Article November 6, 2000 Issue

God's total package

Don't settle for less.

By James Shepherd

Do You Ever think that if only you were a different gender, age, or economic background, you'd be better—more complete?

Consider the Bible's statement that we are God's likeness, created "in his own image" (Gen. 1:27). Since God is complete, wouldn't His image—the spiritual identity of each one of us—be complete? Commenting on our wholeness, Mary Baker Eddy writes, "Principle is not to be found in fragmentary ideas" (Science and Health, p. 302).

Once, when I was in college, I caught myself believing that I was an "essay" student and, therefore, not very good at true/false questions. I thought about this and realized that if I was the image of God, then God, not I, was the source of my intelligence. God isn't just an "essay Guy." So I could express intelligence just as well on true/false questions as on essay questions. This spiritual insight helped me get better at answering all types of test questions.

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