Immanuel “God With Us”

I am so grateful to be in this church, because here I’ve learned the power of the word Immanuel, meaning “God with us.” I am so grateful for this word because, as I ponder it, it really makes perfect sense. If God is All, and I am His expression, reflection, or manifestation, then the absolute truth is that I am always in His presence!

I grew up learning about God. I knew God, but it was a far-away God. I would pray for His help, and it did come, but all the time I thought of God as being so far away. Isn’t it wonderful to learn that God is with us right here? Wherever we might be, and because of that, Science and Health, by Mary Baker Eddy, tells us on page 475 that “Man is incapable of sin, sickness, and death.” On page 476 it says, “In divine Science, God and the real man are inseparable as divine Principle and idea.” How wonderful is that! It means that I must always know who I am in this relationship with our Father-Mother God, good. So in this presence of Love, I should also know there can’t be any pain, any sickness, any sorrow, or any lack, because in these, too, God, good, cannot exist in the same space with evil. I am so grateful for all that I’ve learned here, and what Christian Science has done in my life.