Actively Handling Doubt

Some time ago, during a period of what felt like heavy opposition against me and my work, I realized I needed to be more active in handling doubt. I was beginning to understand from all I was learning about Christian Science and from practitioner support that these claims were coming to me for life, and therefore the accountability was squarely on me to “stand porter” (S&H, p. 392) and cast these evils out.

I started to carefully watch to see how the various truths we are taught here are being fulfilled in my life and in the lives of those I know. There needed to be absolutely no hint in my thought of merely saying the words like a magic spell, but rather a true and consistent recognition and understanding that the Word of God is being made evident in my daily life.

An example of some of the truths from the Bible are “...all things work together for good to them that love God” (Romans 8:28), “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble” (Psalm 46:1), and “...the Father hath not left me alone” (John 8:29); and also truths from Mary Baker Eddy such as “Divine Love always has met and always will meet every human need” (S&H, p. 494), “Too soon we cannot turn from disease in the body to find disease in the mortal mind, and its cure, in working for God” (Mis., p. 343), and “When these things cease to bless they will cease to occur” (My., p. 143), and many others.

Learning to look for the fulfillment and culmination of these truths appearing in daily life, and finding them constantly, has solidified in me a concrete understanding that Christian Science does indeed work without fail, helping me to “Trust in Truth, and have no other trusts.” (My., p. 171) I am grateful for this practice of actively handling doubt as it comes, and for every good and true and inspired idea that I have learned in this wonderful church.