Editorial October 31, 1988 Issue

Learning to confide all to God

Michael D. Rissler

Necessities—don't we often mean by that the bare minimum? But if we were to have a clear idea of what real necessities are, they would be all that we need. Or at least they would be so important to us that everything else really would pale by comparison.

There was a time when our family didn't have money for the next day's needs. Although it wouldn't be the first or the last time we'd be faced with challenges of similar magnitude, it was a memorable time when we had plenty of opportunity to think about what was genuinely valuable to us. And there was one common factor that drew us together. We discovered that there was nothing that we really wanted more than love, trust, hope, and feeling close to God.

We decided to read Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy from front to back. And we read with one main question: What is really required of us? Some very large changes came to our lives. Now, I can't say we were blessed with a huge influx of money. In fact, we had to sell some of our belongings in order to follow the direction we felt our prayers were leading us. We did come, however, to learn a whole lot about what we truly trusted in. And we came to feel that of all the necessities of life, learning where to place our trust was right at the top of the list.

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