"For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever."
For God is infinite, all-power, all Life, Truth, Love, over all, and All.
All that is really here is the presence of Mind.
Hallelujah!
All that is really here is the depth of Soul.
Hallelujah!
All that is really here is the breath of Spirit.
Hallelujah!
All that is really here is the joy of Life.
Hallelujah!
All that is really here is the power of Truth.
Hallelujah!
All that is really here is the warmth of Love.
Hallelujah!
All that is really here, right now, is the light of God.
Hallelujah! and Amen!
Monday, November 22, 2010
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Forgive us as we forgive others...
"Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors."
And Love is reflected in love.
When you pray this verse, have you ever thought about this little word "as" before?
"As."
In this verse, I think it can mean two different things:
As = at the same time
As = in the same way
So, to take the first meaning: if you forgive someone now, you are also forgiven now.
And if you take the second meaning: if you forgive someone completely, you are also forgiven completely.
It can also mean that if you only "kind of" forgive someone now, then you are also only "kind of" forgiven now. And if you forgive someone only partially, then you are also only forgiven partially.
Think about it.
And consider how important then it is to forgive as God does: completely now. Only then are you truly living in your natural state. Because as His likeness, His Love forgiving you is always reflected in your love forgiving another.
And Love insists on being reflected!
And Love is reflected in love.
When you pray this verse, have you ever thought about this little word "as" before?
"As."
In this verse, I think it can mean two different things:
As = at the same time
As = in the same way
So, to take the first meaning: if you forgive someone now, you are also forgiven now.
And if you take the second meaning: if you forgive someone completely, you are also forgiven completely.
It can also mean that if you only "kind of" forgive someone now, then you are also only "kind of" forgiven now. And if you forgive someone only partially, then you are also only forgiven partially.
Think about it.
And consider how important then it is to forgive as God does: completely now. Only then are you truly living in your natural state. Because as His likeness, His Love forgiving you is always reflected in your love forgiving another.
And Love insists on being reflected!
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
See what Love has prepared for you
"Give us this day our daily bread."
Give us grace for today; feed the famished affections.
How many powers are there? How many do you think are governing you? Is there a power called hunger? Is there a power called thirst? Is there a power called lust? anger? sorrow? or digestion, circulation, sleep, breath? or how about politics, the economy, or even the weather?
It sounds crazy, but in spiritual reality there really is only one power. And that is God.
And Christ Jesus proved this repeatedly, by stilling storms, feeding the multitudes, redeeming sinners, healing the sick and raising the dead. He even paid his taxes - courtesy of a fish!
One of the most beautiful things about Jesus' life is how vividly he shows us the all-encompassing unconditional Love that is God. He embodied that so completely that he changed the lives of everyone he encountered. He proved repeatedly that sin is not desirable, that sickness is not inevitable, and that death is not final!
So what if you just stopped for a moment. Just stopped worrying and fretting and wondering about what's next. What if you just occupied this very moment right now and just asked God, Divine Love itself, to show you what He has prepared for you. No arguing, no whining, no stressing, no fretting, no doubting. Just that childlike expectancy that looks up to its Parent with a complete openness to Love.
Spend today practicing that expectancy. If you are worrying about something difficult, offer it up to your Father-Mother God and just listen for the intuitions of good that come back to you. Persist in your expectancy and your listening! And then, be sure to be open - completely open - and you will see what Love has prepared for you.
Today.
"For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever."
For God is infinite, all-power, all Life, Truth, Love, over all, and All.
Give us grace for today; feed the famished affections.
How many powers are there? How many do you think are governing you? Is there a power called hunger? Is there a power called thirst? Is there a power called lust? anger? sorrow? or digestion, circulation, sleep, breath? or how about politics, the economy, or even the weather?
It sounds crazy, but in spiritual reality there really is only one power. And that is God.
And Christ Jesus proved this repeatedly, by stilling storms, feeding the multitudes, redeeming sinners, healing the sick and raising the dead. He even paid his taxes - courtesy of a fish!
One of the most beautiful things about Jesus' life is how vividly he shows us the all-encompassing unconditional Love that is God. He embodied that so completely that he changed the lives of everyone he encountered. He proved repeatedly that sin is not desirable, that sickness is not inevitable, and that death is not final!
So what if you just stopped for a moment. Just stopped worrying and fretting and wondering about what's next. What if you just occupied this very moment right now and just asked God, Divine Love itself, to show you what He has prepared for you. No arguing, no whining, no stressing, no fretting, no doubting. Just that childlike expectancy that looks up to its Parent with a complete openness to Love.
Spend today practicing that expectancy. If you are worrying about something difficult, offer it up to your Father-Mother God and just listen for the intuitions of good that come back to you. Persist in your expectancy and your listening! And then, be sure to be open - completely open - and you will see what Love has prepared for you.
Today.
"For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever."
For God is infinite, all-power, all Life, Truth, Love, over all, and All.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Feel the Spirit
"Hallowed be Thy name."
Adorable One.
Feeling the Holy Spirit is the most natural thing you can do. Spirit is as close to you as your breath and is equally as natural - and as necessary!
To be inspired is to feel the breath of God. To live your inspiration is to be His perfect likeness.
"Therefore we are always confident, knowing that whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (For we walk by faith, not by sight:) We are confdient, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord."
Amen!
Adorable One.
Feeling the Holy Spirit is the most natural thing you can do. Spirit is as close to you as your breath and is equally as natural - and as necessary!
To be inspired is to feel the breath of God. To live your inspiration is to be His perfect likeness.
"Therefore we are always confident, knowing that whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (For we walk by faith, not by sight:) We are confdient, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord."
Amen!
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Sometimes what you're looking for is standing right in front of you!
"And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil."
And God leadeth us not into temptation, but delivereth us from sin, disease, and death.
God does not lead us into temptation. God leads us into Love. Real Love.
And isn't temptation just a way of thinking that what you really need is "out there" somewhere - like something you have to get, like maybe something that's better than what you already have, like maybe something more exciting or alluring or fun?
But isn't this just the expectation that God - Divine Love itself - is absent, boring, distant, uncaring? or maybe too churchy, or too hard, or even "too airy-fairy"? And that really we're all left to just figure this all out on our own anyway? And maybe even that even if there is a God, there is actually something out there that's better and more real and tangible for us than Divine Love?
It sure can seem like it.
But God never leads us into thinking this way. He does not lead us into the temptation to believe that we're on our own and have to fend for ourselves and somehow just find the love we need "out there" somewhere.
And temptation is just exactly that: thinking Love, God, is absent. But Love, Divine Love, is never absent. "God is Love" and so Love is actually always everpresent! Where? In consciousness, where everything Divine is reflected.
So wake up! and feel for His intuitions of expectancy that He is constantly stirring within you. He is constantly stirring your thought to look for - and find - what His divine Love has already prepared for you. He does not leave any of us out on our own, but always embraces us if we but learn to recognize and accept it.
So look for it.
Love is standing right in front of you!
And God leadeth us not into temptation, but delivereth us from sin, disease, and death.
God does not lead us into temptation. God leads us into Love. Real Love.
And isn't temptation just a way of thinking that what you really need is "out there" somewhere - like something you have to get, like maybe something that's better than what you already have, like maybe something more exciting or alluring or fun?
But isn't this just the expectation that God - Divine Love itself - is absent, boring, distant, uncaring? or maybe too churchy, or too hard, or even "too airy-fairy"? And that really we're all left to just figure this all out on our own anyway? And maybe even that even if there is a God, there is actually something out there that's better and more real and tangible for us than Divine Love?
It sure can seem like it.
But God never leads us into thinking this way. He does not lead us into the temptation to believe that we're on our own and have to fend for ourselves and somehow just find the love we need "out there" somewhere.
And temptation is just exactly that: thinking Love, God, is absent. But Love, Divine Love, is never absent. "God is Love" and so Love is actually always everpresent! Where? In consciousness, where everything Divine is reflected.
So wake up! and feel for His intuitions of expectancy that He is constantly stirring within you. He is constantly stirring your thought to look for - and find - what His divine Love has already prepared for you. He does not leave any of us out on our own, but always embraces us if we but learn to recognize and accept it.
So look for it.
Love is standing right in front of you!
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Ain't got no satisfaction??
"Give us this day our daily bread."
Give us grace for today; feed the famished affections.
And what is it that really feeds and satisfies us anyway?
Grace.
The peace and joy and power of God's unconditional Love - accepted and embodied in your own thought and heart and life. That's what fills every void, satifies every need, and feeds every famished affection! It is in giving that we receive, so it is in giving - reflecting - Divine Love that we finally feel loved.
And no matter how great your need is for love, His Love is infinite, His Grace is completely sufficient, to deliver you from any sense of the absence of love in your life. Just move your thought off what you think you need and instead try living His love to everyone you encounter and see what happens! It may take some practice. And it may not be obvious immediately. But you will discover for yourself that Love, God's Love - when you live it - is always reflected (sometimes in unexpected ways) in love for you.
Give us grace for today; feed the famished affections.
And what is it that really feeds and satisfies us anyway?
Grace.
The peace and joy and power of God's unconditional Love - accepted and embodied in your own thought and heart and life. That's what fills every void, satifies every need, and feeds every famished affection! It is in giving that we receive, so it is in giving - reflecting - Divine Love that we finally feel loved.
And no matter how great your need is for love, His Love is infinite, His Grace is completely sufficient, to deliver you from any sense of the absence of love in your life. Just move your thought off what you think you need and instead try living His love to everyone you encounter and see what happens! It may take some practice. And it may not be obvious immediately. But you will discover for yourself that Love, God's Love - when you live it - is always reflected (sometimes in unexpected ways) in love for you.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Forgive us our debts...
"Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors."
And Love is reflected in love.
We're forgiven as we forgive - because where is the real debt?
In us.
All sense of debt or lack or attack is within our own thought. It is how we perceive the world and those within in it.
When we learn that only Love is reflected in love, there ceases to be any debt or debtor because lack - or attack - do not exist in divine Love. The darkness of debt or lack or attack does not survive the Light of Divine Love.
All really already is here and now "infinite Mind and its infinite manifestation" because God really is All-in-all.
So where's the debt - or the debtor - in that?
And Love is reflected in love.
We're forgiven as we forgive - because where is the real debt?
In us.
All sense of debt or lack or attack is within our own thought. It is how we perceive the world and those within in it.
When we learn that only Love is reflected in love, there ceases to be any debt or debtor because lack - or attack - do not exist in divine Love. The darkness of debt or lack or attack does not survive the Light of Divine Love.
All really already is here and now "infinite Mind and its infinite manifestation" because God really is All-in-all.
So where's the debt - or the debtor - in that?
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