Article July 11, 2016 Issue

No ‘sometimes’ in God’s kingdom

Anne P. Daly

A while ago I caught myself mulling over a problem that sometimes troubled me. Then this better thought followed very clearly: “There is no ‘sometimes’ in the language of Spirit.” That grabbed my attention, and as I quickly saw the truth of it, many other ideas flowed into thought, in support of this fact.

For a start, I saw that there can clearly be no “sometimes” in God’s kingdom because there is only eternal, unchanging good—continuous, uninterrupted good. There are not some times in life that are outside of God’s goodness. Since in reality we’re God’s children, we dwell in His forever goodness. 

In Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, part of the metaphysical definition of time is “mortal measurements; limits, in which are summed up all human acts, thoughts, beliefs, opinions, knowledge” (p. 595). This woke me up to the fact that a belief in mortal measurements—including a belief that God, good, is limited to certain times, only available at certain times, or only exists for a certain period of time—was limiting my view of my true identity. And it was limiting my view of God’s entire creation, which is timeless, always spiritual, and forever complete. 

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