God's law uncovers

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“In Isaiah we read: “I make peace, and create evil. I the Lord do all these things;” but the prophet referred to divine law as stirring up the belief in evil to its utmost, when bringing it to the surface and reducing it to its common denominator, nothingness. The muddy river-bed must be stirred in order to purify the stream. In moral chemicalization, when the symptoms of evil, illusion, are aggravated, we may think in our ignorance that the Lord hath wrought an evil; but we ought to know that God’s law uncovers so-called sin and its effects, only that Truth may annihilate all sense of evil and all power to sin.” Mary Baker Eddy

During our Bible study on Isaiah, it was brought out that part of our walk with God is the willingness to have pride and other ungodlike qualities burned out (chemicalization) and that this uncovering is a good thing even if it feels bad. Before coming here my main goal was to make myself as comfortable as possible but I am learning that this is very far from being a disciple of Jesus and has nothing to do with true Christian Science. I am grateful for the literature here that explains this needed cleansing process.

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At our Roundtable we reviewed how excuses interfere with our growth. I realized that excuses can used to avoid the discomfort of the burning process. It was helpful to review this habit that takes us off the path.
A article titled, Alibis and Excuses can be found in Addresses by Martha Wilcox in the Chapter titled, Definition of Intelligence.

Some of the things I have learned here that I am grateful for are: excuses are intolerable, don’t judge, no comparisons, don’t complain, honesty heals, watch ruts, keep moving on, make a covenant with God. I can’t imagine, anymore, going over this once a year such as association now that I have seen the blessings in my life of these weekly classes.

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