June 10, 2024
The heart of humility
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Through humility we see our nature as God-sourced and God-maintained—and everyone else’s as well.
There it was again!
These explosions of temper were growing more severe, and I needed help.
I could see clearly that in my intense focus on doing well at my job, I had become rigid and high-strung. That day I committed myself to a new way of living based on a desire for a life “in accord with God.”
Since my son’s return to health, I have been reading the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, and I’ve realized that a life dedicated to God brings out a beauty and love that have always been deep inside of me.
Dear Father-Mother, as I pray,
O let me see eternal light—
the light of Love and Soul supreme
that banishes the earthly dream …
O let me see eternal light—
the light of Love and Soul supreme
that banishes the earthly dream …
I’d been looking at this as a chance to perform and to show off what I thought was my talent, when my motive should have been to glorify God.
The doctors told me that the X-rays they had taken the previous week, which had confirmed their diagnosis, didn’t match the ones they now held in their hands. They said, “There is absolutely no evidence of a tumor.”
I knew these thoughts were coming to me as pure guidance from God, and I could trust them. I stopped struggling, relaxed, and thought of God’s love for me and the whole universe.
I kept my thought focused only on what God was telling me every moment. I went about my daily activities giving gratitude for everything I was able to do. I was walking freely within a couple of days.
