ACIM workbook lesson #47:
"God is the strength in which I trust."
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| "Child in Mongolia" photo by Aaron Springston |
[Marsha's thoughts]
I am reminded of the strength two women utilized in order to commit these writings to paper, in a form that could be reproduced and kept alive for others to be reminded of Truth. In order to preserve the words for posterity, Mary Baker Eddy spent years writing, revising, editing that which came through her. Helen Schucman was an unwilling vessel for the Word, but she allowed it to fill her and flow onto paper for the benefit of all. Where does this strength come from, which enables people to start such world-wide changes in thought? I know that Mrs. Eddy gave the whole credit for every revelation to God. She understood that no matter how erudite and learned she had become, (despite no formal education), that there was no way mortal mind could know the divine realities she was writing. At least once she stated that she had no idea what Science & Health said, and that's why she read it daily. She stated her writing was divinely inspired. While today's vernacular would refer to this as "channeled", I think there's much to be said for the notion that everything is channeled! Loosing the bonds of materialism allows us see in ways we didn't know existed. Then every moment we are a channel for Truth!
Mary Baker Eddy quote:
"The revelation of Truth in the understanding came to me gradually and apparently through divine power. When a new spiritual idea is borne to earth, the prophetic Scripture of Isaiah is renewedly fulfilled: "Unto us a child is born, . . . and his name shall be called Wonderful."
Science & Health Page 109:22-27
