You may find it interesting that in the Bible the word perfect is used over fifty times and the words perfect and perfection are in our Leader’s writings over four hundred fifty times. It seems to me tnat we are being shown, in hundreds of ways, the value, the necessity, of beginning our prayerful work with the recognition of perfection, – God and Her all-good, perfect, creation.
The Student’s Reference Dictionary tells us that perfect means “finished, complete, not defective, having all that is requisite to its nature and kind; fully informed, completely skilled; complete in moral excellences.”
Our dedication to knowing and loving God’s all-goodness, our trust in this as our basis of thought and reasoning, gives our lives a buoyancy, strength, and security that nothing else can. We are starting at the top, beginning with God, Spirit, and Her spiritual creation, and loving the discovery. We are starting strong!
When I was in college I went to a Christian Science lecture. (Probably the best thing I learned in college.) The lecturer said, in essence, speaking about our starting point in prayer and treatment, When a fireman goes to a fire, he does not shoot the water at each individual flame,- he puts out the whole house, and when he puts out the whole house, each little flame goes out.
That has stayed with me all these years because “the whole house” is the recognition that all there is is God. And God, divine Mind, divine Love and Life, is perfect. Perfect God and Her perfect creation, spirirual, complete in every detail. The allness of God eliminates, by virtue of its allness, everything that is not God or like God.
To start with the trouble and continue to put out fires of small problems or even big problems by starting with imperfection leaves us trying to climb our way up higher, when that’s not necessary. We worry, fret, we’re literally down in the dumps because our views are in the worrisome details that hook us in.
Let’s take that definition of perfection, understand that this is our starting point for our prayer, our work, and see the effects on our lives and our healing work. You are strong and secure when you start with God! Don’t be tempted to start someplace else. Start at the top,of the mountain. You will love what you see. We will see good!
“Happy the man whose heart can rest, Assured God’s goodness ne’er will cease; Each day, complete, with joy is blessed, God keepeth him in perfect peace.” Hymn 83
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