What makes our life better? Simple: Caring for others through loving and living Good. We know our lives are better when we’re dedicated to something bigger than ourselves. We know our days are happier when we’re loving and caring for others, as well as taking care of ourselves. We know unselfish goodness, expressions of love, care, kindness, generosity, enable us to make a better contribution to our world. Christian Science shows us how to love others by being dedicated to good, to God. That’s our safe, inspired place.
“Good demands of man every hour, in which to work out the problem of being. Consecration to good does not lessen man’s dependence on God, but heightens it. Neither does consecration diminish man’s obligations to God, but shows the paramount necessity of meeting them.” *
Consecration means to give one’s self unreservably to the service of God. Daily loving God will daily define how we love others. It will keep us safe, help us to discern others’ needs and how to help appropriately. All the time we’ll feel our love for God and God‘s love for us. Wonderful, wonderful opportunities to love will give us a life filled with holiness and happiness. How blessed we are!
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Thank you Pam! How true this is.
What a gift to let go of self and all that seems to encumber us with personal sense.
Thanks for these comments. It is so true that our greatest progress and our greatest peace come from learning about unselfishness,or setting aside a personal sense of self for a better way of thinking. I love thinking about this so much. Thanks, all!