The news is filled with reports of conflict and suffering in the world. War, bombing, innocent people caught in the middle, children starving, assassinations, political upheaval, and more, dominate the news cycle. “How does one find peace of mind amidst so much suffering?” a woman lamented to me one day.
“Be the peace the world needs,” I said to her.
Most of us are not the decision makers that start and stop wars. But we still have a role to play that makes a difference.
We live in a world of thought. When one person in this world of thought improves their state of thought, the whole world benefits.
Rather than contributing to more suffering in the world by remaining engrossed with fear, anger, resentment, or animosity toward perceived enemies, reduce suffering in the world by radiating the kind of spiritual truth and love that improves the mental environment of the world. Help others feel the touch of love that reduces their anger and fear. Demonstrate a calm and composed state of mind that helps others stay calm and composed.
Know that the Mind of God is at work around the world providing leaders with the inspiration and wisdom they need to see how their respective countries can coexist in peace.
Be the peace the world needs.
Thank you
Thankyou so much Evan, beautyful creation of thoughts putted toghether.
so tough to do
Thank you
I love hymn 521:
Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me.
Let there be peace on earth, the peace that was meant to be.
With God our creator, we are family.
Let us walk with each other in perfect harmony.
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.
Linda. X
Beautiful
Perfect! Blessings to all.
Thank you, Evan- Mrs.Eddy tells us we need to understand that “error is nothing.” This does seem like a very tall order in the climate that aggressive mental suggestion aka animal magnetism presents to us on a daily basis. But with Gods help we can learn to understand and practice this “step by step.” Jesus showed us the way. He wasn’t impressed and didn’t ignore evil, sin, disease or death but annihilated whatever looked to oppose good at every turn.
What I have come to understand as a sort of “job description” for Christian Scientists is outlined in Science and Health and has been helpful to me in remembering how to go….”The Christian Scientist has enlisted to lessen evil, disease, and death; and he will overcome them by understanding their nothingness and the allness of God, or good. Sickness to him is no less a temptation than is sin, and he heals them both by understanding God’s power over them. The Christian Scientist knows that they are errors of belief, which Truth can and will destroy.” ( SH pg. 450:19)
Thank you, Malissa, for sharing this quote from. S&H. It’s a timely message for me.
Thank you Malissa! Knowing the nothingness of evil and the allness of God is very helpful!
Thank you so much Evan for this beautiful message. It is shows us how we can trust God to always guide us to be His sons and daughters and recognize those around us as His reflections as well. I love SpiritView and I gain so much peace through its messages. It’s such a reminder of the fact that we are God’s peaceful, spiritual ideas and not suffering, scared, wanting, badly-treated humans. I am so grateful to have SpiritView as one of the most treasured messages I have in the very first morning hours. It really helps me to get my thoughts set for a day of useful service to Christian Science.
Each morning I always have time to read and “drink in” the spiritual truths that you share Evan along with everyone’s loving contributions. Your writing today is like a treatment I can follow and study on always demonstrating peace in my consciousness. It’s like a ripple in the water created when a stone is thrown. Christian Science is the foundation of my life.
To promote PEACE, I will express
Progress | Equality | Adroitness | Consecration | Endurance
This is a great start after feeling the weight of the
Texas flooding this weekend.
Thank you, Evan, and fellow bloggers.
I really love that hymn Linda and what you have written Evan. I’m not even in America but my sister and I feel terribly disturbed by what is going on…but this helps!
Dear Evan – I have been ruminating and kind of praying about a petty difference with someone. This morning when opening SV and reading your message to “be the peace the world needs” tears came to my eyes and got me right back on track. Thank you. And thank you to all of the contributors also.
Thanks Ming. I was also ruminating yesterday and a bit this morning about, as you call it, a petty seemingly real conflict with a couple of my co-workers.
It is so unnecessary to cling on to the mortal details and interpretations about who said what and the whys and how-could-theys and I should have said this or that back to them, and feeling hurt etc. I saw error working to try to keep me hooked in to this loop of unproductive thinking. And I did consent for a while. My head said I had to wait to pray till I got home, that there were too many distractions at work. I did find some peace about it during the day and more when I got home, as I remembered that I cannot be outside of God’s loving kindness, that He did not leave me outside of His care at the time the seeming conflict was going on. That God never made unkind, mean people and that I did not need to personalize or be touched by seeming evil.
I also remembered what I often affirm, that my purpose at my job is to bring and demonstrate and reflect God’s goodness and I’m not there about “my” petty concerns, He is taking care of me.
Thank you, Rose, for your descriptive comments regarding the situation you faced and the thoughts that brought you through it with well-earned peace. I always find your comments to be very inspiring. Well done!!
Thank you Evan for your wonderful message and I live the drawing, as well. Thank you, J and RobertH, for the editorial you shared. Thank you, Carol, for your helpful comments and all the rest of the commenters for the love and peace shared. Indeed, let the peace of the world begin with us and not stop there, but ripple on and on and on til all the world knows peace.
Thank you very much dear Pat for your kind comments. I also enjoy reading your shares here on SV and appreciate your viewpoint.
Today’s message is such a blessing. Thank you, Evan.
Thankyou so much Evan,
So much help from you today,thank you Evan. I’m very grateful for the unselfish participation of all who comment. I learn so much.
Thanks so very much, Evan! I know you hear this often, but this is EXACTLY what I needed to read this morning!
“Unshakable peace” by Susan Booth Mack Snipes. From the December 21, 2020 issue of The Christian Science Sentinel:
https://sentinel.christianscience.com/issues/2020/12/122-50-51/unshakable-peace
(*This may/may not open for those without a subscription. If anyone is interested in attaching a shareable copy…)
It just came up for me as a free monthly article:
https://sentinel.christianscience.com/shared/view/142rmd3p0to?s=copylink
Thank you for this article. It’s not my peace—it’s God’s peace. I love that idea. It takes the burden off us, that we have to get “our” peace back. God says “my peace I give to you.” Then God tells us he gives peace to us in a different way than the world does. I used to think this meant that we couldn’t find peace in human activities, but I think this could mean God gives peace without us earning it, and without demanding anything in return, both of which the world is apt to require. And when we see it’s not our peace, then it’s easier to see it as God’s individual and collective peace everywhere.
Here’s a shareable link. Thank you J.
Unshakable peace
https://sentinel.christianscience.com/shared/view/141dcdd49ws?s=e
Thank you RobertH!
The message and continuous line drawing of the world above reminds
me of those maze puzzles that through twists and turns, sometimes gets
us through, like the maze of mortal thinking into where we should be …
the completion of spiritual thought, which was always there for us, but
sometimes we need to learn by trial and error – how wrong mortal
thinking can be. When we complete these challenges and see them for
what they are – we find peace in knowing an all-inclusive divine Love,
which has no beginning and no ending, just continuous and contiguous
caring Love for others in our lives and in the world.
Thank you so much, Evan.