Article April 15, 2013 ISSUE

The power of consent

Michelle Nanouche

When it comes to healing and spiritual progress, what is the bridge between hope and the achievement of some goal? Very often there is a need to give our consent. Notice, I didn’t say get the consent of others. The front line in the battle is always within the precincts of our own inspired thought. “The devotion of thought to an honest achievement makes the achievement possible,” writes Mary Baker Eddy in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures (p. 199).

To consent is to permit, approve, agree, comply, or yield. Forward movement on a project, a relationship, a career move, or any other subject, often involves a bit of all five.

About the author

Michelle Nanouche is a Christian Science practitioner and teacher, and a member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship. She’s based in Paris, France.

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