A reader sent in the below thoughts with a spiritual conclusion I just love…
I was listening to a gal on a Christian Science CD yesterday speak of her years as a teenager when she smoked, drank, experimented with speed and then developed an eating disorder. At one point, she realized she could die. As she discovered Scriptures and learned about God’s goodness and love and who she was spiritually, the bulimia, smoking, and drinking all fell away. She felt spiritual and whole,….which I find an amazing thing.
I liked her comment at the end, which was this:
I realized I didn’t need to change who I am.
I needed to change my view of who I thought I was.
Excellent point! And this is how Christian Science healing works. We don’t change who we are. We’re already perfect in God’s image. Healing is a discovery of what is spiritually true, and eternally so.
Oh, this is good.
Thanks for sharing it with the rest of us.
Reminds me of a prayer I learned from my Christian Science teacher which I love to ponder:
I am not what other people think I am.
I am not what I think myself to be.
I’m what God KNOWS me to be, and what he foreknows he foreordains, and it must be fulfilled.