Getting to know God better—and getting to know ourselves better as God’s spiritual image—helps us be more receptive to “God’s unerring direction.” This certainly brought out a harmonious and permanent freedom from addiction for my friend.
It was the day of her piano performance—in front of a judge!—and this teen felt full of nerves . . . until an unexpected message from God shifted her whole mindset.
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.
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.
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.
We claim our God-given inheritance by consistently acknowledging our status as God’s spiritual creation and disavowing any aspect of mortal, material selfhood.