There is a powerful reason to come together as Christian Scientists and support each other: to find ways and means to not merely better ourselves but to help all humanity find within themselves the Christ-spirit already present.
As I’ve pondered Scripture, I’ve found that it has a perpetually fresh message, and that our study of its pages must include an expectation that we will receive the inspiration needed at that moment --an openness to God’s purpose.
Losing an expensive item is the pits—as this author experienced. But while she was resistant to praying about it at first, in the end, prayer brought her unexpected blessings even beyond a resolution.
These words from the Bible came to me: “the place thereof shall know it no more” (Psalms 103:16). I understood that to describe the fleeting, insubstantial nature of discord and disease.