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While studying the Weekly Bible Lesson from the Christian Science Publishing Society I found this scriptural citation in the Golden Text 

“the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light” 

Isaiah 60:19 the Lord, King James Version of the Bible

As I thought about these powerful words and the definition of the word light I was inspired:

the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting means of knowing;

the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting point of view;

the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting knowledge;

the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting moral instructor;

the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting source of prosperity;

the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting guide;

God will be your eternal light;

God will be your eternal happiness;

God will be your personal enlightenment counselor;

God will be your personal employer;

God is clear, not dark or obscure;

God is easy and easy on me;

God is freedom and openness; 

God is the illumination of Mind;

I am not heavily laden because of God,

God is Life;

God is my light and my only LIfe.

"The Old Has to Go"

The bottom line is, "God is Love" and he loves you and her equally and completely.  "God is Life" and the originator of all true  relations, he is divine Mind.  

Think on this scripture!

               "The Old Has to Go

And so I insist-and God backs me up on this- that there be no going along with the crowd, the empty-headed, mindless crowd.  They've refused for so long to deal with God that they've lost touch not only with God but with reality itself.   They can't think straight anymore.  Feeling  no pain, they let themselves go in sexual obsession, addicted to every sort of perversion.  

But that's no life for you.  You learned Christ!  My assumption is that you have paid careful attention to him,  been well instructed in the truth precisely as we have it in Jesus.  Since, then, we do not have the excuse of ignorance, everything--and I do mean everything--connected with the old way of life has to go.  It's rotten through and through.  Get rid of it!  And then take on an entirely new way of life, a life renewed from the inside and working itself into your conduct as God accurately reporduces his character in you.

What this adds up to, then, is this: no more lies, no more pretense.  Tell your neighbor the truth.  In Christ's body we're all connected to each other, after all.   When you lie to others, you end up lying to yourself."  

Ephesians 4  The Message

A Wounded Man

"CF Andrews tells of two friends who served together in the first World War.  One of them was wounded and left laying helpless and in pain in no-man's land.  The other, at great peril of his life, crawled out to help his friend; and, when he reached him, the wounded man looked up and said simply: 'I knew you would come.'"  William Barclay

Human need brings God to our side then we must receive, act and follow through on his divine direction.  Often we are tempted to argue, deliberate, discuss, question the divine guidance we are given because of fear, anxiety, human opinion, intimidation.  

I certainly have given in to all those temptations at one time or another only to learn what I already new; TRUST GOD!  

Real simple, RIGHT!  

Certainly human conditions, public opinion, finances, can impose awful penalties for opposing their supposed power.  But I love the 23rd Psalm as David so boldly states that he is willing to have a "six course meal" (The Message) in front of his enemies declaring his trust and confidence in God.  

Bold?  Some might say arrogant?  But the fact is, David demonstrated a consistent effort to trust God in his daily life, making mistakes along the way, while staying true to his faith.

I have learned through the mistakes I have made to continue to trust God  and expect good!

A Call for Help!

"Jesus left the synagogue and came into Simon’s house; and Simon’s mother-in-law was in the grip of a major fever.  They asked him to do something for her.  He stood over her and rebuked the fever and it left her.  Immediately she got up and began to serve them.  

Here Luke the Doctor writes.  In the grip of a major fever-- every word is a medical term.  In the grip of is the medical Greek for someone definitely laid up with an illness.  The Greek medical writers divided  fevers into two classes -- major and minor.  Luke new just how to describe this illness.”  

The Gospel of Luke, revised edition, William Barclay

I received a call from my wife, the school called Jewel is coughing and needs to come home.  She had been to swimming for PE and evidently since leaving the pool she had been coughing.  

As soon as I learned about her needing to come home I called the school and asked to talk with my daughter and support her through prayer, utilizing Christian Science treatment.

Jewel, “Yes Dad.”  You know that you are God’s perfect idea.  “Yes.”  

You know that all that you are is in good, God.  “Yes.”  

You know that God gave you dominion over every sickness. “Yes.”  

You know that all that your are and all that you will ever be is the loving idea of God.  God’s gentle presence is in you.  You live and move in love; you live and move and breath in love.   


“I get it Dad.”

  

Do you get that God loves you, cares for you and that is attending to your every need? 


“I get it Dad.”

Do you get that you live, and breath and move in God, Life?   


“Yes, I get it Dad.” 

And she did get it, the word of God, as the coughing subsided.   

I could tell recovery was taking place right then.  I got in my truck and headed to school knowing that Love is well and well placed caring for this lovely child and all of his lovely children.  

As I drove to school, I remembered the Lord’s prayer.  Jesus gave us this incredible healing prayer so I decided to utilize this gift.  

“Our Father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name.”  The Bible

For me this is the affirmation of placing my trust in God first.  Affirming my love, my trust, my heart is with God.  He is all powerful, all mighty, all loving.  He is the great Physician.  I can faithfully trust my child to his care because his law, divine Principle is in action governing this child, all my children.  All Harmonious,  All is harmonious and your law of harmony governs this child and every function of her body.  

I thought about the oneness of God, his all-mightiness and I felt deep gratitude for his tender mercy and care for this lovely child.  

I called the school again as I got about half way to let them know I would be there in about 20 minutes and that I wanted to speak to Jewel again.  

She was much quieter and her joy was very present.  I continued with my Christian Science treatment for the rest of my drive. 

Oh Lord, how awesome is thy name!  


You are the grand creator of all that is good.  Sickness of any kind is not of your doing and therefore cannot trouble, harass, tempt, influence, aggravate, infuriate, this child.  She is constantly at your side, Father/Mother God.  All that she is is perfect.  

Jewel exists as perfect, with God, governed by His word, His law, His love.  Sickness of any kind cannot touch her perfect nature and body must respond to the Truth.  Not one thing has come into being without God and any human condition of flu resulting in coughing, sneezing, wheezing, soar throat, light headedness, fever is a matter based false belief.  

I am not tempted to leave God or blame God or question God or think that God has left my daughter to suffer with illness.  

Deliver us/her from evil/contagion, helplessness, personal sense, fear, intimidation.

Because I myself have applied this divine law and experienced healing I do have faith in God.  I also have a demonstrable understanding that God’s law, divine Truth, renders material belief, no-matter how it is promoted, powerless.  

My daughter was resting peacefully when I picked her up and we had a nice drive home.  In the face of trial and tribulation, God’s help is immediate and ever-present.  

Yes I can!

"Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands!” Psalms 100:1 New King James Version Bible

“Worship the Lord with gladness.” Psalms 100:2 New Living Translation Bible

Can I follow this idea?

Yes, I can!

“The opposite truth, that intelligence and life are spiritual, never material, destroys sin, sickness and death.” Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy

I can rely on this fact. God the great I am is the sole source of spiritual intelligence. This includes all that is right, good, upright and free. Mind, Spirit, are one and they are the back bone for Principle.

I know that divine Mind overcomes mortal mind, human opinion, hatred, envy, revenge.

I believe it!

I am living it! How about you?

The World calls and the Message...

The world calls and the message it attempts to deliver is fear, selfishness, anxiety, worry, violence and hatred.

Today! All that I seek is God.

How I do I seek? I begin with gratitude.

I am grateful to be at-one-with Mind, God, and I express sweeping wisdom, intelligence, hope, understanding, joy, memory, instantaneous recall. I have dominion, (“Let Us make man in Our image, according to our likeness.” New King James Version) over self-doubt, criticism, anxiety, worry, stupidity, past mistakes.

I do not belong to a series of events, decisions, someone, anyone’s human opinion. I am not a creation that was made in vain. God himself created me!

What others may say or think is nothing but conjecture and personal observation and is powerless to defeat divine Love, God.

“All substance, intelligence, wisdom, being, immortality, cause, and effect belong to God.”

Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures 275 14-15

I ask for forgiveness and I desire to align my thinking with only good. I face what seems more than I can separate from, bad human relations, current worries regarding self esteem, self-worth, past poor choices, indebtedness, failing health, lack of income, zero growth, depression, guilt, anxiety, death, tragedy; I know I must rely and demonstrate faith. God is waiting for my humble appeal to his mercy. I appeal!

My choice is to face whatever the opposition with God as my guide and so I turn to the scriptures for inspiration and healing.

“Steep yourself in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. You’ll find everyday human concerns will be met. Don’t be afraid of missing out. You're my dearest friends! The Father wants to give you the very kingdom itself.”

The Message Luke 12

I am at-one-with Soul, God, and I express peace, freedom, compassion, forgiveness, kindness, mercy. Think on these qualities and how they work for you.

Question: How can I peaceably respond to the belief that I am less than capable?

By affirming that God created me and all human beings, in his image and likeness; Spirit based not matter based. I live in the Truth, not mythology; mortality; what the human senses attempt to impose on me. God is Principle and His divine law is ever present and governing me and mine and all. I find my resolution for this prayer in God and his beloved son’s, Jesus Christ’s Healing Ministry.

I pattern my Healing Ministry on His Principles. Not matter based principles, hypothesis, theories; but rather Christ’s command, “Love thy neighbor as thyself.”

God is the author of only good and true man, spiritual man. I have dominion over, hatred, revenge, violence, war, arrogance, human history, false identity, gossip, communicable disease.

“God looked over everything he had made; (me, mine and all) it was so good, so very good.!”

The Message, Genesis

Do we accept the awful things we see in our daily lives as truth, or originating in God, or by a God directed activity? H1N1 virus, poor humanity, 9/11, war, poverty, arrogance, gang violence, drug use.

“To material sense, earth is matter; to spiritual sense, it is a compound idea.”

Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures 587:7

I can accept what appears to be the human governance of my life, what all the experts are publishing, the material evidence that supports the theory. Jesus proved and asserted, God’s, all good, spiritual governance; the spiritual option.

KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. The reign of harmony in divine Science; the realm of unerring, (incapable of making mistakes; correct and true; precise; faultless,) and omnipotent Mind; the atmosphere of Spirit, where Soul is supreme.

Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures 590:1

I refuse to fear; I choose to love and express all that is love and face human beliefs, conditions, and challenges with the confidence that “God is All-in-all.”

What is first?

Good is the real first and last because it is the only law governing. Anything else is a lie.

God is governing all that I am and all that I do. Nothing is important except what God directs because that is all. I am included in his blessing as I am his perfect image and likeness. I serve only God as he is all there is. My supply for all my needs financial, personal, family, housing, employment, practice are met by the law of God, divine Principal.

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