Reply To: Mariner's Version of Psalm 23

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Reply To: Mariner's Version of Psalm 23

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March 25, 2021 at 10:13 am #12413

JPalmer

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Thank you so much for this post!

This reminded me of Bicknell Young stating the following on page 97 of The 1936 Primary Class:

There is something going on much more important than just the letter. After Class each day, you should take time to think over what we have done and make it your own. Surely I do not have to tell you that anything that is yours is yours? Take the statement, “Good is all.” We give Mrs. Eddy credit for saying it first, but you ought to say it in your own words and according to your own understanding. If you understand it, it is your understanding you are voicing, and you do not have to be always quoting somebody else. It is the same with anything you may learn in Class, or that you may learn in any other way. If you’ve got it, it’s yours, and it then ought to find natural expression.

I am grateful for the teaching here that has instilled in me the need to make sure this Science is not just being read, but really internalized and made my own so that I can use it in my daily life. I have found the model for that in the support of my practitioner, in Gilbert Carpenter’s analogies, in these Forum posts each week, and now in Captain J. Rogers example. Thank you!