The Bible Study on David and Goliath (1-27-2024) this Saturday was great with lots of participation and many good points being made. I am very grateful for all the optional readings listed by Thomas from NY for us. I particularly liked Overcoming by Obedience by Martha Wilcox. There was much that applied to the Bible Study. But when I saw the following passage on page 267 in Addresses by Martha Wilcox, it made me really think about what unselfish love for others really was.
“If we were to see a man overcome with cold and perishing in the snow, how quickly we would go to the rescue, but are we that divine Love that will go to the rescue, when we see another overcome by resentment, greed, vindictiveness, hate, or jealousy?
On such occasions we can silently reflect the warmth of Divine Love, until his heart feels the gentle warmth of Love, and he is roused to express the activity of the life that is love.
Opportunity awaits us hourly to manifest that love which is impartial and reaches out to all mankind. Such love is the gift of God, a reflection of that love which includes all of its ideas, and tenderly and impartially protects them.”
So not only do we need to use our Science daily, hourly to protect against evil Goliaths and destroy evil and prove evil’s nothingness, but we are to use our Science to unselfishly love our neighbor. So grateful for Christian Science, Mrs. Eddy and the Plainfield Church.