Reply To: Evil should be regarded as unnatural

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Reply To: Evil should be regarded as unnatural

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December 29, 2016 at 7:40 am #3340

JPalmer

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Thank you for this post!

I sincerely appreciate how Christian Science is practical, right down to how there are these checks and balances that we can apply to our thoughts and actions. Knowing “good as being natural and evil as being unnatural” is an excellent one to keep close, as is what you mentioned in your testimony from the Wednesday meeting this week, which is, does this thought or action take me closer to God, or further away.

For some time I have been asking myself, when faced with a choice, is it more loving to do this, or less. I am sure that this had its seed in something I learned at this church, because I never did this before. Now I will be able to additionally refine this by asking myself “Does this thought or action show the naturalness of good?” and “Does this bring me closer to God?”

At this point I was reminded of the “What Would Jesus Do?” bumper stickers that were popular at one time. It is easy to see that when you don’t have any understanding of Christ Jesus’ teachings or the Science he lived, by asking that question you are left to answer with the highest sense of human good you possess.

This makes me so grateful for Christian Science, as it is giving me the proper basis to both ask and answer these questions so that I can start living rightly. What a wonderful blessing! Thank you!