Our local tv station has been reminding viewers of an important program coming up this evening on the drug epidemic here in East Tennessee. It seems the prescription pill, oxycontin (spelling?) has gotten out of control. Apparently there is big money to be made from selling these pills, and people will get them any way they can. But the purpose of my blog post this morning is to say, thank God for the teachings of Christian Science. And for the book Mary Baker Eddy wrote, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" which makes available to any sincere searcher for Christ-healing the truths that underly Jesus' marvelous demonstrations of God's power.
I could never be grateful enough for getting to rely on God when physical challenges have arisen--not have to depend on some mindless drug or pill. A young man gave an interview that was heart-rending: just out of college he had some physical problem that this particular pill was prescribed for. It led to addiction. And now he says he cannot get off the pill. He feels his life is over, and was warning others to steer clear of the this pill which is the focus of tonight's tv program.
Of course, God can deliver this young man from addiction, just as He delivers His children from sickness and disease. How wonderful that powerful divine truths are out there, through the teachings of Christian Science, to do just this.
