Article February 13, 1995 Issue

FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

Are you a potsherd?

Marjorie Spencer Darling

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to go on an archaeological expedition, or "dig"? For such an adventure it would be important to have the right tools. They might include a shovel, a trowel, and a three-or four-inch paintbrush. (The brush is used to whisk away dirt from finds.)

At the site, as you started digging, you might come across fragments of broken pottery called potsherds. Finding these might be interesting, but you'd really be thrilled when you uncovered a treasure that was whole—a pitcher, maybe, a little oil lamp, a coin, or some jewelry!

It may surprise you, but if you're studying Christian Science and digging for answers to a question such as "Who am I?" you have already taken off on a thrilling adventure—a spiritual adventure! Your tools on this expedition are the Bible, and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. As you explore these books, you will discover many treasures. A most important find will be that God is Spirit, completely good and perfect, and that you are His spiritual offspring, or idea, made in His image. Therefore, you are always perfect, whole, complete—never fragmented. As God's spiritual idea, you possess no end of Godlike qualities—love, joy, intelligence, harmony, to name a few.

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