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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Golden Text . . . all of you are children of the most High.” Psalms 82:6 all

The government of my home, practice, business affairs, human relations, family, income, job, rests on God’s shoulders. He rules with fairness and justice. There are no limits to what he brings. Jesus demonstrated his passionate commitment proving that God is our everlasting Father/Mother God who cares deeply for each one of his ideas.

Dear heavenly Father/Mother God lead me in the way you wish for me to go. I am your humble and obedient servant. Forgive me for past transgressions as I have truly repented for those things that I have done.

I know with each passing moment that my commitment to living morally, mercifully and humbly is right and fulfilling. Revenge, hatred, anger, frustration, violence are evil and no part of me.

I desire to “wear righteousness like a belt and truth like an undergarment.” NLT Is 11:5

A life with Love

“It is with lasting love that I am tenderly caring for you.” (I John 4, New Living Translation) I work in Love with Love’s authority and I am at-one-with Love. I confess that Jesus is the Son of God to be the savior of the world. He walked with Love along every way and proved the power of Love to meet all human needs. He met all human needs through his complete expression of Love, and Love’s law.

And I “acknowledge that the crucifixion of Jesus and his resurrection served to uplift faith to understand eternal Life, even the allness of Soul, Spirit, and the nothingness of matter.” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures p. 497)

‘I have chosen to take up permanent residence in a life of Love. What a relief! I live in God and God lives in me.’ “This way love has the run of the house, becomes at home and mature in us, so that we are free of worry on Judgement Day”-( every hour and every moment of every hour God stands in awe of his perfect creation, loving each one, treasuring each one, reaching out in love to each one) our standing in the world is identical with Christ’s. There is no room in love for fear. Well-formed love banishes fear. Well-formed love banishes fear. Since fear is crippling, a fearful life -- fear of death, fear of judgement -- is one not yet fully formed in love.”

‘I am going to love--love and be loved.’ “First we were loved, now we love. He loved us first.” (The Message I John 4) I take these wonderful words of living to heart and I stand in awe of the inspiring message of healing they represent. I align my consciousness with Love and Love eliminates all evil from me.

The Garden War, Day Two

The Garden War, Day Two

Well, I must say I began this day much less enthusiastic. I still had large piles of brush and branches around the yard from the day before. I still had a bunch of weeding and planting yet to do.

The angelic tractor driver was back at it, fresh with new inspiration. He wanted to trim the croquet area so as to provide for the best possible surface conditions for ball movement.

I myself had some awesome inspiration, I devised a strategy where the kids would spend some Dad time with me. The strategy was simple. We, my kids and me, would work in the yard together! They would drag all the brush and I would do all the cutting.

I love cutting and trimming, it allows my creative side to flourish. But, I am not a fan of having to pick up all those limbs, sticks and drag them across the yard. Dragging brush for me, is like scrapping the house before you paint! I would rather crawl up in the highest branches of the tree hanging out over a limb thirty feet in the air than drag branches. (It could be that I pile all the branches together and then attempt to drag the pile all at once!)

For some unknown reason, I decided, begrudgingly, to start hauling the cut branches myself. My strategy failed or rather I failed my strategy. I didn’t even attempt to execute it I just plowed right into dragging the limbs. Interesting how the devil (drop the d and it is evil) attempts to influence behavior, decisions or intentions to performing on it’s behalf?

I was into my second round of dragging, still graveling over the fact that I had no help, ( I still had not asked for any), when I severely rolled my right ankle falling to the ground. Fear and pain were screaming at me and enlisting anger and criticism to their side as allies. I immediately began praying. My first response was:

“There is no life, truth, intelligence nor substance in matter. All is infinite Mind

and its infinite manifestation for God is all-in-all. Spirit is immortal Truth; matter is

mortal error. Spirit is the real and eternal; matter is the unreal and temporal.

Spirit is God, and man is His image and likeness. Therefore man is not material;

he is spiritual.” Science and Health with the Key to the Scriptures, page 468

However one defines the scriptures, the message is the same: rely on God and he will support, strengthen, empower, steady, help, those that call on him.

“Fear thou not; for I am with thee; be thou not dismayed; for I am God; yea, I will strengthen thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.” The Bible KJV; Isaiah 40:10 (This was is the weekly bible lesson.)

So, as I have learned and practiced christian healing, I made a choice right then to fight the arguments that were being promoted by d-evil in conjunction with human reasoning using my brain to communicate pain regarding my ankle.

My immediate call to action, divine Mind and all it’s resources of infinite good and Love, was effective. My arguments were vocal and specific to the belief of injury, self-criticism and anger.

Prayer, knowing that I was and am governed by God, all that is good, harmonious, sure footed, forgiving, loving, tender, powerful, refuted the testimony of the physical senses that said I had been injured.

My ankle, the tendons, muscles, nerves, were and are governed by divine Mind, God, and this Mind includes perfection, protection from the belief of accident and injury. No amount of human reasoning, fault finding, aggravation, stupidity, human history, d-evil, could change, alter, cause my demise or any injury of any kind.

As I mentally grabbed these spiritual truths and understood their metaphysical effect for healing me, right then, right, there, I felt immediate relief and the pain subsided. I was able to complete my work and did so with a renewed spiritual vigor and insight.

I changed my thinking and turned my thoughts and actions toward forgiveness and gratitude, God, the criticism and self-pity regarding the yard work was removed. I know that I am responsible for my thoughts and actions and that I must recognize d-evil when it tempts me.

“Don’t panic. I’m with you. There’s no need to fear for I’m your God. I’ll give you strength. I’ll help you. I’ll hold you steady, keep a firm grip on you.” The Message, Isaiah 40:10

The angelic tractor driver finished his work and I finished mine, with a smile and a renewed appreciation for growth in grace. The yard work was a success for all and all was well. Oh yea, the ankle it is good!