I made up my mind that I would stop thinking so much about myself and start considering how I could help others. As I began to put this into practice, remarkable things started to happen.
Yielding to the truth that each of us is Love’s creation has increasingly enabled me—despite anyone’s devaluating actions and my reactions to them—to perceive God’s love for them and me, to acknowledge what that means God knows us to be, and to recognize that I can love.
Christian Science boldly states to the world that our true lives are found in Spirit. Those who cling to the popular belief that life resides in matter—that we are merely or largely flesh and blood—may doubt, even oppose, Christian Science. But that does not change its truthfulness or threaten its existence.
We claim our God-given inheritance by consistently acknowledging our status as God’s spiritual creation and disavowing any aspect of mortal, material selfhood.
We should boldly deny that we can be without anything we need, for to accept that we could be is to dishonor God, who ceaselessly provides for the welfare of His entire creation.
The divine message quickly came: “God never leaves us without a safety net.” All fear left me. I was safe, and I knew I could rely on that spiritual fact, despite not knowing how it would manifest itself.
At a crossroads in her life, this author felt like she had no idea what to do or where to go next. But she was about to find out that God hadn’t abandoned her.
