As the false sense of having a pro or con personality yields to the reality of our glorious spiritual identity, the radiancy of Christ is revealed, reflecting God’s healing power.
In following Jesus, Mrs. Eddy moved beyond a personal sense of healing. Her writings point not to personal ability but to a deep awareness of God’s presence and each individual’s inherent spiritual perfection as what empowered her remarkable healing work.
Genuine innocence is a trusting, pure confidence that God is all-powerful and all-present good. This carries with it the conviction that evil is not powerful because it’s not sanctioned by God, and can dissolve into its inherent unreality.
It was the state championship, and after an intense race, this runner found himself contending with fatigue in the next event. But that’s when everything he’d been putting into practice as a Christian Scientist came to his rescue.
I realized that because each of us is, in truth, the image and likeness of God, I could claim this spiritual fact in my consciousness, and my body would conform by expressing normality.