'To Bless All Mankind' May 8, 2017 Issue

Praying for those in Mosul

David C. Kennedy

Originally published in The Christian Science Monitor, April 5, 2017.

As our hearts go out to the people in Mosul, Iraq, who are trapped in areas still under the control of the Islamic State, we may wonder how we can be of help. Heartfelt prayer can not only uplift our own thoughts but also open a window of light that can embrace and bless those we’re praying for.

That light is the spiritual truth of everyone’s God-given being, which was illustrated in the healing of countless difficulties by Christ Jesus that are recorded in the Bible. Every healing by Jesus reversed some dire physical condition through his understanding of the presence and power of God. He said, “Your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him” (Matthew 6:8). And he proved that reassuring truth.

Jesus showed that God bestows on His children not just health and wholeness, but also safety and well-being. While this isn’t evident to the physical senses, through spiritual intuition and love, we are increasingly able to discern man’s relation to God as His expression—an eternal, unbreakable relationship in which all are forever safe. God is never separated from His expression, or likeness, any more than the sun can be separated from its rays. As the Christian Science textbook, by Mary Baker Eddy, explains: “Spiritual man is the image or idea of God, an idea which cannot be lost nor separated from its divine Principle” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 303).

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