GOLDEN TEXT: ISAIAH 32 : 17
“The work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.”
This week’s Golden Text wouldn’t let me pass without contemplation. So much is held within it! Here are a few thoughts it brought:
Peace is work, it is activity. It isn’t time spent idly and/or thoughtlessly. Being the “work of righteousness” it is the best work we can hope to be a part of.
It reminded me of “Never breathe an immoral atmosphere, unless in the attempt to purify it.” (S&H, p. 452) This helps me to understand a little more the importance of a rebuke, as the “attempt to purify” is the “work of righteousness” and missing the opportunity to do that work will leave true peace unattained. What a way to put the danger of human harmony in perspective for me.
At the end of every week—after the Forum, Bible Study, Roundtable, and Sunday service—I always feel at peace with the lesson and what we have studied. I am sure that is the point, and that feeling is constantly proving this Golden Text to me by bringing the "effect of righteousness." Thank you to the lesson writers, practitioners, and all who take part!
I am very grateful for the way that Christian Science, as I am learning here, is raising daily the standard that I live by. So wonderful to be a part of this work! Thank you!
Florence
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09/23/2015 11:10
Re: The work of righteousness...
Great Golden text. In this work of righteousness we keep our thinking pure; the only way we can be of any use to ourselves and others, since our work only takes place in our own consciousness.
