As we enter 2025, we can look for opportunities for embracing change and self-reflection. Strength gives us the courage to accept change and to turn uncertainties into opportunities, approaching the year ahead with confidence, determination, and hope.
Embracing Change
with Strength
The Bible often tells us we can rely on God to renew our strength.
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Isaiah 40:31
This means that when you trust and emulate God’s qualities – expressing love, principle, and reliability, – you will find new strength to face challenges. When the future feels uncertain or you are resisting change, you can gain new views by turning to the Christian Science “pastor,” the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, written by the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy.
Eddy writes,
Each successive stage of experience unfolds new views of divine goodness and love.
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures p 66:14
A spiritual perspective and reliance on God can give you strength for embracing change and facing any struggles in the new year. Finding strength in God also shows us the feebleness of irrational fear and lets us approach the future with a clear head.
What the future can bring
With strength replacing fear and uncertainty, the new year becomes an exciting time for growth and change. What excites you about 2025? For us, it’s the 150th anniversary of the publication of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. People are celebrating this book worldwide, as communities come together to read, reflect on, and discuss this book that has brought peace and strength to many people. Many have begun the challenge of reading two pages a day, completing the entire book within the year.
A deeper reading of Science and Health is a great way to gain a better understanding of God and Jesus’s teachings, which can help with finding strength and facing the unknown. Eddy says,
Question. — How can I progress most rapidly in the understanding of Christian Science?
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures p 495:25-31
Answer. — Study thoroughly the letter and imbibe the spirit. Adhere to the divine Principle of Christian Science and follow the behests of God, abiding steadfastly in wisdom, Truth, and Love.
Celebrating Science and Health
Science and Health has been blessing and healing people for 150 years. Let’s celebrate and share this healing textbook throughout the year. Click on “Contact Us” at the bottom of this page and tell us how this book has changed your life and ways you’re feeling led to share its message.
If the book is new to you or you want a new view of it, you may find a sense of support and community by discussing this healing book with a Reading Room attendant or Christian Science practitioner, or in a study group at your local Christian Science church, reading room, or online.
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If you would like your own copy of Science and Health for in-depth study, visit any Christian Science Church or Reading Room, or shop online.
Explore the chapter on “Fruitage” at the end of Science and Health which is filled with testimonies by people who have been healed by just reading this book. Fruitage. You will find more testimonies of healing and thoughts on embracing change on JSH-Online.
