Monday, August 29th, 2011

An Essential Requirement for Healing

“Stillness”

What does it mean?

Is it possible to be still?

Does being still have value to us today?

What is it? Where do we find it? How do we find it?

Throughout the Bible that we love, men and women understood and exemplified stillness, and spiritual knowing. (To be still means a quiet; hush; calm; peace, quietude, serenity, the ability to be receptive.)

What effect did this spiritual demeanor have on their lives? What was the result on their family, their relationships, their purpose, their country? (Or, were they not quiet of thought, what effect did this have?)

As I write this late at night, a storm blusters outside my window, wind and water mingling, producing noise and a disturbance of unusual force.

My prayer is that right here, right now, where the storm appears to be, right here in my thought is peace. My spiritual sense assures me that all of God’s perfect creation, every detail, is safe, hid with Christ in God. The peace, the stillness I feel brings me a sense of calm and safety. The storm in me is replace with quiet trust in divine Mind’s ability to care for Its own. It has become quiet outside. I am grateful.

Did not Jesus still the storm by bringing his disciples into his peace? Can we do this? Absolutely.

How? Refuse to be agitated, blustery, inflamed, or afraid. Refuse to react.Choose peace.

Establish as your thought the very present presence of divine Mind.

Be still and hear . . .

Be still and listen . . .

Be still and see . . .

Be still and understand . . .

Be still and know that you are one with God.

Divine Mind speaks most clearly when the humble heart is ready to hear.

Join me in embodying peace, quietude, pure spiritual sense. Get still. Trust. Be deeply consecrated to your work as a Christian Scientist, with all that means to you, for the world. Bring to every circumstance your peace, your spiritual centeredness, your calm trust in the ever-present presence of God, good.

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Thursday, December 9th, 2010

Do what is yours to do!

Jesus said to them, “Fill the waterpots with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. And he said to them, “Draw some out now, and take it to the master of the feast. And they took it.” John 2:7,8

“The servants filled the vessels and took the wine to the master of the marriage feast. …[Jesus] did what no one else could do.”  From The Berean

What an arresting thought! How often do we find ourselves doing what is not ours to do?  Taking on assignments for someone else.  Carrying out someone else’s responsibilities. Worrying over something that is not ours to worry about, -and then wondering why we are worn out, or over extended, when we fall into bed at night.

Have you considered asking yourself, “What is mine to do?”  And then, just do that!

Jesus “did what no one else could do.” What you contribute is most effective when you know who you are and why you are.  Do you understand your uniqueness, your role in any situation? In other words, what do you have to contribute that is uniquely you?  Jesus knew his role was, in his relation to God and man, to reveal harmony, healing, and health wherever he and his ministry were received.

Do we understand that what we can bring to any situation is greater love, peace, or harmony?  Are we willing to pray instead of carrying the water pots, leaving to others what is theirs to do and listening for what is ours to do, –  to see just what we are to do or say, or how we are to hear and respond?

Through unending prayer and spiritual understanding, Mary Baker Eddy answered the question, “What am I?” with this answer: “…I am able to impart truth, health, and happiness, and this is my rock of salvation and my reason for existing.” First Church of Christ, Scientist and Miscellany

Knowing who we are and what our assignment is will bring such a sense of directed purpose to our life, — and leave us feeling that, obedient to divine Love, divine Mind, we can make a significant contribution to our world.

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