Article January 10, 2000 Issue

Love each step of the way

If you don't love life, you're not really living.

By Stephanie S. Johnson

Each step closer to the end of this century has revealed an incredible revolution in technology and human endeavor. Almost daily there is one breakthrough or another. Yet, amid the lure and excitement of this ever-expanding material development, there is a growing yearning for something more substantial and enduring. A spiritual hunger is calling for a revolution of the spirit.

Love—a deeply felt spiritual love—is at the core of this spiritual revolution. Love that is the reflection of God's pure love awakens a deeper, fuller sense of purpose and adds real substance to life. Next to the big and bold advances of technology, it might be easy to miss the quiet call to love our neighbor as ourselves as Christ Jesus encouraged people to do. Yet this profound and timeless call to action is fundamental to progress, productivity, and joy. It adds depth and satisfaction to everything we do.

Throughout her writings on the Science of Christianity, Mary Baker Eddy points to the vital importance of being awake to this love. Her capitalization of the word when it refers to God corresponds with the Bible's declaration "God is love" (I John 4:16). God is not just loving, but is Love itself. As we truly love without needing justification, we partake of God's love and feel His presence. We understand ourselves and others better as the expression of God's love. This is a revolutionary perspective that regenerates lives, bringing fulfillment and healing in its wake.

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