February 10, 2025
Prayer poised in Principle, not problems
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The law of God is eternally fixed. Nothing can interrupt Principle’s health-giving, loving, and restorative power.
Illness is a temporal belief of mortal mind—a supposed mentality opposed to God, good—so its sensations can be faced fearlessly and neutralized with spiritual truth.
For many years,
I tried to get a clearer understanding of God.
It is Christ, Truth, that enables us to see God’s creation—perfect and complete—right where a discordant mortal seems to be, and when we do, it invariably has a healing impact.
It was hard to let go of the hurt and anger this author felt after another girl stole her best friend. But as she studied Christian Science, she realized that not only could she be healed of these feelings, but she wanted to be.
On the wall of our branch Church of Christ, Scientist, is this wonderful quote from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy: “Divine Love always has met and always will meet every human need.”
While I was praying for my daughter’s cat, my own cat jumped up on my lap looking for affection. This provided a sort of revelation to me. I recognized that the cat, as a creation of God, included purity and innocence.
Over the course
of several years, the nail on one of my big toes thickened, hardened, and became discolored.
“Royal” law is defined as the law of God’s kingdom—the spiritual mandate to love others.
How grateful I am to know that I always have my mental closet for communing with God.
