How is Truth – divine Truth – the steppingstone to the understanding of God? Seeing true spiritual reality – what God has created and is doing right now – helps us get a clearer understanding of what God is. How do we do that? Well, it can happen in all sorts of ways. One way for me is to get really quiet and listen for inspiration from God – what He is telling me about Himself and about me as His child. Other times, I glimpse spiritual reality when I’m struck by the goodness I see in others. That points to who they are in a way that has nothing to do with what they look like, what job they have, or how much money they have in the bank. And getting to know more about God’s glory and His goodness introduces us to ourselves in a whole new light. Because as the Bible says, we are created in God’s image (see Genesis 1:26, 27). And when we catch a glimpse of this spiritual view, we can see past what our limited five senses are telling us. And this spiritual view removes limitations and brings freedom. There is no downside to embracing this truth in our lives.

I texted my real estate agent and told her that I hoped it wouldn’t disqualify me, but I had to tell her how many cats I owned. She wrote back immediately indicating that now she knew I was an honest person because I’d just told the truth. Instead of hurting our professional relationship, honesty cemented it. And the same held true with my new landlord.

We don’t lose anything worthwhile and right by being honest. In fact, I’d go so far as to say that honesty actually shows us God’s goodness in our experience.

This small example of that spiritual law, which Mrs. Eddy described in her statement that “honesty is spiritual power,” is proof to me of the larger applications of honesty. So much good awaits those who see who they are as God’s spiritual and truthful child.