There Is No Incurable Disease

There is a prayer that I love very much found in Watches, Prayers, and Arguments by Mrs. Eddy which says, “There is no fatal mistake; there is no unforgivable wrong; there is no unpardonable sin; there is no permanent injury; there is no incurable disease; there is no such thing as too late.” In this one sentence, Mrs. Eddy covers every kind of situation that could possibly be plaguing us.

In Science we know all things are possible to God. I was thinking about the word incurable. The dictionary definition of it is: “a person diseased beyond the reach of cure; beyond the power or skill of medicine.” Well it might be beyond the power or skill of medicine, but it is never beyond the power or skill of God, who is our Great Physician!

I once read that the word incurable means the cure must come from within — incurable. If you are harboring thoughts of unforgiveness, resentment, jealousy, etc., this would prevent the love of God from reaching you. His love is aways ever-present and shines upon all, but we need to be receptive to it. So the cure must come from within. We must be willing to cast out those ungodlike thoughts and replace them with all that is good and true and lovely. Mrs. Eddy states on page 261 of Science and Health, “Hold thought steadfastly to the enduring, the good, and the true, and you will bring these into your experience proportionably to their occupancy of your thoughts.” Thus you will begin to prove for yourself there is no incurable disease! And you will also find out those negative thoughts are no more real than the seeming physical manifestation — they are not of God, therefore powerless! Nothing but good has ever touched the child of God.

I am so grateful for Christian Science where we learn, and can know, and can prove for ourselves that there is no incurable disease — God wipes it all away with His tender loving care for us all. I am also very grateful to Mary Baker Eddy for giving us this Science and this precious way of life.