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The Christian Science Sentinel online posted an article this week written by Owen Thomas titled, If your crush doesn\u2019t like you back:\n
The Christian Science Sentinel online posted an article this week written by Owen Thomas titled, If your crush doesn\u2019t like you back:
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I was in love.\u00a0But there was a problem. Three other guys also liked this girl, and she couldn\u2019t seem to make up her mind among us. She was overwhelmed by all the attention. I was in agony. How could I get her to like me more?
\nAs I thought about my sad situation one evening, it occurred to me that I could pray about it. I\u2019d grown up going to Christian Science Sunday School, where I\u2019d learned how to pray\u2014though mostly, up to this point, my parents or a Christian Science practitioner had prayed on my behalf. This time, I figured I should try praying on my own…
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\n", "content_text": "The Christian Science Sentinel online posted an article this week written by Owen Thomas titled, If your crush doesn\u2019t like you back:\n\nI was in love.\u00a0But there was a problem. Three other guys also liked this girl, and she couldn\u2019t seem to make up her mind among us. She was overwhelmed by all the attention. I was in agony. How could I get her to like me more?\nAs I thought about my sad situation one evening, it occurred to me that I could pray about it. I\u2019d grown up going to Christian Science Sunday School, where I\u2019d learned how to pray\u2014though mostly, up to this point, my parents or a Christian Science practitioner had prayed on my behalf. This time, I figured I should try praying on my own…\n\n\n\nTo read or listen to this article in full on https://sentinal.christianscience.com,\nplease click\u00a0here.\u00a0\n\n\n\n\n \nThe post If your crush doesn\u2019t like you back appeared first on Christian Science Houston Area.", "date_published": "2026-02-05T12:50:021770295802", "date_modified": "2026-02-05T12:50:021770295802", "authors": [ { "name": "Amber Moffat", "url": "https://christianscienceheals.com/author/ambermoffat/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7d951f0bac2bbc9d54896b57a6980398c6d8bd40888602ea6565aa4447e9b7f3?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Amber Moffat", "url": "https://christianscienceheals.com/author/ambermoffat/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7d951f0bac2bbc9d54896b57a6980398c6d8bd40888602ea6565aa4447e9b7f3?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "image": "https://i0.wp.com/christianscienceheals.com/files/2026/02/LOVE.jpg?fit=2048%2C1366&ssl=1", "tags": [ "Christian Science", "College", "Love", "Owen Thomas", "Sentinel", "Teen", "Ideas", "News" ] }, { "id": "https://christianscienceheals.com/?p=9046", "url": "https://christianscienceheals.com/2025/10/16/christian-science-sentinel-my-great-concern-2/", "title": "When \u201cIt\u2019s not possible\u201d brought us safety", "content_html": "![\"Naturelove\"](\"https://i0.wp.com/christianscienceheals.com/files/2025/10/NatureLove.jpg?resize=450%2C600&ssl=1\")
The Christian Science Sentinel online posted an article this week written by Maryann McKay titled, When \u201cIt\u2019s not possible\u201d brought us safety:
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I have several\u00a0go-to statements from my study of Christian Science, one of which has been a beacon and a rock with its assurance and expectation of God\u2019s, divine Love\u2019s, deliverance: \u201cRemember, thou canst be brought into no condition, be it ever so severe, where Love has not been before thee and where its tender lesson is not awaiting thee\u201d (The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany,\u00a0pp. 149\u2013150).
\nThis statement by the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy,\u00a0is universally applicable\u2014to anyone in any situation\u2014and it echoes the beloved twenty-third Psalm, which says, \u201cI will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me\u201d (verse 4)…
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\n", "content_text": "The Christian Science Sentinel online posted an article this week written by Maryann McKay titled, When \u201cIt\u2019s not possible\u201d brought us safety:\n\nI have several\u00a0go-to statements from my study of Christian Science, one of which has been a beacon and a rock with its assurance and expectation of God\u2019s, divine Love\u2019s, deliverance: \u201cRemember, thou canst be brought into no condition, be it ever so severe, where Love has not been before thee and where its tender lesson is not awaiting thee\u201d (The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany,\u00a0pp. 149\u2013150).\nThis statement by the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy,\u00a0is universally applicable\u2014to anyone in any situation\u2014and it echoes the beloved twenty-third Psalm, which says, \u201cI will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me\u201d (verse 4)…\n\n\n\nTo read or listen to this article in full on https://sentinal.christianscience.com,\nplease click\u00a0here.\u00a0\n\n\n\n\n \nThe post When \u201cIt\u2019s not possible\u201d brought us safety appeared first on Christian Science Houston Area.", "date_published": "2025-10-16T12:33:531760618033", "date_modified": "2025-10-16T12:33:531760618033", "authors": [ { "name": "Amber Moffat", "url": "https://christianscienceheals.com/author/ambermoffat/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7d951f0bac2bbc9d54896b57a6980398c6d8bd40888602ea6565aa4447e9b7f3?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Amber Moffat", "url": "https://christianscienceheals.com/author/ambermoffat/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7d951f0bac2bbc9d54896b57a6980398c6d8bd40888602ea6565aa4447e9b7f3?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "image": "https://i0.wp.com/christianscienceheals.com/files/2025/10/NatureLove.jpg?fit=1536%2C2048&ssl=1", "tags": [ "Christian Science", "Love", "Mary Baker Eddy", "Maryann McKay", "Sentinel", "Ideas", "News", "Testimonies of Healing" ] }, { "id": "https://christianscienceheals.com/?p=7194", "url": "https://christianscienceheals.com/2022/02/22/christian-science-sentinel-loving-ourselves-as-our-neighbor/", "title": "Christian Science Sentinel \u2013 Loving ourselves as our neighbor", "content_html": "![\"Love\"](\"https://i0.wp.com/christianscienceheals.com/files/2022/02/Love.jpeg?resize=387%2C581&ssl=1\")
The Christian Science Sentinel Online posted a thoughtful article yesterday by Tony Lobl titled, Loving ourselves as our neighbor:
In an unattributed drawing,\u00a0a young man sits beneath a tree. Hands folded on his knees, he peers into the night sky. Accompanying this simple sketch are these words: \u201cYou will never speak to anyone more than you speak to yourself in your head. Be kind to yourself.\u201d
\nIf we echo the young man\u2019s stillness and listen within the silence of our thoughts, we can hear a voice that\u2019s\u00a0not\u00a0our own, with a similar message. It\u2019s the Christ, the divine message of God, which Jesus ceaselessly heard as he healed the sick and turned lives from wrongdoing and wrong thinking. The Christ still conveys today a key idea Jesus shared: We must love our neighbor\u00a0as ourselves. This implies that it\u2019s right to love ourselves…\u00a0
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\n", "content_text": "The Christian Science Sentinel Online posted a thoughtful article yesterday by Tony Lobl titled, Loving ourselves as our neighbor:\nIn an unattributed drawing,\u00a0a young man sits beneath a tree. Hands folded on his knees, he peers into the night sky. Accompanying this simple sketch are these words: \u201cYou will never speak to anyone more than you speak to yourself in your head. Be kind to yourself.\u201d\nIf we echo the young man\u2019s stillness and listen within the silence of our thoughts, we can hear a voice that\u2019s\u00a0not\u00a0our own, with a similar message. It\u2019s the Christ, the divine message of God, which Jesus ceaselessly heard as he healed the sick and turned lives from wrongdoing and wrong thinking. The Christ still conveys today a key idea Jesus shared: We must love our neighbor\u00a0as ourselves. This implies that it\u2019s right to love ourselves…\u00a0\n \nTo view the article in full on https://sentinel.christianscience.com for free, please click HERE\n \n \nThe post Christian Science Sentinel – Loving ourselves as our neighbor appeared first on Christian Science Houston Area.", "date_published": "2022-02-22T11:55:081645530908", "date_modified": "2022-02-22T11:55:081645530908", "authors": [ { "name": "Amber Moffat", "url": "https://christianscienceheals.com/author/ambermoffat/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7d951f0bac2bbc9d54896b57a6980398c6d8bd40888602ea6565aa4447e9b7f3?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Amber Moffat", "url": "https://christianscienceheals.com/author/ambermoffat/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7d951f0bac2bbc9d54896b57a6980398c6d8bd40888602ea6565aa4447e9b7f3?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "image": "https://i0.wp.com/christianscienceheals.com/files/2022/02/Love.jpeg?fit=387%2C581&ssl=1", "tags": [ "Christian Science", "Love", "message of God", "Self Love", "Sentinal", "Sentinel", "Tony Lobl", "Ideas", "News" ] }, { "id": "https://christianscienceheals.com/?p=5658", "url": "https://christianscienceheals.com/2020/11/19/healing-101-web-lectures-a-clearer-view-of-you-lyle-young-csb/", "title": "Healing 101 Web Lectures \u2014 A Clearer View of You, Lyle Young CSB", "content_html": "![\"View\"](\"https://i0.wp.com/christianscienceheals.com/files/2020/11/View.jpeg?resize=500%2C333&ssl=1\")
Healing 101 is supporting a series of live webinars from the Portland Christian Science lecture series and the final lecture is coming up! Lyle Young, CSB will be presenting a lecture titled,\u00a0 A Clearer View of You\u00a0– December 3rd at 7:15PM PST.
Who are we, really? \u00a0You and I, and all humanity? \u00a0The health, harmony, and joy we experience in life depends on our answer to this question.\u00a0 Mary Baker Eddy, who founded the Christian Science church, had a profound insight into the nature of God as infinite Love. \u00a0She perceived that God is the only substance, intelligence and Life of the universe, without the opposition typically ascribed to darkness or evil. \u00a0Moreover, Eddy realized that this was the basis of Jesus\u2019 healing works…
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The post Healing 101 Web Lectures — A Clearer View of You, Lyle Young CSB appeared first on Christian Science Houston Area.
\n", "content_text": "Healing 101 is supporting a series of live webinars from the Portland Christian Science lecture series and the final lecture is coming up! Lyle Young, CSB will be presenting a lecture titled,\u00a0 A Clearer View of You\u00a0– December 3rd at 7:15PM PST.\nWho are we, really? \u00a0You and I, and all humanity? \u00a0The health, harmony, and joy we experience in life depends on our answer to this question.\u00a0 Mary Baker Eddy, who founded the Christian Science church, had a profound insight into the nature of God as infinite Love. \u00a0She perceived that God is the only substance, intelligence and Life of the universe, without the opposition typically ascribed to darkness or evil. \u00a0Moreover, Eddy realized that this was the basis of Jesus\u2019 healing works…\n \nFor more information regarding this lecture,\nplease click here\n \nThe post Healing 101 Web Lectures — A Clearer View of You, Lyle Young CSB appeared first on Christian Science Houston Area.", "date_published": "2020-11-19T16:45:181605804318", "date_modified": "2020-12-18T18:53:321608317612", "authors": [ { "name": "Amber Moffat", "url": "https://christianscienceheals.com/author/ambermoffat/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7d951f0bac2bbc9d54896b57a6980398c6d8bd40888602ea6565aa4447e9b7f3?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Amber Moffat", "url": "https://christianscienceheals.com/author/ambermoffat/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7d951f0bac2bbc9d54896b57a6980398c6d8bd40888602ea6565aa4447e9b7f3?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "image": "https://i0.wp.com/christianscienceheals.com/files/2020/12/View.jpeg?fit=443%2C333&ssl=1", "tags": [ "Christian Science", "CSB", "Healing 101", "Lectures", "Love", "Lyle Young", "Portland", "Web Lecture", "Webinar", "Ideas", "Videos" ] }, { "id": "https://christianscienceheals.com/?p=5582", "url": "https://christianscienceheals.com/2020/10/08/healing-101-web-lecture-defusing-teen-stress-2/", "title": "Healing 101 Web Lectures \u2014 The Law of Love, Anne Melville CSB", "content_html": "![\"The](\"https://i0.wp.com/christianscienceheals.com/files/2020/10/The-Law-of-Love.jpeg?resize=295%2C443&ssl=1\")
Healing 101 is supporting a series of live webinars from the Portland Christian Science lecture series from October through December. Anne Melville CSB will be speaking next on the topic of, The Law of Love –\u00a0November 5th at 7:15PM PST.
The law of Love is the central theme of the Bible. It is that law which the ancient prophets caught wonderful glimpses of, and which saved the ancient peoples of the Bible from disease, famine, slavery and enemy forces when they turned to God. It is the law that was behind Christ Jesus’ healing ministry, which he taught his followers so they could heal, too.\u00a0This same law of Love is demonstrated in Christian Science healing today.
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\n", "content_text": "Healing 101 is supporting a series of live webinars from the Portland Christian Science lecture series from October through December. Anne Melville CSB will be speaking next on the topic of, The Law of Love –\u00a0November 5th at 7:15PM PST.\nThe law of Love is the central theme of the Bible. It is that law which the ancient prophets caught wonderful glimpses of, and which saved the ancient peoples of the Bible from disease, famine, slavery and enemy forces when they turned to God. It is the law that was behind Christ Jesus’ healing ministry, which he taught his followers so they could heal, too.\u00a0This same law of Love is demonstrated in Christian Science healing today.\n \nFor more information regarding this series,\nplease click here\n \nThe post Healing 101 Web Lectures — The Law of Love, Anne Melville CSB appeared first on Christian Science Houston Area.", "date_published": "2020-10-08T15:57:411602172661", "date_modified": "2020-10-08T15:57:411602172661", "authors": [ { "name": "Amber Moffat", "url": "https://christianscienceheals.com/author/ambermoffat/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7d951f0bac2bbc9d54896b57a6980398c6d8bd40888602ea6565aa4447e9b7f3?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Amber Moffat", "url": "https://christianscienceheals.com/author/ambermoffat/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7d951f0bac2bbc9d54896b57a6980398c6d8bd40888602ea6565aa4447e9b7f3?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "image": "https://i0.wp.com/christianscienceheals.com/files/2020/10/The-Law-of-Love.jpeg?fit=500%2C750&ssl=1", "tags": [ "Anne Melville CSB", "Christian Science", "Healing 101", "Lectures", "Love", "Portland", "Web Lecture", "Webinar", "Ideas", "Videos" ] }, { "id": "https://christianscienceheals.com/?p=4316", "url": "https://christianscienceheals.com/2019/06/20/christian-science-monitor-a-powerful-change-of-thought/", "title": "Christian Science Monitor \u2013 A powerful change of thought", "content_html": "![\"\"](\"https://i0.wp.com/christianscienceheals.com/files/2019/06/A-powerful-change-of-thought2.jpeg?ssl=1\")
If you missed it, Mark Swinney published an article on the Christian Science Monitor website yesterday addressing the value of yielding to God, divine Love, rather than frustration and complaint. The article says:
\nA simple change of thought often makes all the difference. It can be a change of attitude, a change in the way we see the world, a change in the way we see ourselves, a change in how we behold others.
\nWhen we change our thoughts for the better, good things can happen. But there\u2019s another way our thinking can change, and it\u2019s even more powerful. When we invite\u00a0God\u00a0to change our thoughts, wonderful things \u2013 even healing \u2013 can occur. As a high school sophomore at my first job, I experienced one such powerful change of perspective.
\nI was working in a position that didn\u2019t require much training and the pay was quite low. I was glad to be earning it, but I wasn\u2019t always feeling so glad as I worked along through my shift. It was hot, sweaty work, and after a few months, I liked it even less.
\nBut I\u2019d been attending a\u00a0Christian Science Sunday School\u00a0and there I\u2019d learned that if I was feeling upset about something, I could turn to God for inspiration. So that\u2019s what I did, and as I was praying one day, I became inspired to do something very specific \u2013 and that was to more consistently let God\u2019s love fill my thoughts and guide my actions.
\nWhat that meant to me was if I found my thoughts muddied with things like complaint, resentment, self-righteousness, and fear, I could turn to God for a clean, clear line of thinking.\u00a0Mary Baker Eddy, the discoverer of\u00a0Christian Science, metaphorically explains in her insightful book \u201cScience and Health with Key to the Scriptures\u201d: \u201cWe cannot fill vessels already full. They must first be emptied\u201d (p. 201). Later on the same\u00a0page, Science and Health goes on to give specific instruction on how to do this: \u201cpour in truth through flood-tides of Love.\u201d
\nWhen I was at work, that\u2019s exactly what I did. Rather than focusing on the unpleasantness of the job, I let appreciation for God, who is divine Love itself, fill my thoughts. As I did, I consistently felt the presence of God with me and was truly grateful for God\u2019s love actively overflowing in me.
\nIt wasn\u2019t always easy to keep my thinking steadily clear in this way, but it ended up being quite a joy-filled activity. And after a time of conscientiously letting God\u2019s love pour into the \u201cvessel\u201d of my consciousness and flush out those thoughts that weren\u2019t loving, I realized I had started to really like my job. Each moment was an opportunity to fill my thoughts to overflowing with all that God is \u2013 acknowledging His goodness, tenderness, strength, intelligence.
\nWhen God is behind the inspiration that we bring into action, we are often happily surprised. Jesus explained: \u201cBlessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled\u201d (Matthew 5:6). That describes how I felt. Instead of frustrated, I felt full of qualities such as joy and patience \u2013 qualities that are actually natural to all of us as God\u2019s children.
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The post Christian Science Monitor – A powerful change of thought appeared first on Christian Science Houston Area.
\n", "content_text": "If you missed it, Mark Swinney published an article on the Christian Science Monitor website yesterday addressing the value of yielding to God, divine Love, rather than frustration and complaint. The article says:\nA simple change of thought often makes all the difference. It can be a change of attitude, a change in the way we see the world, a change in the way we see ourselves, a change in how we behold others.\nWhen we change our thoughts for the better, good things can happen. But there\u2019s another way our thinking can change, and it\u2019s even more powerful. When we invite\u00a0God\u00a0to change our thoughts, wonderful things \u2013 even healing \u2013 can occur. As a high school sophomore at my first job, I experienced one such powerful change of perspective.\nI was working in a position that didn\u2019t require much training and the pay was quite low. I was glad to be earning it, but I wasn\u2019t always feeling so glad as I worked along through my shift. It was hot, sweaty work, and after a few months, I liked it even less.\nBut I\u2019d been attending a\u00a0Christian Science Sunday School\u00a0and there I\u2019d learned that if I was feeling upset about something, I could turn to God for inspiration. So that\u2019s what I did, and as I was praying one day, I became inspired to do something very specific \u2013 and that was to more consistently let God\u2019s love fill my thoughts and guide my actions.\nWhat that meant to me was if I found my thoughts muddied with things like complaint, resentment, self-righteousness, and fear, I could turn to God for a clean, clear line of thinking.\u00a0Mary Baker Eddy, the discoverer of\u00a0Christian Science, metaphorically explains in her insightful book \u201cScience and Health with Key to the Scriptures\u201d: \u201cWe cannot fill vessels already full. They must first be emptied\u201d (p. 201). Later on the same\u00a0page, Science and Health goes on to give specific instruction on how to do this: \u201cpour in truth through flood-tides of Love.\u201d\nWhen I was at work, that\u2019s exactly what I did. Rather than focusing on the unpleasantness of the job, I let appreciation for God, who is divine Love itself, fill my thoughts. As I did, I consistently felt the presence of God with me and was truly grateful for God\u2019s love actively overflowing in me.\nIt wasn\u2019t always easy to keep my thinking steadily clear in this way, but it ended up being quite a joy-filled activity. And after a time of conscientiously letting God\u2019s love pour into the \u201cvessel\u201d of my consciousness and flush out those thoughts that weren\u2019t loving, I realized I had started to really like my job. Each moment was an opportunity to fill my thoughts to overflowing with all that God is \u2013 acknowledging His goodness, tenderness, strength, intelligence.\nWhen God is behind the inspiration that we bring into action, we are often happily surprised. Jesus explained: \u201cBlessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled\u201d (Matthew 5:6). That describes how I felt. Instead of frustrated, I felt full of qualities such as joy and patience \u2013 qualities that are actually natural to all of us as God\u2019s children.\n\n\n\n\nIf you would like to view this full article on https://www.csmonitor.com, please click here.\n\n\n\n\n \nThe post Christian Science Monitor – A powerful change of thought appeared first on Christian Science Houston Area.", "date_published": "2019-06-20T20:31:481561062708", "date_modified": "2019-06-20T20:31:481561062708", "authors": [ { "name": "Amber Moffat", "url": "https://christianscienceheals.com/author/ambermoffat/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7d951f0bac2bbc9d54896b57a6980398c6d8bd40888602ea6565aa4447e9b7f3?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Amber Moffat", "url": "https://christianscienceheals.com/author/ambermoffat/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7d951f0bac2bbc9d54896b57a6980398c6d8bd40888602ea6565aa4447e9b7f3?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "image": "https://i0.wp.com/christianscienceheals.com/files/2019/06/A-powerful-change-of-thought2.jpeg?fit=500%2C333&ssl=1", "tags": [ "Change of Attitude", "Christian Science", "Christian Science Monitor", "God", "Love", "Mark Swinney", "Ideas", "News" ] }, { "id": "https://christianscienceheals.com/?p=3608", "url": "https://christianscienceheals.com/2018/12/13/christian-science-monitor-bullying-and-the-love-that-heals-it/", "title": "Christian Science Monitor \u2013 Bullying and the love that heals it", "content_html": "![\"Love\"](\"https://i0.wp.com/christianscienceheals.com/files/2018/12/Love.jpeg?ssl=1\")
Susanne van Eyl published an article on the Christian Science Monitor recounting a time when she was bullied and didn\u2019t know what to do. But when she remembered Jesus\u2019 instruction that we love our enemies \u2013 and endeavored to put it into practice \u2013 the situation was beautifully resolved and the bullying stopped. The article goes on to state:
In middle school I was bullied by a boy in my class. In the beginning he imitated everything I did, grinning insolently when he realized that I found it annoying.
\nThings went from there and culminated, perhaps a week later, in something more physical. As I entered the classroom, he put a bicycle lock around my neck in one quick motion and snapped it shut. Seconds later the teacher walked in, preventing me from doing anything. The boy went off to his seat gloating and laughing, and the other boys thought it was funny as well.
\nThe teacher said nothing when he saw my mortified face, but made the boy take the lock off my neck before he dismissed the class. There were no further repercussions; the boy wasn\u2019t punished, and I was expected to forget the whole thing. But I couldn\u2019t.
\nThat night I knew that something needed to be done to bring about change. I had learned in the Christian Science Sunday School that Jesus told his followers to love their enemies. He said, \u201cLove your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you\u201d (Luke 6:27, 28, New International Version). In the beginning this seemed impossible. How could I love someone who had humiliated me like this? But I didn\u2019t want to retaliate in any way. I wouldn\u2019t have known how, and I was sure that retaliation would just make things worse.
\nWhat I wanted was a permanent solution that would allow both of us to coexist \u2013 and thrive \u2013 in school. So I endeavored to love, which I felt was the only approach that could secure a permanent solution, and I promised myself that I would let nothing get in the way of my doing this. To help me accomplish that, I wrote on the last page of my notebook: \u201cI need to love Peter F, too\u201d (not his real name). A beautiful verse from a hymn expresses the spirit of my efforts. It reads:
\nLove with a heart of tenderness
\nYour enemies and friends;\u00a0
\nHowever hard this may appear,\u00a0
\nThis quality just mends.\u00a0
\nFor Love is God in action true,\u00a0
\nA presence that is felt;
\nA healing and a saving power\u00a0
\nThat will all discord melt.
\n(Jill Gooding, \u201cChristian Science Hymnal: Hymns 430-603,\u201d\u00a0No. 519, \u00a9 CSBD)
Expressing God\u2019s love towards those whom we might call our enemies doesn\u2019t mean that we accept or even tolerate inappropriate or unkind behavior. On the contrary, such love is expressed from the basis of seeing and understanding our fellow man as spiritual and therefore innocent, pure, and harmless. This view naturally acts as a rebuke to any thought or action that isn\u2019t in line with God\u2019s goodness.
\nThe next day, he went back to imitating me, but I knew what I had to do. Each time I felt anxious or upset, I told myself that my job was to love him and to pray to know that God loved both of us. This must mean that God wouldn\u2019t let him harm me or anyone!
\nAfter recess a few days later, I saw that my notebook had been opened to the last page. Mortified, I realized he had seen what I had written there! But then I saw that, in his unkempt handwriting, he had replied: \u201cYes, and I need to love you, too.\u201d To this day I don\u2019t know how he had found my little statement, or why he had even opened my notebook. I had not shown the entry to anyone.
\nThis was the end of the issue. We never talked about it, we never referred to it, and this boy never bothered me again. He had in the past teased other students and even some of the younger teachers, but that also stopped. I, in turn, was never again bullied by anyone.
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\n", "content_text": "Susanne van Eyl published an article on the Christian Science Monitor recounting a time when she was bullied and didn\u2019t know what to do. But when she remembered Jesus\u2019 instruction that we love our enemies \u2013 and endeavored to put it into practice \u2013 the situation was beautifully resolved and the bullying stopped. The article goes on to state:\nIn middle school I was bullied by a boy in my class. In the beginning he imitated everything I did, grinning insolently when he realized that I found it annoying.\nThings went from there and culminated, perhaps a week later, in something more physical. As I entered the classroom, he put a bicycle lock around my neck in one quick motion and snapped it shut. Seconds later the teacher walked in, preventing me from doing anything. The boy went off to his seat gloating and laughing, and the other boys thought it was funny as well.\nThe teacher said nothing when he saw my mortified face, but made the boy take the lock off my neck before he dismissed the class. There were no further repercussions; the boy wasn\u2019t punished, and I was expected to forget the whole thing. But I couldn\u2019t.\nThat night I knew that something needed to be done to bring about change. I had learned in the Christian Science Sunday School that Jesus told his followers to love their enemies. He said, \u201cLove your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you\u201d (Luke 6:27, 28, New International Version). In the beginning this seemed impossible. How could I love someone who had humiliated me like this? But I didn\u2019t want to retaliate in any way. I wouldn\u2019t have known how, and I was sure that retaliation would just make things worse.\nWhat I wanted was a permanent solution that would allow both of us to coexist \u2013 and thrive \u2013 in school. So I endeavored to love, which I felt was the only approach that could secure a permanent solution, and I promised myself that I would let nothing get in the way of my doing this. To help me accomplish that, I wrote on the last page of my notebook: \u201cI need to love Peter F, too\u201d (not his real name). A beautiful verse from a hymn expresses the spirit of my efforts. It reads:\nLove with a heart of tenderness\nYour enemies and friends;\u00a0\nHowever hard this may appear,\u00a0\nThis quality just mends.\u00a0\nFor Love is God in action true,\u00a0\nA presence that is felt;\nA healing and a saving power\u00a0\nThat will all discord melt.\n(Jill Gooding, \u201cChristian Science Hymnal: Hymns 430-603,\u201d\u00a0No. 519, \u00a9 CSBD)\n\nExpressing God\u2019s love towards those whom we might call our enemies doesn\u2019t mean that we accept or even tolerate inappropriate or unkind behavior. On the contrary, such love is expressed from the basis of seeing and understanding our fellow man as spiritual and therefore innocent, pure, and harmless. This view naturally acts as a rebuke to any thought or action that isn\u2019t in line with God\u2019s goodness.\nThe next day, he went back to imitating me, but I knew what I had to do. Each time I felt anxious or upset, I told myself that my job was to love him and to pray to know that God loved both of us. This must mean that God wouldn\u2019t let him harm me or anyone!\nAfter recess a few days later, I saw that my notebook had been opened to the last page. Mortified, I realized he had seen what I had written there! But then I saw that, in his unkempt handwriting, he had replied: \u201cYes, and I need to love you, too.\u201d To this day I don\u2019t know how he had found my little statement, or why he had even opened my notebook. I had not shown the entry to anyone.\nThis was the end of the issue. We never talked about it, we never referred to it, and this boy never bothered me again. He had in the past teased other students and even some of the younger teachers, but that also stopped. I, in turn, was never again bullied by anyone.\n\n\n\nIf you would like to view this entire article on\u00a0https://www.csmonitor.com, please click\u00a0here.\n\n\n\n\n \nThe post Christian Science Monitor – Bullying and the love that heals it appeared first on Christian Science Houston Area.", "date_published": "2018-12-13T15:04:071544713447", "date_modified": "2018-12-13T15:04:071544713447", "authors": [ { "name": "Amber Moffat", "url": "https://christianscienceheals.com/author/ambermoffat/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7d951f0bac2bbc9d54896b57a6980398c6d8bd40888602ea6565aa4447e9b7f3?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Amber Moffat", "url": "https://christianscienceheals.com/author/ambermoffat/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7d951f0bac2bbc9d54896b57a6980398c6d8bd40888602ea6565aa4447e9b7f3?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "image": "https://i0.wp.com/christianscienceheals.com/files/2018/12/Love.jpeg?fit=1050%2C701&ssl=1", "tags": [ "Bullying", "Christian Science", "Christian Science Monitor", "Jesus", "Love", "Ideas", "News" ] }, { "id": "https://christianscienceheals.com/?p=3132", "url": "https://christianscienceheals.com/2018/07/24/christian-science-monitor-lessons-from-a-rearview-mirror-2-2/", "title": "Christian Science Sentinel \u2013 Refuse to hate, yield to Love", "content_html": "![\"\"](\"https://i0.wp.com/christianscienceheals.com/files/2018/07/refuse-to-hate.jpg?resize=600%2C330&ssl=1\")
If you missed it, Kim Crooks Korinek wrote an article posted on the Christian Science Sentinel website titled,\u00a0Refuse to Hate – Yield to Love. The article focuses on the power of Love:
Whether it\u2019s extremist hate groups or the anger of a neighbor, hatred can seem like an insurmountable wall. However, even in the midst of its emotional push and pull, we are not powerless. We can refuse to meet hate with hate. However threatening hatred may appear to be, we can yield to God\u2019s love. God is Love, and Love is always operating, replacing anything unlike Love.\u00a0
\nThe omnipotence of Love\u2019s dynamic presence and its inevitable influence and impact are best illustrated with the immediacy of light replacing shadow. God, Love, operates through law\u2014a moral and spiritual force.\u00a0 Christian Science refers to this moral and spiritual force as the law of God, good, the law of Life, Truth, and Love. This law of God governs and guides all the varied expressions of God. \u00a0
\nSo what does this have to do with standing up to hate? By yielding to the omnipotence of Love, we can understand that hate is powerless. Mary Baker Eddy explains this in\u00a0Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures,\u00a0referring to Truth as another synonym for God: \u201cBecause Truth is omnipotent in goodness, error, Truth\u2019s opposite, has no might. Evil is but the counterpoise of nothingness\u201d (pp. 367\u2013368). Knowing this, even in a degree, reveals how fragile and fraudulent hatred is. And because Love is omnipotent, the law of Love is equally so, and is instant and active under any circumstance.\u00a0
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\n", "content_text": "If you missed it, Kim Crooks Korinek wrote an article posted on the Christian Science Sentinel website titled,\u00a0Refuse to Hate – Yield to Love. The article focuses on the power of Love:\nWhether it\u2019s extremist hate groups or the anger of a neighbor, hatred can seem like an insurmountable wall. However, even in the midst of its emotional push and pull, we are not powerless. We can refuse to meet hate with hate. However threatening hatred may appear to be, we can yield to God\u2019s love. God is Love, and Love is always operating, replacing anything unlike Love.\u00a0\nThe omnipotence of Love\u2019s dynamic presence and its inevitable influence and impact are best illustrated with the immediacy of light replacing shadow. God, Love, operates through law\u2014a moral and spiritual force.\u00a0 Christian Science refers to this moral and spiritual force as the law of God, good, the law of Life, Truth, and Love. This law of God governs and guides all the varied expressions of God. \u00a0\nSo what does this have to do with standing up to hate? By yielding to the omnipotence of Love, we can understand that hate is powerless. Mary Baker Eddy explains this in\u00a0Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures,\u00a0referring to Truth as another synonym for God: \u201cBecause Truth is omnipotent in goodness, error, Truth\u2019s opposite, has no might. Evil is but the counterpoise of nothingness\u201d (pp. 367\u2013368). Knowing this, even in a degree, reveals how fragile and fraudulent hatred is. And because Love is omnipotent, the law of Love is equally so, and is instant and active under any circumstance.\u00a0\n\n\n\nIf you would like to further explore the entire article on\u00a0https://sentinal.christianscience.com, please click\u00a0here.\u00a0\n\n\n\n\n \nThe post Christian Science Sentinel – Refuse to hate, yield to Love appeared first on Christian Science Houston Area.", "date_published": "2018-07-24T13:44:031532439843", "date_modified": "2018-08-20T13:31:331534771893", "authors": [ { "name": "Amber Moffat", "url": "https://christianscienceheals.com/author/ambermoffat/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7d951f0bac2bbc9d54896b57a6980398c6d8bd40888602ea6565aa4447e9b7f3?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Amber Moffat", "url": "https://christianscienceheals.com/author/ambermoffat/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7d951f0bac2bbc9d54896b57a6980398c6d8bd40888602ea6565aa4447e9b7f3?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "image": "https://i0.wp.com/christianscienceheals.com/files/2018/07/refuse-to-hate-1.jpg?fit=600%2C330&ssl=1", "tags": [ "Christian", "Christian Science", "Love", "Sentinal", "Sentinel", "Youth", "Ideas", "News" ] } ] }