Don’t Doubt God!

Recently I have been thinking of John chapter 6 verses 28 and 29 since it was in a Lesson a few weeks ago. Jesus was asked the question: “What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?” and he “answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.”

Certainly I know he meant that we are to believe in and understand what Christ Jesus himself said and did; but lately I also feel that he is saying that in order for us to do this work well, we are to believe in our own God-given ability to do this work that God is specifically giving each of us to do.

Having doubt at any stage of the process is ultimately doubting God, and I definitely do not want to ever do that. So I am working to really take all this in, and never doubt that God sent me here and gives me my own work to do, and gives me the ability to do that work. My practitioner has told me before to work to see that I am a child of God, made in His image and likeness — and I have to admit I had a hard time seeing that for a long time. But lately I feel closer to seeing this, prompted further by not wanting to doubt God, and it is giving me much comfort and joy.

Everything I am learning in Plainfield is helping me to live Christian Science and do this work better each day. I am very grateful for this Church, for practitioner support, and for everything I have learned here that has helped me to find my joy, my place, and my purpose.