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April 16, 2019 at 1:58 pm #8506
Florence
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The punishment that should NEVER be used I feel, is any correcting without LOVE!! Mrs. Eddy is also talking about the “Wisdom in human action begins with what is nearest right under the circumstances, and thence achieves the absolute.” Miscellaneous Writings P. 288

I do know that if a child is “running towards a cliff” and they do not listen to your words, the right human action, which is the nearest right under the circumstances, would be taken because you Love enough to save the child.
I have also heard of many cases where words alone have had such an imprinted gross effect on children than if an occasional correcting had been done with Love and a “rod.”

Mrs Eddy gives the best way, to teach them to Love good to begin with!! We learn to have Love conduct our homes!!!


Love is the liberator.