Article March 18, 1985 Issue

Breaking through to freedom

ISABEL F. BATES

When emerging from its shell, a baby bird seems frail indeed. But the fact is, a natural force is at work, providing strength and persistence for the emergence.

Sometimes we ourselves may feel as though we are confined in a shell, restricted by limited opportunities and finances, by poor health, a lack of companionship, or some other circumstance. And we may not feel strong enough to break through these limitations. But Christian Science reveals that God, divine Truth, is always at hand to empower us, to impel effective effort. As the confining shell of materialistic thinking begins to crack, we glimpse our real, spiritual existence with its infinite freedom and blessings.

Mrs. Eddy writes in Science and Health: "Mortals must emerge from this notion of material life as all-in-all. They must peck open their shells with Christian Science, and look outward and upward."^{Science and Health, p. 552.}