“If you intend to be of assistance, your eye is not upon the trouble but upon the assistance, and that is quite different. When you are looking for a solution, you are feeling positive emotion — but when you are looking at a problem, you are feeling negative emotion.” – Abraham, Excerpted from “The Law of Attraction, The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham” #366. This of course is the concept that what we put our focus on becomes our reality. And, this reminds me of the W.I.L.D. (Women In Love with the Divine) meeting I attended yesterday. Its focus was Emmet Fox’s concept of the Golden Key. God is omnipotent, and we are God’s image and likeness and have dominion over all things. Every individual has the ability to draw on this power. Drawing on this power through scientific prayer will enable you to get out of any difficulty. In scientific prayer it is God who works, and not you, and so your particular limitations or weaknesses are of no account in the process. You are only the channel through which the divine action takes place, and your treatment will be just the getting of yourself out of the … Continue reading →

As I look back on my life these past several months, I have been reborn again and again. It’s obvious that this notion of being reborn is no longer a once-in-a-lifetime experience as I’d sensed it was. Yet its increased frequency doesn’t diminish its significance one bit. So what do I mean by being reborn? My working definition of “being reborn” is: “a significant inner shift of a positive and spiritual nature that alters my sense of self and others thereby transforming my world view followed by a change in attitude and action.” Sounds a lot like a miracle to me.

This day my prayer is really the one I have every day but I realized that I’ve not given it expression in a while. And since there is power in expressing, it is time that I do so again. This day my prayer is to clearly hear Spirit’s guidance and to follow it. My prayer is to do God’s will, and to do it in peace, and love, and joy. And whatever is God’s will, I know the Great Mystery is with me to accomplish it, to give me the ability and strength to carry it out. I need only ask, be open, and be willing. This day may I be all these things and more.

Today’s Daily Word – Monday, March 1, 2010FaithI walk by faith, not by sight. Today I stand firmly in my faith. I meet life courageously and confidently, seeing beyond appearances to the underlying good. Through faith I overcome every limitation. I know that God’s power in me is greater than any situation I may have to meet or overcome; God is greater than any condition or circumstance. Through faith I am fearless and free. Faith dispels fear, for faith knows the nothingness of fear. Faith reminds me that God is the only presence and power in my life. Through faith I am steady and strong. I am assured that with God there is always a way, with God there are always right answers. Through faith I walk in the light. I am shown the way of my highest good. I am healed. I am blessed. We walk by faith, not by sight. – 2 Corinthians 5:7 Of course after this past weekend of spiritual nourishment and enlightenment, it’s synchronistic that Today’s Daily Word and Daily Guideposts Devotional both had faith as their topic. And, my other usual morning reading from In God’s Care was about the three words “Came to … Continue reading →

Yesterday I reconnected with this little girl, my inner child. When I first saw her, I just wanted to hug her and hug her and hug her. She is so precious. We took a walk through a park, holding hands, swinging our arms, both with wide smiles on our faces and eyes twinkling. We had a grand time. We had a photograph taken of us, the adult Joyce with the child Joycie snuggled together on the park bench clearly each full of joy and love. And then it was time for us to part. She had a hard time with this. I reassured Joycie that I would be there for her in the days to come, apologizing for neglecting her in the past, as her parents had done. It was difficult to split for each of us, but with enough reassurances and plenty of hugs, Joycie was okay about going back to her house. She knows of my commitment to her now and that I will be there for her. This morning during quiet time, Joycie and I met up briefly. This time I told her that not only could she count on me, but she also had God to … Continue reading →