking for perfection, scrutinizing fallible, imperfect mortals, subjecting human lives to investigation and test, is at the root of much personal disappointment and hurt, many difficulties in family relationships, and all manner of church and organizational problems.
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December 6, 1982 issue
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"He shall give his angels charge over thee"
PAUL L. KING
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Reshaping human character
STEPHEN D. HELMER
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True presence
VIRGINIA RIEKSE
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No blackout
ELLEN MOORE THOMPSON
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Demonstrating the healing Christ
JOANNE SHRIVER LEEDOM
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Christmas is coming
ALBERTA RAFFAELLI
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Beauty is spiritual
HUGH PENDEXTER III
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Don't scrutinize—see!
RUSSELL D. ROBINSON
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Is your desire for companionship a prayer?
CAROLYN B. SWAN
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Christian healing and the hope that is in us
WILLIAM E. MOODY
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Bill listens
Nancy H. Kreutzer
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Before relating a healing I had through the study...
ARTHUR W. ACKERMAN, SR.
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Christian Science has helped me realize that life, as intended by...
ELIZABETH S. NASH
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Since 1959, when I suffered from severe heart trouble and the...
ZILLAH MAUDE MICHIE GATES
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One day at work, during lunch break, some friends and I were...
CAMERON SHORT WICKHAM