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Christian Science Daily Lift

The Christian Science Board of Directors

Inspiration, Prayer, Truth, 049698, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality, Life, Uplifting, Christianity, Daily, Christian

4.8616 Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2025

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Liz Butterfield Wallingford, from Chesterfield, Missouri, USA

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Have you been searching for some inspiration? You've found it at the Christian Science Daily Lift.

0:12.0

Sharing with us from Chesterfield, Missouri is Liz Butterfield-Wallingford.

0:29.5

I was juggling work, care for a sick family member, and household tasks, all while feeling ill myself. It was overwhelming. So I opened up science and health with key to the scriptures

0:36.9

by Mary Baker Eddy at random.

0:40.4

I'd done this countless times before, and without fail, my eyes always fell on some

0:46.7

passage that spoke powerfully to me. This time, I read, We are all capable of more than we do.

0:56.0

I almost threw the book out the window.

0:59.4

The notion that I wasn't trying hard enough felt like a slap in the face.

1:04.9

But the thing about science and health is that it's not simply a collection of words that we might find pleasant or not.

1:13.2

It sheds light on the inspired word of the Bible that redeems and heals.

1:19.2

It elucidates the science behind Jesus' healing ministry.

1:24.5

Over the next few hours, I felt the light of Christ breaking through.

1:30.3

The grip of indignation loosened, and with humble curiosity leading the way,

1:36.3

it hit me that this passage wasn't a criticism of my efforts,

1:41.0

it was pointing to everyone's God-given, God-upheld capacity for good.

1:48.1

As I opened my heart to Christ, I realized that we're all capable of health

1:54.0

because God has created us in his flawless spiritual image.

1:59.8

We're capable of helping others,

2:02.5

because we can't be drained of the continuous goodness that comes from God.

2:08.2

We're capable of discerning our God-given ability,

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because Christ communicates this to each of us.

2:16.9

Right then and there, the stress and illness just left. I felt

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