The Eternal Truth Deals with the Past

Sometimes, when beginning a new year there can be a tendency to look back, perhaps with regret, at our past. Years ago, I was given a statement by a practitioner here that was so helpful to me in dealing with this type of thinking. Mary Baker Eddy says, “The eternal Truth destroys what mortals seem to have learned from error, and man’s real existence as a child of God comes to light.” (Science and Health, p. 288)

God requires us to give our past to Him. Perhaps, in the past, a parent, teacher, or someone else said some unloving or unkind things to you, or perhaps unfairly criticized you, and that voice is hard to shut down. You can take this statement that Mrs. Eddy gave us and apply it to yourself. That “eternal Truth” will destroy what you seemed to have learned from error, and your real existence as a child of God will come to light in all its glory!

So, what is the eternal Truth of this? The eternal Truth is that God is your Father-Mother. He created you, and His voice was the only voice that you could ever have heard. This voice was always telling you that you are “My beloved child,” and that you express all His qualities. This is one of the many eternal Truths that you can work with to destroy whatever you might seem to have learned from error.

Perhaps another was an injustice that you still seem to be suffering from. What would be the eternal Truth to destroy that? In Isaiah 33:22 we read, “For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; he will save us.” In knowing the Truth that you come under divine jurisdiction, God is our lawgiver and our judge, He will right any injustices. Rather than mulling over the error, know this Truth, and the eternal Truth will destroy anything that seems to be wrong. It always has and it always will.

Take whatever error seems to be telling you and destroy it with the eternal Truth and it will be forever destroyed. Anything in the past that seemed to be unhappy or disturbing disappears, fades away from your experience. I have proven this in my life, as have many others. I am so grateful for these laws and rules of the universe that Christian Science gives us. They can be applied to any situation, to any person, anywhere, and they never fail to work because they are based on God!