“There may be a wrong way to do the right thing, but never a right way to do a wrong thing.”
~ Unknown
Have you ever tried to justify doing something you know is wrong? Perhaps you came up with several excuses why its okay to follow through, but in your heart, you know it’s not the right approach to take?
The easiest way to solve this dilemma is to admit the wrong, change course, and do what’s right. You’ll have the best outcome then!
When your life is in alignment with what’s right, things turn out right.
Thank you Evan , must think more about today`s SV. It is very interesting!
Please could anybody answer my question in my 36th and last comment from yesterday? Would be very grateful for it! 🙂
Hi Uta. I also answered it this morning when I looked back at yesterday’s blog but maybe it didn’t show up.
Hi dear Linda, I just read your good and lovely reply to my question on yesterday`s SpiritView.
Thanks a lot for it! 🙂
Yes You are correct He saves the world we dont. Xx
Dear Uta, You are right in stating that it is God that is governing the world, and not us. We are safe forever in God as He has made us in His image and likeness. As I understand it, our purpose is to reflect God’s dominion, and to know that God IS taking care of His wonderful creation, including us forever. We are His dear children and are forever in His loving care. We are His witnesses, and His kingdom and everything real is spiritual and intact now as it always has been. I hope this helps. SpiritView is helping all of us to discover more and more about God and His kingdom, and we are all helping to strengthen each other by responding to Evan’s promptings. I certainly find lots of help from everyone’s input, and am very grateful to all.
Oh dear Maggie,
am I so grateful for your wonderful and very helpful metaphysical reply! Yes I am also thankful that we help and strengthen each other through Evan’s so wonderful and uplifting SpiritView blog!
This is a very helpful discussion, however, isn’t it true that we are only His Children when we are no longer of this world? For His Kingdom is not of this world. In fact, how could God know anything about a world that is a mix of good and evil? In the Spirit of Truth!
Hi Kenny, in reality we have never been of “this” world. We have eternally been God’s perfect, whole, already complete creation of spiritual children. It is we that are learning this by degrees. We are waking up from the dream of life in matter.
Hi Trista, a helpful reply. Please check me on this, “this world” isn’t real. Existence or Reality is Divine, not mortal. It is an immortal Self. The human image that I have entertained about myself, is my mental imitation about the Divine Image that I am. I must forsake the human thinking for Divine Knowing in order to activate this Truth to lift me out of the false sense of existence; “this world?” Thank you.
From what I am learning in CS I realize more and more that this human existence is like a distorted, limited view of the spiritual realm, or kingdom of heaven. I am also learning that “my” limited view and thinking is not mine, but a false sense that I sometimes get caught up in. I am (we are) God’s consciousness expressed. I am working to see more that there is no “I” other than God. I am trying to get self out of the way. I have a long way to go with that. But I also know that Mrs. Eddy said we should “emerge gently from matter into Spirit.” So I try to be patient with myself and others as we work through all this.
Trista! I think christianscience.com should put your elegant summary on the landing page of their website, so it’s the first thing visitors see!
Thank you, Evan!! Uta, Linda also has a good reply to your question in yesterday’s post.
“God saves the world, not us.” This sentence contains a disjunction, but the term being negated – “us” – appears at the end. “World” is the object, even though it appears the middle. Oh, the joys of English grammar! Another way of putting it would be: “God, not us, saves the world.”
Oh yes Jay, the interesting English gramma! haha. And thank you very much for your explanation, do understand it now correct. Your last sentence makes it cristal clear!
Am grateful for all loving help!
Thanks for clearing that up, Jay!
I’ve had this saying come to me in this regard. Do the right thing, at the right time, for the right reason and purpose. Thank you, Evan for these so gentle guiding reminders.
I so Love these helpful topics and discussions! I think sometimes words can be misunderstood in translation,
like the person from another country who got a parking ticket (in the states), but argued to the ticket writer, “But it says,
Fine for parking, so I parked there”. I happened to see a sign the other day that read:
Real eyes
Realize
Real lies
It’s all in the perception and spiritual discernment.
Thank you Carol for the laugher!
Am very interested in understanding the English grammar and idioms correct.
Much Love for all your wonderful and also humorous help!
Isn’t our only purpose to reflect God? Thank U, Evan & all for sharing.
And from our Leader: (My: 232): “The right way wins the right of way, even the way of Truth and Love whereby all our debts are paid, mankind blessed and God glorified.”
Penelopebythe sea, great quote – Thanks. I am also glad to see so many responses to Uta’s question. What a fabulous group we have here!!!
This is a question about the right way to forgive. Someone maligned another person and me unjustly as greedy and self-serving in a letter to our church many years ago. The other accused person and I are unrelated. We sometimes think outside the box and present and follow through on ideas that we agree on. We never talked about this letter as it was so untrue that it didn’t deserve discussion. We have always been kind to its writer, yet I have always expected that he would eventually come to realize that his criticism was incorrect, unkind and unwarranted and apologize. He has an extraordinary sense of humor and a sharp wit and is always polite to the other person and me. The three of us have worked on committees together – but he has not apologized. Maybe it was an impulsive thing that he has forgotten but although I didn’t need a reminder, I recently came across his letter in my files. I don’t want to discard the letter yet. It seems like a call to action, at least to forgive him and forget it. Someone said forgiving heals the hurt; forgetting heals the scar. Clearly I have not entirely forgiven him and still expect his apology. I want to ask him him how he feels about the letter now. Is this a right thing to do, a wrong way to do a right thing or just the wrong thing?
This is a question about the right way to forgive. Someone maligned another person and me unjustly as greedy and self-serving in a letter to our church many years ago. The other accused person and I are unrelated. We sometimes think outside the box and present and follow through on ideas that we agree on. We never talked about this letter as it was so untrue that it didn’t deserve discussion. We have always been kind to its writer, yet I have always expected that he would eventually come to realize that his criticism was incorrect, unkind and unwarranted and apologize. He has an extraordinary sense of humor and a sharp wit and is always polite to the other person and me. The three of us have worked on committees together – but he has not apologized. Maybe it was an impulsive thing that he has forgotten but although I didn’t need a reminder, I recently came across his letter in my files. I don’t want to discard the letter yet. It seems like a call to action, at least to forgive him and forget it. Someone said forgiving heals the hurt; forgetting heals the scar. Clearly I have not entirely forgiven him and still expect his apology. I want to ask him him how he feels about the letter now. Is this a right thing to do, a wrong way to do a right thing or just the wrong thing?
I worked with a dear practitioner once who told me of an incident where she was being sued unjustly, She worked with the thought “Perfect son of God–over to You, dear Father.” She worked with this thought for a few days over and over and over, and then less and less as she gained her peace. And the unjust suit was dropped. I have thought of this many times to allay perceived hurts or slights.
Susan, Thank you for giving a moment’s thought and replying with that blessed idea – I have been thinking of the Perfect son over and over today. I don’t need to know whether he remembers or is sorry – and if he forgot, he doesn’t need me to be his conscience about a sorry past event In his life. It didn’t take anything from me and an apology would not have added anything either. I have always been able to forgive. I’ll discard the letter along with the other unneeded things I’m purging from the files. Changing course. I’ll forgive. I’ll throw the letter away. I thank God for the perfect son. Thanks to Evan, too. And if anyone reads a grammatical or typographical error in my message – please, just let it go.
OK. Let’s settle the grammar thing once and for all: the sentence SHOULD say “God saves the world, not we.” I know it sounds funny, but it is correct. It should be a subjective pronoun, not an objective pronoun. You would never say “us don’t save the world,” or at least I hope not!
Perhaps we should save the world, after all. At least the grammar would be simpler… 🙂
“LOVE inspires, Illumines, determines and leads the way.” from Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy. Knowing this for oneself prayerfully each day, will lead us into all truth. This is said more easy than done. However am working on it. Christ is with us to lead the right way, let’s follow, then we do the right things on the right way!