Article February 8, 1982 Issue

Joyful problem-solving

JANE PARTIS McCARTY

People with "math minds" love to solve math problems—the more complicated, the better! They attack these with gusto, enthusiasm, single-minded effort.

Do Christian Scientists love to work out life's problems? Are we eager to tackle difficult challenges? Do joy, delight, and eagerness characterize our efforts to bring about health, harmony, and order through the application of Christian Science?

In all honesty I must admit that I used to resent problems and would cringe at Mrs. Eddy's statement in Science and Health, the Christian Science textbook, "Trials are proofs of God's care." Science and Health, p. 66. Couldn't I experience God's care without trials? Who wants trials? Why must we have them?

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