God my biggest Advocate

God dear heavenly Father/Mother, help me! 

As I began my morning, I found myself embroiled in conflict, self-criticism, doubt, persecution, and anxiety.  

My head that morning was filled with such garbage that I was angry and critical.  I was in an internal battle of hugeness brought on by human reasoning, human opinion and past mistakes; arguing against all hope, joy and faithfulness!  

So, I turned to God for help.  Why God? 

It sure seemed that help that morning was far away and the hope for rescue small.  But, I have learned to turn to prayer in the most trying of times and lean on my heavenly Father/Mother God.  I have seen that if I put my trust in God, completely, fully, He will respond.  

  

God did answer quickly, my sincere calling out to him, with a scripture from Romans, written by Paul, I found in the Christian Science Weekly Bible Lesson. (see mybiblelesson.com lesson on Man) Paul’s words from Romans spoke loudly and directly to me.  

“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?”  

As I read in the scripture what Paul had to say, his wisdom clearly struck a good chord within me.  I realized that the love of God, Christ, was ever present.  No hardship, misinformation, mistake, hatred, spite, envy, fear not a personal battle of any kind could separate me from the love of God and his infinite blessings.  

I could see all these evil suggestions waging war in my consciousness, working to destabilize me, were of no consequence.  Simply, no one of them however terrifying, upsetting or persistent, could separate me from the love of God.  

Why?  Because, God had already acquitted me so knowone else could condemn me!  

Nothing could or would  separate me from the Christ as I live in Christ.  All is well and I am in his good care and company.  

All is well as God is right here, right now!

The story board fraught with misinformation cannot injure, deter, keep from or misinterpret, God’s infinite, blessings.  

“Not even the grudging, jealous angels can separate us from the love of God, much as they would               
    like to do so.”  the Letter to the Romans, REVISED EDITION, William Barclay, p.118

Whatever someone says cannot separate me from Christ. I cannot be influenced by “grudging, jealous angels” nor can any other person affect my good and perfect Christ like nature given to me by God.  I will not, nor can any other harbor violent enmity, spiteful or malicious attitudes toward me.  

Whatever my enemies may think, feel, say or speak about me, God is All, Love.  Love protects guides, supplies all that I need and any unfavorable, pernicious, injurious statements, thoughts or speech cannot keep me from my success in my Father/Mother’s business.  

God is my biggest advocate, loving, supporting and providing me with all that I need.  Evil in any form or consciousness, has no power over me.  My confidence in Christ was renewed.

Christ walks with me and I love and treasure His blessed hand in all that I do.  

God-based confidence

God-based confidence

Marked by Grace!

Nothing will impose it's will upon me at this time of year!

Glorious be the blessings in our lives and rest assure that God is with you.

God is mercy and Truth and his law is governing!

You are marked by grace, distinguished by the mercy of God; 

                    

                               choose your disposition to serve another.  

You are regarded in divine favor as the beloved child of God. 

Justice and righteousness are your mentor 

and divine Love pardons 

any transgressions or mistakes 

that human opinion, 

pain, 

or,                                                     

                            suffering,

attempts to lay claim too!                        

Smile!

Sweet Joyous Grace

Soul

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.