Day 119: Progress is the law of God

231:12-233:15

There were several ideas I underlined in the reading but only one I want to delve into:

Every day makes its demands upon us for higher proofs rather than professions of Christian power. These proofs consist solely in the destruction of sin, sickness, and death by the power of Spirit, as Jesus destroyed them. This is an element of progress, and progress is the law of God...

Since I'm reading Science and Health with the intention of a deeper reading and more direct spiritual instructions, these lines caught my attention. The last bit about an element of progress was the trigger. I want more than one element of progress. So I looked progress up in the concordance. I found two different lines. The first, found on 426:8-9, is:

When the destination is desirable, expectation speeds our progress. 

So another element of progress is expectation. I always forget that one (since it is almost too easy) but I've seen in proven time and again. The next one, found on 324:4-5, is:

The purification of sense and self is a proof of progress.

So another element of progress is purification. This one is the obvious and tough one.