Unclasping the Hold

On page 412 of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy wrote: “The power of Christian Science and divine Love is omnipotent. It is indeed adequate to unclasp the hold and to destroy disease, sin, and death.”

My practitioner has given me this statement to work with for my children, and for children everywhere, to know that through Christian Science, God is unclasping the hold of every ungodly claim these kids encounter.

It has occurred to me, more and more, just how many different claims are attempting to lay hold on young people everywhere. It feels like the internet has allowed us all to be exposed to so many agendas, schemes, and opinions of the human mind. On top of the emotional and social holds that I dealt with through family and school back in the pre-internet days, I have witnessed my children be bombarded by imagery that tries to normalize violence and sexuality, and beliefs such as identity politics, the thought that hard work is designed to hold you back, that the medical establishment is your friend, or that getting supported by the government is a desirable thing. This little list isn't even close to being everything our kids encounter.

My gratitude is for how Christian Science and practitioner support have shown me that all this noise of the human mind cannot change who God created these kids to be, and that they are the children of Truth, Life, and Love. Our Father-Mother God has a place and purpose for each of them and each of us. They may need to face a time of being deeply, but rightfully, unfulfilled by a very human existence, but when they are truly ready, God will pull them close and show them the better way, as He did with me.

I am so thankful to have this Science, and to know this Truth works for me and everyone.