Day 256: Moral Courage

513:4-515:10

Mary Baker Eddy discusses moral courage in this section. It’s one of the few bits of theology that she might have in common with other religions. By that, I mean there should be agreement over what moral courage is but instead in the last decade, I felt a rift. There is a group of people nationally (U.S.), that believe moral courage is the ability to do respond with force in the name of God. I think of this as first testament moral courage – live by the sword, then you shall die by the sword mentality. I don’t agree with this and have termed what MBE describes as second testament moral courage. She first describes it as an animal, then notes three qualities about it, then says it is tenderness. That word alone will be my mark for moral courage from here on. It’s a high bar.

Moral courage is "the lion of the tribe of Juda," the king of the mental realm. Free and fearless it roams in the forest. Undisturbed it lies in the open   field, or rests in "green pastures, . . . beside the still waters." In the figurative transmission from the divine thought to the human, [1]diligence, [2]promptness, and [3]perseverance are likened to "the cattle upon a thousand hills." They carry the baggage of stern resolve, and keep pace with highest purpose. Tenderness accompanies all the might imparted by Spirit. The individuality created by God is not carnivorous…

A side note: If you are new to the tags at the end of this post, imagine a living, breathing index. Have you looked at the index of S&H lately? Imagine the whole world of CSers creating an index so that if you are working on an idea or challenge, you can look through what others have marked and get new ideas.

That’s how I plan to use my tags for these posts.