NEW LIFE

... No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old .... - Luke 5:36

A life that is inspired of Divine Love, is never a patched-up affair. It is total newness, new personhood. The old habits, attitudes, prejudices, and moods are not covered over but are completely replaced. One cannot hold love in one hand and bits of fear, hatred, or malice in the other "just in case". Love requires our total response and cannot be fulfilled through us if we retain a lot of little reservations, Life embraces the whole person - his thought, feeling, and action.

This means that when all of our relationships come within the context of God's Love, nothing is omitted - physical well-bring, mental and emotional health, or our human activities.

Wholeness of personality means health of personality; negative emotions, self-concern, self pity, hatred, fear - all the strength destroying forces - are cleansed away and in their place love, joy, peace, patience, and self-control are established. In the Presence of God the total makeup of personality is realigned. In the awareness of our Sonship we become a new person in both mind and body. This is the basic theme and purpose of the Gospel as taught by Jesus. At the base of all successful, creative living is the experience of being continuously renewed by the inflow of the Divine.

I am a new person today; new in thought, new in feelings, new in motivation and purpose, new in physical health. I live today from the point of view of God's Perfection. I live in the full realisation of the Divine Harmony within and about me.

Every day and every hour we are meeting the Eternal realities of Life, and in such degree as we cooperate with these eternal realities in Love, in Peace, in Wisdom and in Joy... we are automatically blessed.

RETURN TO GOD'S LOVE

And wneh he came to himself, he said ... I will arise and go to my father ... - Luke 15: 17 - 18

The parable of the prodigal son is universally known and loved. It teaches not only the great freedom that has been given man in living his life, but also the great Love of God toward man, a Love that is without condemnation or punishment. But to live only on our own terms usually ends in lostness and need. There can be no fulfillment unless we are oriented to the Divine Presence in which each of us is centered.

In many ways everyone is a prodigal. We squander our talents and abilities in imprudent, weak, and tragic ways. We wander into the far country - into a conscious belief of separation from the eternal Good. Shall we awaken today to our real self, to the reality of the Divine nature ever opened to us, and accept the wholeness and wisdom of the Divine bounty? God's response is eternal and changeless.

The stay-at-home son gives us another of human ignorance. We often condemn others for not believing as we do, and we somehow expect God to condemn them too. We become self-righteous and conceited and full of vanity and anger. Yet, God's responde to this son's complaint again his brother was; "...Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine".

I turn back to God today that I may live in the consciousness of His Love and know the peace and healing and restoration It gives. Forgiving and forgetting that which was done in ignorance, I seek to live now in the eternal Goodness of God.

Substance and supply exist eternally in the Father's house; health, happiness, and success are native to the heavenly home, and God Himself shall be our Host.

SILENTLY, I SURRENDER AND LET GOD TALK TO ME

"Be still, my emotional nature. You are my servant, not my king!" Unperturbed, I take complete possession of the sequence of events. I let go and let God take over. My heart and mind cannot be discomforted by an unyielding will or a single discordant belief. The Spirit of the eternal I AM is here, breathing through me the beauty and ecstasy of the eternal Presence. God, Thou art the Supreme Master of my being. Father, Thou art All-in-all in me and I in Thee. I am relaxed. Like a child I rest on the bosom of the Infinite. O, my Soul, silently I surrender and let the divine Will flood my consciousness with Love's eternal Light. My emotional nature releases its hold on the heart and mind and the affairs of the day and my Soul is relieved of all pressure. Silently I surrender, Father-Mother God, and let all Your Love flow through me.

Realisation

Silence! and the open door to the Kingdom within swings open. Omniscience now floods my entire being with Love's endless joy and right action. I rise to new heights of peace, harmony, strength and power in divine knowingness. Old desires and resistances drop away. The compassion of forgiveness illumines my Soul with glorious freedom. The Father within me says, Lo, I am with you always for I AM your Peace. I AM Power, for I AM the Omnipotence of your being. I AM Love which never fails. I AM joy, the inspiration of your being. I AM Mind, Supreme Intelligence, the Christed Consciousness of all things. I AM Life, your life, superb, serene, immortal. Thank you Father, I know You are the eternal Spirit of my being and It can never be destroyed. Silently I surrender and rest in the Great Heart of God.