I've read Science and Health my whole life. It's always helped me through every tough situation, and it's encouraged me in the good times as well. I've thought of it as a book *for* me. Now, on this read through, I'm seeing it for the first time as a book *about* me.
Check this out:
We should examine ourselves and learn what is the affection and purpose of the heart, for in this way only can we learn what we honestly are.
That in a nutshell is what my journey is all about these days. What is the affection and purpose of my heart? Who am I really? And there's Mary Baker Eddy, telling me it's okay to explore these things and figure it out. In fact, she says I "should" do this self-examination. It's not self-indulgence, it's essential to the spiritual journey.
Which of course makes sense, and I could have figured this out for myself. But I'm one who has always needed a light to guide me, and Science and Health has always been that light. Sometimes I resist turning the light on because somehow I get the weird idea that I won't like what I see. But when I finally crack open that book one more time, I find only encouragement and love.
I have a little reminder in Outlook that pops up to remind me to do my fifteen minutes of reading every day. I've never been so eager to drop everything to do a task on my to-do list before. It's like talking with a best friend who knows you better than anyone else ever has or will. How great that MBE took the time to write a book about me, so many years ago!
I think she wrote it about you, too. Take a look and see.
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Does that reading include the weekly Bible lesson or in addition to it?
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