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…to seek and to save that which was lost

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Announcements › Forums › Christian Science – December 29th, 2019 › …to seek and to save that which was lost

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  • December 25, 2019 at 11:58 am #9877
    JPalmer
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    5. Luke 19 : 10 (the Son)
    10 …the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

    I was thinking about this verse today, and how lost I felt before coming to Plainfield. It occurred to me the supposed “stages of grief” are an opposite process to that which happened to me since becoming a member here, and learning Christian Science. After all, I haven’t lost something or someone I thought I had, rather I’ve been given back all that I was mesmerized to think I didn’t deserve, could never have, or didn’t exist: God’s love, and the place and purpose He created me for.

    The “stages of grief”:

    1. Denial
    2. Anger
    3. Bargaining
    4. Depression
    5. Acceptance

    What I have experienced here:

    1. Amazed (and at first, confused!) that I am accepted!
    2. Increasing love for this church, and its mission.
    3. Willingness to do whatever I feel God is asking me to do, without stipulations.
    4. Finding such joy and purpose in being the expression of God, to the degree I am able.
    5. Gratitude to God for unfolding new goodness constantly – instead of a static, unending sense of loss, this wonderful, dynamic sense of ceaseless abundance!

    I am so grateful for God, Christian Science, and this church! Thank you!

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