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Our relation to God – stable and strong

There’s value in holding to our unbreakable connection to God.

  • By Joel Magnes

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When our granddaughter outgrew her crib, my wife and I got her a special bed with pictures of her favorite cartoon character on it. We anticipated about a half-hour for assembly.

Two hours later we were finished. It wasn’t a hard process, but every part of that bed had to be reinforced for stability and strength. We now have total confidence in its safety and integrity.

It reminded me of our – everyone’s – relation to God. It’s strong and sturdy, not affected by anything that happens in the world – not politics, climate, or strife of any kind. Our connection to God is spiritual, unbreakable, and permanent.

Sometimes it’s hard to see that. Things happen in our lives that can seem overwhelming, and we lose sight of how God – who is also called divine Love and Life and who is all-powerful – is still keeping us safe and secure. Our physical senses don’t recognize that God, divine Spirit, is continuously sustaining us.

Yet our relation to God is not about the pictures on the surface, any more than the stability of that bed came from the cartoon pictures on it. It’s about the deeper, wholly spiritual support that upholds us as God’s spiritual creation, maintaining the integrity of our entire being.

To see beyond the outward appearance of a situation and become aware of what God is doing, we need spiritual sense. In the textbook of Christian Science, “Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures,” Mary Baker Eddy says, “Spiritual sense is a conscious, constant capacity to understand God” (p. 209). This includes going beneath the surface, realizing through prayer that our connection to divine Love is untouchable and that God’s love is unwavering.

As God’s children, we all have an innate spiritual sense. And as our divine Parent, our Father-Mother God does what no human parent or grandparent can match: loves and supports each of us completely, equally, and individually – every minute of every hour. Recognizing this opens the door to harmony and healing.

That’s something we can rest in.

Adapted from the Jan. 5, 2023, Christian Science Daily Lift podcast.

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