Zabba, my niece’s little Maltese dog, needed a sweater! Because I like to knit, my niece asked if I could help make one. This sounded like a fun project, so I went online and searched for knitting patterns. When I found one I liked, I would click on the link and it would open up to a photo of a cute dog sweater, often being worn by an adorable dog. It was fun and interesting, looking at a variety of links. I learned a lot, too. (Editor’s note: It’s always a good idea to ask your parents before doing lots of searching on a computer or tablet!)

Looking for sweater patterns for Zabba made me think about how cool hyperlinks are. They can instantly show us sites that explain things to us. These sites are detailed, give useful explanations, and teach us new things. Links connect us to helpful information that allows us to understand something better or in more depth.

When I was reading the Christian Science Bible Lesson the next day, I noticed this passage from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures: “The real man being linked by Science to his Maker, mortals need only turn from sin and lose sight of mortal selfhood to find Christ, the real man and his relation to God, and to recognize the divine sonship” (Mary Baker Eddy, p. 316). 

“Wow!” I thought. Science and Health is telling us about our permanent, unbreakable relationship to God—that’s our link to God, which is forever! Of course, understanding more about Christian Science by reading the Bible and Science and Health isn’t the same as going in search of information on the Internet. But both of these books help us learn about God and who we are as God’s sons and daughters. They connect us to the most useful information of all: that we are always “linked” to (at one with) God and can’t ever be separated from Him. 

What does that mean for your school day? It means that you are 100 percent connected to the intelligence and ideas that you need, because you are linked to God, divine Mind. What does that mean for getting along with your friends? It means that you are always at one with divine Love, so you can love others and feel God’s love no matter what. 

KEN BAUGHMAN—STAFF

The last part of that sentence from Science and Health tells us how we can understand this link and really understand that we are totally good because we are God-created. We can grow spiritually by challenging any thoughts that would limit, discourage, or bog us down. We can reject thoughts that might suggest we are not as smart, or likeable, or talented as we want to be by knowing that, as the children of God, we have unlimited intelligence, infinite value, and the natural ability to do good. Then it’s easier to see that we each have special qualities to share. We see that we have an important purpose—to be who God created us to be. And God created us to be His son or daughter: spiritual, complete, joyful, and satisfied.

Hyperlinks may come and go. But our inseparable relationship to God, our link to everything good we could ever need, is forever. Look for the little ways you can see this connection. The more you do, the easier it will be to feel linked to God in every situation—no Internet connection required!