Editorial May 13, 1985 Issue

Caring: a privilege from God

BARBARA-JEAN STINSON

A daughter was thinking about her mother. As she thought of those many years of her mother's care, a flood of affection and gratitude swept over her. Suddenly she felt inspired to show her love. Spontaneously she sent some flowers to her mother. It was something she had not done for years.

The next day her phone rang. It was her mother. Her voice was brimming over with joy about the delightful surprise. The daughter then knew how much that spontaneous touch of love meant. Her mother never used long-distance telephone unless it was absolutely necessary, but this time she had called anyway.

Caring about others is really at the heart of Christian Science, and we grow more in caring as we see that true life is wholly spiritual. Whether it's a spontaneous outward gesture or an inward unseen prayer, the impulse to care is God-derived. We care and we love because we are indeed children of divine Love. Christ Jesus must have recognized that his beloved disciple (believed by the early Christian Church to be John) particularly exemplified that Christly love. Can't we see the significance in one of Jesus' last acts when he placed his mother in John's care?

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