I just finished reading an excellent column by a New York Times writer (though being such a conversative do not go along with this paper's editorial slant) -- David Brooks. In it he writes about an imaginary "Ben" who worked hard all his life, played by what he thought were the rules only to discover that it isn't working by and large in this once-great country of ours. He has seen that it isn't what you do, what you are, how hard you yourself work, but who you know in power. Primarily these days, in Washington or on Wall Street.
This column made me so grateful we in Christian Science are encouraged to rely on God--for everything. Just as its great Discoverer and Founder, Mary Baker Eddy did. Of course, having no money or influence or even friends at first to help her in your lifework of founding a religion, she had no choice but to lean on the One who is always just, always loving, always ready to help His children--if they will only acknowledge His power and depend upon Him for all they need.
I feel so blessed!
