God as the I AM, the I, the Ego, the ultimate Self, the one and only Being, is what Fujiko Takai Signs, CSB, from Tokyo, Japan shares in this Daily Lift as her understanding of God.
She urges to consider our existence as connected to this I AM, that we can overcome the slavery to materialism and step into the freedom of the infinite grandness of spiritual living. She affirms that God’s space is our space in which we truly live and have our being.
“The fatherhood of God has meant so much to me throughout my life—on Father’s Day and every day.”
When the author, Cathrine Hogg lost her father, she found new joy ” to learn that our heavenly Father does not disappoint or desert us, does not leave us destitute or alone, but will always be there for us, loving us and keeping us safe from harm.”
Celebrate Father’s Day realizing that our true identity is forever bound up with our divine Father, nurturing, loving and caring for us always.
Many are yearning for lasting relief from depression, anxiety, and stress. Here’s a story of hope, written by a woman who found complete and permanent freedom from mental darkness and self-destructive behaviors as she learned about God as divine Mind.
This account by Kim Hedge tells of her journey of discovery of God as Love. This understanding together with realizing her oneness with that divine Mind became such a light that it dispelled her mental darkness. ” I came to understand that reflecting God’s goodness is inherent to my nature because I was created in the image and likeness of the Divine – spiritual, whole, complete, and entirely good.
There are many ways God talks to us, sometimes loud and clear, at other times it is a quiet voice inside us but no one is left out of divine communication.
The “still, small voice” of scientific thought reaches over continent and ocean to the globe’s remotest bound. The inaudible voice of Truth is, to the human mind, “as when a lion roareth.” It is heard in the desert and in dark places of fear.
Mary Baker Eddy (Science and Health p. 559)
Listen to this Daily Lift by Deborah Huebsch that shares the possibility of how to be in touch with the divine here
This lecture by Tom McElroy is looking at how to discover a spiritual reality that comes from a God-like view point and results in transformation and healing on an individual scale as well as on community level. Listen here
The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, is headquarters for the Christian Science denomination and the church and grounds are undergoing renovation.
By Kevin E. Ness
Given the looming challenges the world faces—strife, corruption, climate crisis, health care costs—Christian Scientists at their church’s annual meeting in Boston reaffirmed their faith that the things of the Spirit are what the world most needs.
Church members indicated their commitment to proving “the reliability of practical Christian healing.” Among the experiences shared was the healing of cancer by a former military pilot. “As a pilot, you get used to turning situations over to God, he said. “I felt God’s love—the warmth. My skill set was to rely on God, not be a cancer patient.” The healing was confirmed in follow-up examinations by U.S. Veterans Administration doctors.
Christian Scientists attend the annual meeting of their denomination in Boston. There are local Christian Sciences churches and societies throughout Australia in the major cities.
Presiding over the meeting was new church president Fabián Smara of Argentina. The newly elected readers,— who conduct church services at the Church in Boston are from Nigeria and the United States. The Church of Christ, Scientist, has branches in some 70 countries, and members throughout the world participated by watching the live stream of the meeting in local churches, Christian Science reading rooms, or from their homes.
Kevin E. Ness is manager of Christian Science Committees on Publication for The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts. Australiahas 30 local Christian Sciences churches and societies in major cities around the country.
The full story of Mark Catlin’s account of his early mountain hike in northern New Mexico when he lost his way can be read here.
In his own words: “This was the first time I can remember that I actually felt cared for by a power outside of myself—a power that was clearly not human.”
Although nothing had changed around him, he felt enveloped by Love.
He shares this: “I now know that amazing things happen when you feel totally at peace in God’s love. For one thing, you’re open to God’s guidance. The thoughts that came to me at that point were gentle messages….”
Mary Baker Eddy, explains in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures about Paul’s certainty about our inseparability from God, “It is ignorance and false belief, based on a material sense of things, which hide spiritual beauty and goodness,” “Understanding this, Paul said: ‘Neither death, nor life, … nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God.’
Mark tells us that he discovered from that hike that when we think we are lost, in fact any problem that presents itself is but a mistaken notion that we can be separated from God’s love.
“The peace that comes from knowing—really knowing—that God is all-loving, that He loves me, and that I can never find myself outside of this Love is awesome!”
