RELATIONSHIP March 20, 2006 Issue

MEETING WITHOUT CONFLICT

DAVID KENNEDY

A recurring theme in the Bible is God's supremacy and goodness. He is often referred to as the Almighty, and I find this truth can be helpful when difficulties arise in relationships.

"Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven," Jesus said in what is now called the Lord's Prayer (Matt. 6:10). And Mary Baker Eddy gave her interpretation of those words as "Enable us to know,—as in heaven, so on earth,—God is omnipotent, supreme" (Science and Health, p. 17). The healing works of Jesus proved that God's will is good, even here on earth; through divine understanding, he freed countless people from physical and mental bondage.

If God truly is supreme, then He—the Almighty—governs with absolute authority. If good, then He is constantly doing good. Nothing we can do or ask can change God's nature. "Asking God to be God," wrote Mrs. Eddy, "is a vain repetition. God is 'the same yesterday, and to-day, and forever;' and He who is immutably right will do right without being reminded of His province" (ibid., pp. 2-3).

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