Have no fear of challenges looming before you. You can face them with confidence and courage that the Mind of God gives you the understanding you need to surmount any difficulty and rise to higher levels of accomplishment.
As the saying goes, “True courage is like a kite. Contrary winds lift it higher.”
Yesterday I was searching through some past notes for extra inspiration and came across this sentinel article from 1995…
Overcoming resistance to healing
Mary Metzner Trammell . I’m sorry I don’t know how to link this for you all to read but maybe someone can do this ?
It expands Evan’s thoughts for today beautifully. Thank you Evan for reminding me to rise above seeming toil and worry…with confidence , always.❣️
Thank you BarbaraUK & Ginny.
Here’s a link to the article that all can access:
“Overcoming resistance to healing” by Mary Metzner Trammell:
https://sentinel.christianscience.com/shared/view/1dx6055mh5s
Here’s the link 🙂
https://sentinel.christianscience.com/issues/1995/8/97-32/overcoming-resistance-to-healing
Thank you Ginny…. B.x.
Un grand merci pour ce très bel article et merci Evan pour ces inspirations quotidiennes qui offre un soutien et une fraîcheur nouvelle chaque jour.
I loved, “… the Mind of God gives you the understanding you need to surmount any difficulty and rise to higher levels of accomplishment.” Good to hear that we don’t have to struggle to “get” the needed understanding but that God, divine Mind is pouring it forth as we humbly listen.
Thank you Rose ♥️
English Translaion:
Many thanks for this very beautiful article and thank you Evan for these daily inspirations which offer support and new freshness every day.
very grateful to you Pat, for the translation, it’s helpful for the understanding of the gratitude pouring forth..
“Agenda-free prayer” by Susan Booth Mack Snipes:
https://sentinel.christianscience.com/shared/view/225lgkvcrpy?ICID=JSH%20Public%20Home%7CCarousel%20Slide
This boost of courage, inspiration and reading the articles that coincide with
this message.. Thank you dear Evan, Barbara, (Ginny) and J , set thought in high
places. It is when we have faith of the angels, that we can fly like a kite,
because we have no burdens to anchor us down. I noticed in the photo,
there are no strings, but the kite is as free as a bird to soar above materiality
into the heights of Spirit… When the wind seems to be against us, if we set
our thoughts on Godward goals, the heavenly Love, gives us power and
strength we need to feel and know this divine presence. Also, it is the wind
that gives uplift to a kite, so the adversities that seem to be, can really be
the boosts of inspiration that set us free.
“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you
really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do”…..
– Eleanor Roosevelt
God/Spirit/Love gives us this courage and how wonderful for that. A good flying
day to all!
From the Glossary of Science and Health:
“Wind. That which indicates the might of omnipotence and the movements of God’s spiritual government, encompassing all things.” page 597
Where the Cherry Blossoms Fly
Cherry blossoms out
Sweet smell of rising spirits
Casting away one’s doubt
Yet the trade wind blows
Each petal softly up and down
Casting many unknowns
Only the serene can watch
and know the certainty about
where the Cherry blossoms fly
This poem seems fresh and new, are you writing poetry now? I love the serene “watch”, and the ‘seeing’ cherry blossoms fly image. It is vitally important to healing vision problems. Gracious and many thanks.
Thank you Carol – very well put. Very observant of you to notice that the kite had no strings
attached.
Thinking about that, the thoughts that came to me were that the the strong winds of evil that
claim to have the power to harm us, actually have no power at all… Those very winds which would appear to be harmful and destructive, actually breaks us free from those false claims, and so we cannot be tied down any more by them and governed by someone else pulling the strings, and bringing us back down to earth to manipulate us. What seems to be destructive powers in fact force us to work harder at understanding where all the true power lies, and letting that power lift us up right out of the evil claims, to where we gain our true freedom
in the heavenly kingdom.
I hope you don’t mind me adding my thoughts to your post that came to me.
It has been a useful exercise. love, Maggie
“Blow, winds of God, awake and blow
The mists of earth away…..”
Christian Science Hymnal, No. 142:3)
Thank you, dear Maggie, for your additional insights. Please always feel free to add your
thoughts to my posts. I appreciate it very much. They are now and always are
very helpful in having us see the angel thoughts that surround us within the heights
of Mind. That is a great hymn you shared, also. Thank you ..
Thank you for the link to Susan Booth Mack Snipes’ article. Thank you all for this SV. It really hit the spot. Thank you Evan for your inspiring topics which so often are just what we need.
If you are asking me if I mind the additional thoughts to the poem above. Not at all. I am glad that it inspired you to add your thoughts to it and your lines of poetry as well. As in Elijah, God was not in the earthquake, the wind or the fire but in that still small voice of Truth. Those who are able to watch the uncertainty, unaffected by the winds are strong in connection of truth, not having to manipulate it for their own reasons, are confident that which created the wind, created them as well making the viewer and the view one in thought, experience and reality: as in a joyful, harmonious experience.
We need not see the uncertainty as an unknown frightening event extraneous to us, but participate in what we know to be true. There is one God, many expressions of that one self-existent being.
A boost by any other means would not be as sweet; I though Jose was a new contributor, but Josef surprised me by the new poem offered, not Jose. Instant healing and instant understanding, both together, accomplished clearer vision instantly. Grateful. Thank you.
Thanks to Evan for these spiritual topics to consider and thanks to all the readers here for examples, comments and encouragement on the topics. I especially appreciate the articles that relate and expand the topic. It seems to me that online forums like this are the new place to come in contact with literature based on the divine Science of God. Reading Rooms are not reaching as many people as these online forums. Churches still distribute literature, but again, the online opportunity to reach people who are interested is much bigger than leaving a periodical in a laundromat. The problem is, that the distribution used to be free to the public. Even at the laundromat people got an entire periodical. The churches paid for the literature and Reading Rooms. Now, online, the public is required to pay to read the literature. The only thing available to the public from an official source is a daily lift and one article or podcast a month. Then a paywall is up. That is really a very meager offering. So, any distribution points from other sources like this one are very valuable. Thanks to all who provide and support this venue. .
I agree very much with you, dear Kay … about the outreach of the articles. I appreciate
very much the sharing here of the entirety of the articles, as often there are others
related to it or in conjunction with the article I wish to read, but am limited with not
subscribing, once the “Free content” is used up. To me, it is almost like Jesus charging
for his sermons. I think it limits the spreading of spiritual information and with the
economy the way it is, that is unfortunate for those seeking the Truth, for those perhaps
not having the means to subscribe to the past articles. So, I really do appreciate the
Shared Content.
Thank you very much, dear Evan, for the strong encouragement you give us to meet and heal chellenges with confidence!
We can trust God, divine Mind, to give us the right ideas and strength enough to meet the chellenges fearlessly! Also the Bible assures us in this week’s lesson, that God gives us strength enough. ♡
Am very grateful for the articles, dear “J”! ♡
Thanks also for your inspiring comments, dear SpiritView friends!♡
Thank you, Evan, for your posts this week of peace. Christian Scientists around the world gave thanks last week for God’s constant care and healing for all of us.
Is it any wonder hostages – especially children – are being freed in Israel. I am gree as regular to SV fans for each one’s thinking on various topics and sharing articles for deeper study. What a blessing Evan’s posts are for all of us!
Much love from Waikiki
Gree should read grateful to SV fans
Thank you to all who add their richness to the topics presented this adds so much than mere words.
Thank you Evan…so much!!!!
They keep giving and giving!!!
And to all who do so also!!