Hey Hey! Another week another new Bible Lesson to study and ponder.
The subject this week which we’ll be considering in our Sunday Youth Discussion Group at 11am is “Soul”. Mary Baker Eddy identifies Soul as one of the seven synonyms for God (the other six are Principle, Mind, Spirit, Life, Truth and Love). Each of these synonyms helps us to understand God’s nature better. Soul is often misunderstood. I have to admit Soul was the one that it took me longest to get! But I finally realised what Soul was all about during a two week course of Class Instruction in Christian Science. And Soul really is so cool! So this week enjoy finding out more about what Soul is really all about.
As we go through the week, I’ll post ideas on the different sections of the Bible lesson and then we can talk about it all – or whatever you choose – on Sunday.
As I read the responsive reading this morning, I was struck by this verse from Psalm 66:
One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.
Before today, I think I always read verses like that (and there are other similar verses in the Bible) to mean that the older generation would pass on knowledge to the younger generation and so on down the centuries – after all that’s how the ideas of Christianity have been passed down for millennia. But today I was really struck at how today’s younger generation can teach the older generation a thing or too about God’s works!
Mary Baker Eddy begins her chapter “The Science of Being” in Science and Health with these words:
In the material world, thought has brought to light with great rapidity many useful wonders.
Today “useful wonders” seem to be coming to light very rapidly indeed, facebook, twitter, google, wikipedia. The world is changing, and the younger generation understands these tools – these “useful wonders” – in a way that much of the older generation doesn’t yet. So the Psalmist is right – here’s an oportunity for the younger generation to praise God’s works to another – and declare His might acts!
When Mary Baker Eddy was asked what she thought of the pursuite of modern material inventions she replied:
“Oh, we cannot oppose them. They all tend to newer, finer, more etherealized ways of living. They seek the finer essences. They light the way to the Church of Christ. We use them, we make them our figures of speech. They are preparing the way for us.” (First Church and Miscellany page 345)
Let’s hope this blog encourages some more young people to join our discussion group on Sundays – anyone up to the age of 20 is most welcome.
P.S. If you’ve over 20 you are of course most welcome to join our Church Services where the Weekly Bible Lesson forms the Sermon.
