August 28, 2023
The Christlike understanding that heals
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Seeing Christlike understanding manifested in healing requires ongoing spiritualization and regeneration of thought and expressing more Christian values in daily life.
I was attracted to what this Christian Scientist was practicing. In a sense, I was drawn by his quiet evangelism.
I was heartbroken and looking for a way to end my life, but something kept saying to me to just trust and believe.
. . . I am able to impart truth, health, and happiness, and this is my rock of salvation and my reason for existing.
—Mary Baker Eddy, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p. 165
—Mary Baker Eddy, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p. 165
Anytime we can listen to God and focus on spiritual growth and healing instead of giving in to despair, self-justification, or anger, we triumph and go forward.
I felt God’s love so much that I knew everything was fine, and I stopped crying.
By the time we left the practitioner’s office, I too felt entirely sure that both of us were safe and perfectly cared for by God.
The story of Jacob and Esau in the Bible was like a beacon to me, helping to turn my thought away from fear and anger to see each person involved in our banking challenge as the child of God.
Many times when I had previously turned to God, I’d felt His presence, but there were also plenty of times in the past that I had been so frightened or distracted that I’d forgotten He was right there with me. During this difficult moment, I didn’t forget.
Paul employs familiar military symbols to spur the Corinthian Christians to mental watchfulness.
