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I recently came across this passage in the Book of John in the Bible where Jesus said, “Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.”
It made me think how God is our Father and He loves us. That’s why we have the Christ, because God wants us to know Him. He doesn’t want to be a mystery. The Christ is our friend because it’s God’s voice speaking to us and it is “ever present in the human consciousness” (Science and Health, p. xi). So the Christ is always with us and never leaves us–it’s better than your very best friend! (more…)
If God is good and ruler over all, why did the earthquake happen in Haiti? Did God stand by and let the earthquake happen? Did God allow the mass destruction to occur that millions of victims are struggling with today on that small island in the Caribbean?
I squeezed out of the tiny elevator, onto the fifth floor, as my Spanish home-stay hostess gave me the tour of her colonial-style apartment. I spied my room. With one window to the cold winter world outside and a bed, I could tell it would be my sanctuary for the next three months away from home. She left me to unpack. I heaved my suitcase onto the bed and unzipped it to find, on top of all the clothes, the pink journal my mom had made for me the summer before. Clippings of quotes from the Bible and Science and Health filled the pages and were generously balanced by many stickers of flowers and cheerful-looking shapes. 
One of my favorite things about the Christ is that it helps me understand who I am. It’s funny, but the best way for someone to find out what he or she really is like is to learn what God is like. People aren’t God, of course, but they do express God’s nature. The quality of God is the same quality of God’s spiritual creation—and spiritual creation is the true you and me.