Here’s a new take on supply I hadn’t considered before a few days ago…
Having enough money to pay bills is like having enough smiles to share with other people. Both are effect, and neither is cause.
For example, take love and smiles.
Understanding that Love is cause and a smile effect, we never fear having enough smiles to share with others. We know there are an endless number of thoughts available to inspire smiles, and that we can readily access those happy thoughts whenever we want to. We never fear a shortage of smiles because we never fear a shortage of “smiling thoughts.”
The same rule applies to supply and money.
Supply is not money. Supply is God. God is the sum and substance of all true value and worth. The more we understand that Truth and Love are the infinite resources of the universe supporting and fulfilling all life activities, we never fear lack because we know that we are inseparably connected to this boundless supply of Spirit. We can access “supply thoughts,” at any time, and those divinely inspired thoughts, in turn, manifest in the human experience as needs met.
Supply is never in the thing that humanly manifests supply anymore than love is in a smile. A smile manifests love, but a smile is not the substance of love. And likewise with supply; money manifests supply, but it is not the substance of supply.
So, don’t get mesmerized by the belief that money is your supply. It is not. God is your supply and He is infinite, unending. There are no limits on your supply just as there are no limits on Love. Love and supply are one and the same.
Be clear that God is your supply and you will never fear having enough funds to pay legitimate bills anymore than you fear having enough smiles when approached by dear friends.
Now that truth, my friend, should give you something to smile about!
“My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” Paul
What a clear, simple and *extremely* helpful analogy, Evan! Thanks so much for sharing this idea. Can’t imagine ever being without a smile, especially for a loved one. How great to take that concept into the realm of supply.
I love the way you explained this…I keep discovering that keeping clear on what is cause and what is effect is sooo important. And the way that the spiritual cause works in human consciousness to produce money, jobs, etc…Mary Baker Eddy explains that “God gives you His spiritual ideas [like qualities, capacities, energy, etc], and in turn, they give you daily supplies.”
thanks Evan!
Evan, Thanks for sharing this. I have been wrestling this issue for a while and this blog was so timely. The link with smiles is great because usually a smile doesn’t entertain us when struggling to pay bills as I was doing when I popped in to read your comments and actually smiled when I read what you had to say. Supply has been a tough one for awhile now and this new slant really turned my thinking around. Instead of looking outwardly to how to pay those bills we need to SMILE outwardly knowing supply (LOVE)is at hand at all times. Smiles to all!!!
To anon above,
I’m smiling!!
Thanks for sharing…