I received this listing in a class on Sunday and thought I'd share it with you.
Ten Guidelines from God
Please be aware that there are changes YOU need to make in YOUR life. These changes need to be completed in order that I may fulfill My promises to you to grant you peace, joy and happiness in this life. I apoligize for any inconvenience, but after all that I am doing, this seems very little to ask of you. Please follow these 10 guidelines:
1. QUITE WORRYING: Life has dealt you a blow and all you do is sit and worry. Have you forgotten that I am here to take all your burdens and carry them for you? Or do you just enjoy fretting over every little thing that comes your way?
2. PUT IT ON THE LIST: Something needs to be done or taken care of. Put it on the list. No, not YOUR list. Put it on MY to-do list. Let ME be the one to take care of this problem. I can't help you until you turn it over to ME. And although My to-do list is long, I am after all .....God. I can take care of anything you put into MY hands. In fact, if the truth were ever really known, I take care of a lot of things for you that you never even realize.
3. TRUST ME: Once you've given your burdens to Me, quit trying to take them back. Trust in Me. Have the faith that I will take care of all your needs, your problems and your trials. Problems with the kids? Put them on My list. Problem with finances? Put it on My list. Problems with your emotional roller coaster? For My sake, put it on My list. I want to help you. All you have to do is ask.
4. LEAVE IT ALONE: Don't wake up one morning and say, "Well, I'm feeling much stronger now, I think I can handle it from here." Why do you think you are feeling stronger now? It's simple. You gave Me your burdens and I'm taking care of them. I also renew your strength and cover you in my peace. Don't you know that if I give you these problems back, you will be right back where you started? Leave them with Me and forget about them. Just let Me do my job.
5. TALK TO ME: I want you to forget a lot of things. Forget what was making you crazy. Forget the worry and the fretting because you know I'm in control. But there's one thing I pray you never forget. Please, don't forget to talk to ME - OFTEN! I love YOU! I want to here your voice. I want you to include Me in on the things going on in you life. I want to here you talk about your friends and family. Prayer is simply you having a conversation with Me. I want to be your dearest friend.
6. HAVE FAITH: I see a lot of things from up here that you can't see from where you are. Have faith in Me that I know what I'm doing. Trust Me; you wouldn't want the view from My eyes. I will continue to care for you, watch over you, and meet your needs. You only have to trust Me. Although I have a much bigger task than you, it seems as if you have so much trouble just doing your simple part. How hard can trust be?
7. SHARE: You were taught to share when you were only two years old. When did you forget? That rule still applies. Share with those who are less fortunate than you. Share your joy with those who need encouragement. Share you laughter with those who haven't heard any in such a long time. Share you tears with those who have forgotten how to cry. Share your faith with those who have none.
8. BE PATIENT: I managed to fix it so in just one lifetime you could have so many diverse experiences. You grow from a child to an adult, have children, change jobs many times, learn many trades, travel to so many places, meet thousands of people, and experience so much. How can you be so impatient then when it takes Me a little longer than you expect to handle something on My to-do list? Trust in My timing, for My timing is perfect. Just because I created the entire universe in only six days, everyone thinks I should always rush, rush, rush.
9. BE KIND: Be kind to others, for I love them just as much as I love you. They may not dress like you, or talk like you, or live the same way you do, but I still love you all. Please try to get along, for My sake. I created each of you different in some way. It would be too boring if you were all identical. Please, know I love each of your differences.
10. LOVE YOURSELF: As much as I love you, now can you not love yourself? You were created by me for one reason only -- to be loved, and to love in return. I am a God of Love. Love Me. Love your neighbors. But also love yourself. It makes My heart ache when I see you so angry with yourself when things go wrong. You are very precious to Me. Don't ever forget....
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Our Father
Did you inherit your blue eyes and freckles from your father? We all have physical characteristics that we've inherited from our parents. But, have you thought about what you've inherited from your true parent?
Our true parent, called by many names (Source, Infinite Intelligence, The Almighty, or God), has passed to us in our DNA all that It is. We are God's heirs. What does it mean to be an heir of God? We are the sons and daughters of God, entitled to the property of estate of God, just as the heir of a relative or friend comes into possession of the property bequeathed to him. However, the property or estate of God does not consist of "things."
So, what have we inherited? We've inherited all the love in the Universe, because God is Love. We've inherited all the knowledge, wisdom and understanding that fills the Universe, because God is all these things. We've inherited joy, happiness, peace, abundance and perfect health, because our Source is the same. All that God is, we are, too!
Jesus discovered and understood his own divinity, his unique relationship with God. He came into the world when the peoples' interpretation of God was very different. The Old Testament God was jealous, angry, vengeful, someone who wiped out whole cities. This God loved and hated, created and destroyed, blessed and cursed. Jesus' concept of God was an awareness of oneness, or spiritual unity with God.
In Unity we understand that we have the same relationship with God as Jesus did. We understand and accept that the bible verse "I and the Father are one" (John 10:30) is Truth for us all.
Jesus said "And ye will know the Truth and the Truth will make you free>" (John 8:32) Take some time to connect with your true parent through prayer and meditation. Nurture the relationship and be set free.
Happy Father's Day!
Namaste
Our true parent, called by many names (Source, Infinite Intelligence, The Almighty, or God), has passed to us in our DNA all that It is. We are God's heirs. What does it mean to be an heir of God? We are the sons and daughters of God, entitled to the property of estate of God, just as the heir of a relative or friend comes into possession of the property bequeathed to him. However, the property or estate of God does not consist of "things."
So, what have we inherited? We've inherited all the love in the Universe, because God is Love. We've inherited all the knowledge, wisdom and understanding that fills the Universe, because God is all these things. We've inherited joy, happiness, peace, abundance and perfect health, because our Source is the same. All that God is, we are, too!
Jesus discovered and understood his own divinity, his unique relationship with God. He came into the world when the peoples' interpretation of God was very different. The Old Testament God was jealous, angry, vengeful, someone who wiped out whole cities. This God loved and hated, created and destroyed, blessed and cursed. Jesus' concept of God was an awareness of oneness, or spiritual unity with God.
In Unity we understand that we have the same relationship with God as Jesus did. We understand and accept that the bible verse "I and the Father are one" (John 10:30) is Truth for us all.
Jesus said "And ye will know the Truth and the Truth will make you free>" (John 8:32) Take some time to connect with your true parent through prayer and meditation. Nurture the relationship and be set free.
Happy Father's Day!
Namaste
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Haste Makes Waste
The concept of haste makes waste being counterproductive can be traced back to the apocryphal Book of Wisdom by Jesus Ben Sirach, which contained the line, "there is one that toileth and laboureth and maketh haste, and is so much the more behind." There is, also, a Chinese proverb on the senselessness of hurrying, "A hasty man drinks his tea with a fork."
I mention these sayings because many times when we are faced with troubles, we rush to find solutions. We usually make our decisions without connecting to the Spirit within; without connecting to the still small voice within. We should stop and wait.
What should we wait for? We should wait for God. God is the only power that will always give us what we need or want. God never hurries. Thought is the creative power within us,which is God within us. Pure thought can be obscured by fear. Hurry is the expression of fear - fear of being late, missing something, being defeated or humiliated. Hurry will not wait for thought, will not wait for God.
I'm sure you have heard or read Aesop's Fable of The Tortoise and The Hare. It's a wonderful story about a race between the characters in the title. The hare is very cocky and boasts that he could run faster than everyone else. He was constantly teasing the tortoise for being slow. One day the tortoise snapped back at the hare that he could be beaten. The tortoise challenges the hare to a race.
The race starts and the hare sees how slow the tortoise is moving and decides to take a nap, a very long nap. When the hare awakens, he rushes to the finish line only to lose. The hare is embarrassed and sits down beside a smiling tortoise. The tortoise says to him "Slowly does it every time!"
When we are faced with fear and troubles, let's slow down and wait for God's voice; God's thoughts to fill us with wisdom and knowledge. God waits for us. Let's take the time to wait for God.
Namaste
I mention these sayings because many times when we are faced with troubles, we rush to find solutions. We usually make our decisions without connecting to the Spirit within; without connecting to the still small voice within. We should stop and wait.
What should we wait for? We should wait for God. God is the only power that will always give us what we need or want. God never hurries. Thought is the creative power within us,which is God within us. Pure thought can be obscured by fear. Hurry is the expression of fear - fear of being late, missing something, being defeated or humiliated. Hurry will not wait for thought, will not wait for God.
I'm sure you have heard or read Aesop's Fable of The Tortoise and The Hare. It's a wonderful story about a race between the characters in the title. The hare is very cocky and boasts that he could run faster than everyone else. He was constantly teasing the tortoise for being slow. One day the tortoise snapped back at the hare that he could be beaten. The tortoise challenges the hare to a race.
The race starts and the hare sees how slow the tortoise is moving and decides to take a nap, a very long nap. When the hare awakens, he rushes to the finish line only to lose. The hare is embarrassed and sits down beside a smiling tortoise. The tortoise says to him "Slowly does it every time!"
When we are faced with fear and troubles, let's slow down and wait for God's voice; God's thoughts to fill us with wisdom and knowledge. God waits for us. Let's take the time to wait for God.
Namaste
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Spring Cleaning
The first day of Spring is a few days away. The trees and flowers are starting to bloom and the days are getting warmer. It's time for Spring Cleaning!
It's time to open up the windows and release stale and stagnant air. It's time to remove the clutter and the items that we no longer need.
While we are spring cleaning our outer world, we can spring clean our inner world. Take time to review your life. If your life is not filled with health, wealth and happiness, then you need to do some spring cleaning. Remember the outer conditions of your life will always be in direct correlation with your inner state - like begets like. James Allen stated in his book As a Man Thinketh that "Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are."
Jesus stated in Matthew 7: 16-17 "Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles? In the same way, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit."
Remove all that no longer serves, whether it's beliefs, thought patterns, negative emotions, giving power to things other than God. Take inventory and use affirmations to clear the mental trash that is cluttering your soul.
As we spring clean our inner world we make room for God. We are here to give expression to God. God is working out His plan in us and through us. God's life is unfolding individually through us; it is important that we do what we can do and should do.
So as we Spring Clean our outer world, we need to Spring Clean our inner world. Remove all trash and clutter and move towards a fuller expression of God.
Namaste
It's time to open up the windows and release stale and stagnant air. It's time to remove the clutter and the items that we no longer need.
While we are spring cleaning our outer world, we can spring clean our inner world. Take time to review your life. If your life is not filled with health, wealth and happiness, then you need to do some spring cleaning. Remember the outer conditions of your life will always be in direct correlation with your inner state - like begets like. James Allen stated in his book As a Man Thinketh that "Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are."
Jesus stated in Matthew 7: 16-17 "Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles? In the same way, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit."
Remove all that no longer serves, whether it's beliefs, thought patterns, negative emotions, giving power to things other than God. Take inventory and use affirmations to clear the mental trash that is cluttering your soul.
As we spring clean our inner world we make room for God. We are here to give expression to God. God is working out His plan in us and through us. God's life is unfolding individually through us; it is important that we do what we can do and should do.
So as we Spring Clean our outer world, we need to Spring Clean our inner world. Remove all trash and clutter and move towards a fuller expression of God.
Namaste
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Our Own Pot of Gold
The other day I was in a card store picking up birthday cards and I noticed a section of green - St. Patrick's Day cards. A vision of rainbows, leprechauns and pots of gold came into my mind. It came to me that we don't need leprechauns for pots of gold, we have our own - the Christ within.
In Luke 17:21 it states "...the kingdom of God is within you" and 2 Corinthians 6:16 "...For we are the temple of the living God." Theses two verses state that the Spirit of God lives in us. Many are unaware of this truth. Their lives are filled with lack and limitation, fear and hate, envy and jealousy. In reality God lives in us," which is Christ in you, the hope of glory." (Colossians 1:27)
What does this mean to us? Eric Butterworth puts it beautifully in Discover the Power Within "Christ in you is your hope of glory, for it is that of you that is God and is God being projected into visibility as you. Christ in you is your own spiritual unity with the Infinite, the key to your health and success." God is life, love, power, strength, abundance, so His presence in us (as the Christ) is the source of these qualities or ideas that will manifest in our mind, body, and affairs.
God's unlimited abundance of health, happiness, joy, finances, peace and love lives within all of us. In prayer and meditation we consciously connect to God. As we listen to God, the "still small voice", we unlock the door and allow the qualities of God to flow through our being. We incorporate God's qualities of life, love, power, intelligence into our lives. God's unlimited abundance flows through us each day.
Which would you rather have: a leprechaun's single pot of gold or God's unlimited supply?
I chose God!!
Namaste
In Luke 17:21 it states "...the kingdom of God is within you" and 2 Corinthians 6:16 "...For we are the temple of the living God." Theses two verses state that the Spirit of God lives in us. Many are unaware of this truth. Their lives are filled with lack and limitation, fear and hate, envy and jealousy. In reality God lives in us," which is Christ in you, the hope of glory." (Colossians 1:27)
What does this mean to us? Eric Butterworth puts it beautifully in Discover the Power Within "Christ in you is your hope of glory, for it is that of you that is God and is God being projected into visibility as you. Christ in you is your own spiritual unity with the Infinite, the key to your health and success." God is life, love, power, strength, abundance, so His presence in us (as the Christ) is the source of these qualities or ideas that will manifest in our mind, body, and affairs.
God's unlimited abundance of health, happiness, joy, finances, peace and love lives within all of us. In prayer and meditation we consciously connect to God. As we listen to God, the "still small voice", we unlock the door and allow the qualities of God to flow through our being. We incorporate God's qualities of life, love, power, intelligence into our lives. God's unlimited abundance flows through us each day.
Which would you rather have: a leprechaun's single pot of gold or God's unlimited supply?
I chose God!!
Namaste
Sunday, November 7, 2010
God is EveryWhere
As I drove to church this morning, I noticed the beauty of God around me. The leaves were lovely shades of red, yellow and orange mingled together. I looked ahead and saw purple and white clouds against a light blue sky. As I took in all this beauty, I felt the presence of God within me and around me. I remembered what Eric Butterworth said in his book Spiritual Economics "the whole of God is present at every point in space at the same time. God is always present, totally present - as a Presence." I felt peaceful and loved as those words ran through my mind. What a statement! God is everywhere present all the time!
During this Thanksgiving, see God all around you and within you. Know that God is blessing ALL.
Affirm: God is my constant companion.
Namaste
During this Thanksgiving, see God all around you and within you. Know that God is blessing ALL.
Affirm: God is my constant companion.
Namaste
Friday, July 9, 2010
The Nature of God
In Unity we have a statement "There is one presence and one power in this world and in our lives, God the Good, omnipotent". That pretty much says it all, doesn't it? God is everywhere present, all-powerful, and good. I would add that God is love, wisdom, and intelligence. You may have noticed that I stated God "is", not God "has" these qualities. God is not a person having intelligence, love, or power; God is the total of all these attributes, whether manifested or unmanifested. In Acts 17:24 - 25 it states that "The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands. And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else".
H. Emilie Cady says in her book "Lessons in Truth" that He (God) lives within every created thing as the life, the ever-renewing, recreating, upbuilding cause of it. He never is and never can be for a moment separated from His creations". Each rock, plant, animal and human is the visible expression of God. We express God's love when we love another; we express God's wisdom and intelligence when we educate others (or ourselves); we express God's power when we manifest ideas.
We are connected to God every moment of our existence. In Eric Butterworth's book "Spiritual Economics" he states that "The whole of God is present at every point in space at the same time. God doesn't come and go. God doesn't capriciously move substance from God's supply 'up there' to fill your need 'down here'. God is always present, totally present - as a Presence". Does it give you comfort that God is always present in our lives wherever we are? I am comforted knowing that when I'm happy and joyous, God is with me; when I'm experiencing trials and tribulations, God is with me. I am never alone.
Always remember, as we go through our daily lives, God is with us. In Zephaniah 3:17 it says "The Lord your God is with you, he is might to save". God is with us no matter where we are or what kind of day we are having. We are NEVER alone!
Namaste
H. Emilie Cady says in her book "Lessons in Truth" that He (God) lives within every created thing as the life, the ever-renewing, recreating, upbuilding cause of it. He never is and never can be for a moment separated from His creations". Each rock, plant, animal and human is the visible expression of God. We express God's love when we love another; we express God's wisdom and intelligence when we educate others (or ourselves); we express God's power when we manifest ideas.
We are connected to God every moment of our existence. In Eric Butterworth's book "Spiritual Economics" he states that "The whole of God is present at every point in space at the same time. God doesn't come and go. God doesn't capriciously move substance from God's supply 'up there' to fill your need 'down here'. God is always present, totally present - as a Presence". Does it give you comfort that God is always present in our lives wherever we are? I am comforted knowing that when I'm happy and joyous, God is with me; when I'm experiencing trials and tribulations, God is with me. I am never alone.
Always remember, as we go through our daily lives, God is with us. In Zephaniah 3:17 it says "The Lord your God is with you, he is might to save". God is with us no matter where we are or what kind of day we are having. We are NEVER alone!
Namaste
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