Article March 10, 1986 Issue

Reflecting God: the answer to limitations

MELINDA MASON POWERS

Several years ago I felt so much admiration for people I knew who participated regularly in disciplined sports activity that I decided to take up jogging. (I had never been athletic, and I'm still not!) I really enjoyed the outdoor recreation and exercise, and I made initial progress. Soon, however, I found that I experienced so much fatigue and pain when I tried to run longer distances that I had to stop. I also feared that even if I could somehow run these distances I would experience soreness and suffering afterward.

Lots of beginning joggers encounter similar limitations, and lots of people persist patiently until they defeat them. Others don't, no matter how much they try. I'm happy to say that I was able to overcome my obstacles and make progress in running that I would not have believed to be possible for me. This progress, I felt, was a direct result of a deepened spiritual understanding of and reverence for the idea that man is the reflection of God—a truth that is taught in Christian Science.

Reflection is an interesting word. It implies a throwing back of light from another source. The moon shines by reflected light. It gives back or shows forth the sun's light. An image in a mirror throws forth or reflects exactly and only what is in front of the mirror.

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