Editorial November 25, 2019 Issue

Thankful for what God can and cannot do

Barbara Vining

It is often said that all things are possible to God. Is this really true? Or are there things God can’t do? Let’s see. First, let’s look at what God can do.

What if you felt that God is capable of bringing everything good, essential, and satisfying into your life? And you’d even experienced specific proofs of that in tangible ways? Then being grateful to God would be something you simply couldn’t hold back. And you would very likely be eager to learn more—not just for yourself, but for all humanity—about what is possible to God, and what you can do to forward humanity’s progress in experiencing God’s goodness.

This is actually what has happened to me, and many others, through studying and practicing Christian Science. It happens as we begin to learn more fully what God is. This is important. Because to the degree that we understand what God is, we begin to understand what God can do—and to experience it. For example, through learning that “God is love” (I John 4:16)—and that He is everywhere, filling all space, and has “no variableness, neither shadow of turning” (James 1:17)—increased satisfaction, a wider scope of activity, and better health have come into my life.

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