“Christian Science robs you of nothing good!”

I found a healing on JSH today by a man in 1895 (some of those are my favorites, aren’t they?) who was in the bleakest of situations,* and belonged to a church that believed that God sent afflictions. When he finally turned to Christian Science, he challenged the healer about not wanting to give up his old ways of thinking,. Her assured him he could keep what was true, and answered his concerns  by assuring him that “Christian Science robs you of nothing good.”

I was profoundly stirred by that comment of conviction. How vitally important it is for each of us to confront anything that would claim to limitm or obstruct, our prayer and progress. Science provides us with the means for all good, – and  yet it is essential that we remove from our thought anything that would suggest we can lose good or be separated from our healing practices for ourselves or others by following God as Christian Science reveas to us.

I always think about the spaces between the words – in other  words, somebody writes up a healing and it’s kind of a Cliff Notes version of their lives – but this experience moved me particularly when he said that the healer confidently told him, “Christian Science robs you of nothing good.” Those spaces between the words in our stories just include more evidence of all that Christian Science has given to each one of us.

Note: Christian Science is not a random activity;  it is a spirotual discipline. Your good is never withheld. I find, instead, it does require of us continued gratitude and awareness of what we have been provided with. Maybe that’s why it’s so vital for us to be grateful for the gifts we’ve been given,  gifts of love and patience, gratitude even for the challenges that we face, that always, always lift us to new views and experiences.

Today might be a great day to see if, in any way, we feel  as that man did. And to make a list of all the reasons we are grateful to Christ Jesus and to Mrs. Eddy for all the good we have as the result of this pracal revelation. What do you think?

*How I was led to Christan Sciece by R.L.H. CS Journal, 1895