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What does it mean to be blessed?
One of the most powerful and useful things we can do to help ourselves and others is to understand that each of us is blessed; that each of us is a loved and complete child of God, lacking nothing. Each of us is blessed because God is blessing us completely, and therefore we have all the qualities we need, including peace, intelligence, harmony, satisfaction, and love.
In the book of Matthew, Jesus presents a related idea, explaining, “Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven” (5:3). That is, any of us experiences God’s blessing on us as His children as we—feeling “poor in spirit,” humble and not willful—are receptive to God, Spirit, bringing into our consciousness the kingdom of heaven.

November 13, 2017 issue
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From the readers
Debby Miller, Danny Walker, SharonAnn Smith
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What does it mean to be blessed?
Clay Kaufman
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‘The Light will shine in darkness’: Mary Baker Eddy, the Bible, and searching the Scriptures
Judy Huenneke
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The Bible in our lives
Lois Degler
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Yielding to divine Love’s communication
Perry Fisher
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How I found Christian Science—again
Peter Tyner
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Don’t push
Cassidy Proctor
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Safe from the storm
John Biggs
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Foot condition healed
Stella Soko
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Freedom from menopause symptoms
Lorelei Updike
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Prayer stops cold symptoms quickly
Whitney Klenzendorf
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The Bible, now brightened
Tessa Parmenter
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Calming the storm of fearful predictions
Tony Lobl