A woman commented to me that she was growing older but didn’t want advancing years to stop her from being active. I agreed with her desire to stay active but asked her to reconsider what she was growing.
“If you want to stay healthy and strong, is it wise to see yourself growing in years or growing in Spirit?” I asked.
“Growing in Spirit!” She quickly responded. And I was happy to applaud her decision.
As a child of God, Spirit is our heritage. We came from Spirit, live in Spirit, and remain forever in Spirit.
A mortal concept of life includes birth, growth, decay, death. But this is not the child of God. God’s child lives forever healthy and strong in Spirit. Experience proves that the more we understand our spiritual reality with God, the more of it we experience every day.
Be wise to not be mesmerized by aging and common beliefs associated with it. Spend your time growing in Spirit and experiencing all the health benefits that come from being spiritually minded. It’s a much happier route to travel.
My acronym for the word old” is OLD: Overcoming Ludicrous Delusions. It is becoming the norm to believe that memory problems are a natural part of aging. I say “Nothing is lost in God’s Kingdom, not even a memory.”
I just love this!
Such an important and inspired reminder, Evan. Thanks so much.
I try to remember Mrs. Eddy’s statement as my shield everyday: “Time-tables of birth and death are so many conspiracies against manhood and womanhood. Except for the error of measuring and limiting all that is good and beautiful, man would enjoy more than threescore years and ten and still maintain his vigor, freshness, and promise.” (Science and Health, P. 246, 18-23) The world parades those conspiracies before us daily. Thank God for the defense of Christian Science.
“Spiritual development” from the November 17, 1986 issue of The Christian Science Monitor:
https://www.csmonitor.com/1986/1117/mrb231.html/?src=shared
Thank you J for sharing the wonderful article. It was made so clear to know the difference between spiritual development vs. material evolution. Creation is always unfolding to us the completeness of God’s universe.
“As a child of God, Spirit is our heritage. We came from Spirit, live in Spirit
and remain forever in Spirit”. Thank You, Evan!! What a wonderful place
to have been and always will be! It is a very promising outlook for an appreciative
past, beautiful present and delightful future.