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Radical Reliance on Truth

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Announcements › Forums › God — July 5th, 2020 › Radical Reliance on Truth

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  • July 1, 2020 at 8:20 am #10958
    JoanneF
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    “Only through radical reliance on Truth can scientific healing power be realized.” (Science and Health, 167:31)

    Today “radical” has come to mean a violent extreme, or even some deviant thing or action out of the ordinary. But Webster’s 1828 Dictionary defines radical as, “fundamental, primitive, original.” In the same source, “reliance” is defined as, “rest or repose of mind, resulting from a full belief of the veracity or integrity of a person, or of the certainty of a fact; trust; confidence; dependence.”
    Therefore, our dependence, trust, and confidence in the one Person, God, Truth, is not something extreme nor unusual, but is innate, fundamental, and natural to us. This reliance is part of our very being, deep within us, and gives us rest and peace of mind. Trust or reliance upon anything else is not only unnatural, but absurd. As we acknowledge and place this natural, fundamental dependence upon God, Truth, healing will be realized, that is, “brought into actual being; received as a reality; felt in its true force; rendered actual, tangible or effective.” (Webster 1828 Dictionary) I’m grateful for practitioner prayer that helps me to realize this more and more.

    July 3, 2020 at 7:13 am #10962
    BarbaraW
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    What a helpful post. Thank you! Radical – “fundamental, primitive, original.” Wow!

    July 3, 2020 at 8:55 pm #10967
    chardelle
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    I too am very grateful for this post…Thank you!

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