July 20, 1992
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From the Editors
At
the time of the passing of a friend or family member, can we be lifted above grief?
"Time possesses no intrinsic healing balm," states the author. Where, then, can we turn if mired down in mourning? Can prayer bring us to the point of lasting comfort?
A sense of God's power and presence can bring clear glimpses of what it actually means to reflect Him. As God's reflection, each of us naturally expresses health and wholeness.
Everyone longs for genuine joy, purpose, and satisfaction. When we realize that God, divine Love, is the real source of our satisfaction, grief can no longer hold us in its grip.
Perhaps
one of our society's best-kept secrets is the healing role of Christianity and the efforts of Christian Scientists to keep it alive and vital in modern society.
Acknowledging God as our true employer enables us to understand how He constantly, lovingly provides for us.
"We need to find that 'place of quiet rest, near to the heart of God.' ... After spending time alone with God, we can go back to face the pressures of life."
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"It would take a book to share all the healings I have had and the spiritual growth and inspiration gained from each one," writes a testifier.
The work of Mary Baker Eddy makes Christian healing available to all mankind and keeps her Church committed to its faithful practice.
Commitments don't have to be a burden. As a matter of fact, right commitments may lighten our load.
One
time when Dave was in sixth grade, his family went on a vacation to a national park in the mountains.
My
testimony is long overdue, although my gratitude for Christian Science cannot be expressed in mere words.
In Psalms we read, "Let the redeemed of the Lord say so.
I once heard it said that faith is the persistent expectation of good.
From the time I first attended a Christian Science Sunday School as a teenager, I have been healed and sustained during many difficult times.
