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The Nearness of God   Leave a comment

God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands.  

Nor is He worshiped with men’s hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things.  

And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings,  

so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us;  

for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’

(The Bible – Acts 17: 24-28 NKJV)

A Life of Peace   Leave a comment

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Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

(The Bible – Hebrews 12: 14)

A Desire to Love   Leave a comment

Though I may speak with moving words,

Which can inspire the human heart,

But have not love to seal their worth,

They are but sham and empty art.

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Though I may give my worldly goods

Without a thought of self or gain,

Unless they bear the fruits of love,

They are as clouds without their rain.

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Though I may search the deepest books,

Companion with the wisest men,

God’s loving voice still calls to me,

It bids me turn and look again.

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Now I would learn to know this Love

Through meek and patient ministry,

Until my life has grown anew

And Love is All-in-all to me.

(Hymn 588 from the Christian Science Hymnal – words by Fenella Bennetts inspired by I Corintians 13)

Love That Doesn’t Judge   3 comments

Beloved let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar, for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

(The Bible, NKJV, I John 4: 7, 8, 20)

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

(The Bible, NKJV, – Galatians 3: 28)

Love with a Heart of Tenderness   Leave a comment

Love with a heart of tenderness

Your enemies and friends;

However hard this may appear,

This quality just mends.

For Love is God in action true,

A presence that is felt;

A healing and a saving power

That will all discord melt.

(Christian Science Hymnal 519)

Readings on Peace   1 comment

Wednesday Testimony Meeting readings

This recording is of the readings on the topic: Peace

Spiritual living and blessedness are the only evidences, by which we can recognize true existence and feel the unspeakable peace which comes from an all-absorbing spiritual love. (p264)

Revenge is inadmissible. (p22)

Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy

The Peacemaker   Leave a comment

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

(The Bible – Matthew 5: 9)

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thoughts winged with peace and love breathe a silent benediction over all the earth,

(Miscellaneous Writings 1883-1896 by Mary Baker Eddy p152: 6)

Let Peace Begin with Me   1 comment

Let peace begin with me; let this

be the moment now.

With every step I take, let this

be my solemn vow:

To take each moment and live each

moment in peace eternally!

Let there be peace on earth,

and let it begin with me.

(Hymn 521 Christian Science Hymnal)

Slow to Speak, Slow to Wrath   Leave a comment

… let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

(The Bible – James 1: 19, 20)

Brotherhood   Leave a comment

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The rich in spirit help the poor in one grand brotherhood, all having the same Principle, or Father; and blessed is that man who seeth his brother’s need and supplieth it, seeking his own in another’s good.

(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy p518: 15-19)

Posted March 13, 2022 by cscanberra in Brotherhood, Love, Peace, relationships, Tolerance

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