Article August 26, 1985 Issue

Divine good is here— don't look to tomorrow!

LETTY K. DENMAN

The words of a song from a Broadway show^{Martin Charnin, "Tomorrow," Annie (U.S.A.: Edwin Morris & Co., 1977).} try to present a message of hope by promising that all will be well if we just wait for tomorrow. Certainly there is nothing wrong with hope. But hope based on some ephemeral belief that things will get better just because tomorrow is another day, leaves us at the whim of chance. Such "tomorrow" thinking is opposed to the laws of God, who is ever-present good. The fundamental fact is that God is always governing His universe, including man, through unchanging, unwavering laws that admit neither procrastination nor delay.

Believing that we have to wait until the future for health, supply, or love is to postpone the understanding and demonstration of God's ever-present goodness. It robs us of our joy and sense of well-being. Procrastination of spiritual good is an indulgence we cannot afford. Procrastination is not just a putting off until tomorrow; it is permitting a belief of incompleteness today. It appears to diminish opportunity when, in reality, we are always at the point of expressing infinite good. From a spiritual perspective, circumstances are always favorable, never a moment too early or too late. This is important to know—whether we are seeking the healing of disease, the solution to a relationship problem, or the location of a new job. "

Christ Jesus knew the ever-availability of good. In Unity of Good by the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, we read, "Jesus required neither cycles of time nor thought in order to mature fitness for perfection and its possibilities."^{Un., p. 11.}

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