Article July 9, 2018 Issue

More than just a feel-good day

Kathy Chicoine

Originally published in The Christian Science Monitor’s Christian Science Perspective column, May 9, 2018.

There are many ways a parent’s love can be expressed. I’ve certainly known men and women who have never raised children yet don’t hesitate to show considerable love to youngsters.

In other words, selfless love isn’t exclusively about people of a particular gender or those who have children. It is about expressing spiritual qualities such as patience and joy in attending to those around us. And because God, who is Love itself, created us, we all have the ability to express and feel God’s love, wherever we may be.

Mary Baker Eddy, an earnest student of the Bible who discovered Christian Science in the 19th century, saw the nature of God as both Father and Mother, our spiritual Parent. If we think of our Father-Mother God as meeting our needs, rather than feeling we are dependent on other people, we come to see that we can’t be denied God’s love. Divine Love is universal, inclusive, and ever present, the source of all the love there is—the Father-love providing and defending, the Mother-love nurturing and comforting. We are never separated from this love! Although it may not always be expressed in the person or place we expect, there is no stopping God’s love from finding us when it’s needed.

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