When running a race, it helps to get started out on the right foot that enables one to sprint to the finish line the quickest.
When praying for healing, it helps for thought to get started on the “right foot” that enables one to sprint to the finish line too.
Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer of Christian Science, tells us the best foot to start on when headed toward healing. She writes, “The starting-point of divine Science is that God, Spirit, is All-in-all, and that there is no other might nor Mind, — that God is Love, and therefore He is divine Principle” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 275).
Start with God! Know God’s allness, God’s infinite Love, God’s omnipresent good, God’s ever-present health. Refuse to let a suggestion of any power opposed to God hold your attention.
Get started on the best foot. Start with God and end with God. You’ll make it to the finish line.
PERFECT! Thanks so much
I love this//what a great idea to wake up woth!
May I also share this talk given by Daniel Jenson, CSB, titled “Beginning Rightly:”
https://danieljensenassociation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/DLJ-Beginning-Rightly.pdf
Koy to all this September morning:)
Franceska…..this article is simply sensational!! Thank you so much for sharing it. It is just what I needed this morning. ❣️
This is a great way to begin the day.. and what a wonderful complimenting
article that goes right along with it…. Much appreciation. I love the idea of not
(as the article states) believing in the mortal sense testimony, like with feathers
growing out of someone’s arms or converging train tracks. It would be silly to
try to “heal” them, just as the belief of other wrong mortal beliefs would appear
real and need “healing”. The premise that we are starting from is so important
in the progress of our thoughts and actions and what a perfect way to start off
and stay in the right direction. Mortal senses try to deceive in so many ways,
but spiritual truths are always constant and Real.
Thank you Franceska, this talk by Daniel Jensen is what came to thought as soon as I read today’s message. I was just about to give a link but happy to see you’ve already done so!
I’ve heard it said, Start with God, Stay with God, Stick with God, Stand with God and Finish with God. That would cover everything.
As we are “sprinting to the finish line,” it’s good to realize that we are already there and have actually never left that state of perfection in which God holds. As Evan explained to us the other day, the main “purpose of prayer is to open thought wide to receive what God is ALREADY sending our way. To get any obstacles to reception out of the way…”
Sending Love to all of you.
I meant, “…in which God holds *us*.
Thank you, Evan. And thank you, Franceska. If you’d like to hear Mr. Jensen give his talk, it can be found at the link below. If the link is not interactive, you’ll need to type it in to your browser. This is a site that has compiled audio historical CS lectures. Some have been synthesized. Mr. Jensen’s are actual recordings of his talks. ❤️
Blessings to all.
https://cslectures.org/lectures.htm
Oops! Sorry. Wrong link. I shared WRITTEN lectures. My apologies.
Oops! Sorry. Wrong link. I shared WRITTEN lectures. My apologies. Here are the audio recordings.
https://christiansciencect.org/historical-christian-science-lectures-2/
You can listen to him give this talk at on http://www.christiansciencect.org
Good reminder Evan, thank you.
Some years ago my husband and I were visiting some friends at the other end of the country. We thought we knew the way …we had been before…but somewhere we took a wrong turn and found ourselves totally lost . Whichever subsequent turn we took just got us more and more confused about where we were and how to get back on the right road. Eventually…and rather embarrassed..I rang my friend and told him our plight, pointing out a couple of landmarks around us. After a few seconds silence the initial reply was….’ Well ,to get here I wouldn’t be starting from where you are! ‘…LOL
So, today dear Evan you remind me to be careful to start from Gods perspective for anything and everything…❣️
I’m somewhat amused By what came to my mind.,an old Doris Day Song. Stay on the right side sister, stay on the right side sister, stay on the right side of the road. . Look out for old.man satan he’s on the wrong side waiting . He’s on the wrong side of the road! Once you let the devil take your hand you’ll never get to hallelujah land! So stay on the right side sister on the right sister stay on the right side of the road !
I’ll be smiling as I keep singing this all day long.