Article March 21, 2005 Issue

God loves us now

Charles Filbert

Charles Filbert has been in the public practice of Christian Science for 28 years, and is also a teacher of Christian Science. In January 2004, he wrote about his own experience of being healed of mental illness in this magazine's sister publication, The Christian Science Journal. Based on insights he has since then, he offered these thoughts to the Sentinel.

ONE OF THE interesting developments in the mental healthcare field in the last few years has been greater openness by healthcare providers to spiritual solutions. This includes the role of religion and prayer in healing. Instead of focusing on the condition, they are increasingly looking at each individual and asking, "What inner resources does this person have to build on?"

Among those inner resources, I would include Jesus' teaching that we are all the sons and daughters of God. It's very empowering to think that each of us is actually spiritual, the child of God, and that God loves us, even if we're going through some deep waters. If you can feel the love that God has for you, that's going to be a strong defense when the mental affliction is hard to deal with. You'll be able to say, "No matter how things may look or feel, the spiritual truth is that God loves me, right now."

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