Loyalty

Have you ever thought about loyalty — what or who are we loyal to, and why? I am learning that loyalty to anyone or anything but God is really detrimental.

All my life before coming to Plainfield Church, I had people in my life I was loyal to; and in the course of trying to do what I felt was the loyal thing to do, it would often conflict with what I felt was the right thing to do — and it always ended poorly.

Once I started studying Christian Science here in Plainfield, I learned that we are to be loyal to God alone. Since the other way obviously wasn’t working, I did my best to see what the benefit of being loyal to God could be.

Over the years it has become very clear that, as He is the one and only power and Truth and Love that exists, God knows exactly why He created each of us. He knows what our purpose and place are, and He knows what makes us the most useful — and the happiest. Living the life God has made for me — and that He has made me for — things work out so much better, and I have never been happier. And I know He will bring all to Him in this same way.