Article November 5, 2012 Issue

Honesty that heals

Robert Van Der Like

For a long time, I considered honesty to be simply not telling a lie. But I’ve since realized that the definition of honesty goes far deeper than that. I see now that it also means not accepting a lie.

Christian Science teaches that healing comes when one understands the truth about any situation. Mary Baker Eddy writes, “We must recollect that Truth is demonstrable when understood, and that good is not understood until demonstrated” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 323). In other words, truly being honest means gaining a spiritual sense of truth in order to better understand Truth.

It’s a fact that man was and is made only in God’s image and likeness (see Genesis 1:26, 27)—the likeness of good, health, and holiness. And not only that—we are conscious of what God is constantly knowing us to be. It’s part of our identity to recognize the way God sees us. Therefore, the truthful or honest view of man is God’s view.