Being Free Now

Daily Inspiration, March 28th, 2023

Posted on March 28, 2023 by LauraMoliter

“I say, walk and live [habitually] in the [Holy] Spirit [responsive to and controlled and guided by the Spirit]; then you will certainly not gratify the cravings and desires of the flesh (of human nature without God).” (Galatians 5: 16, Amplified Bible Classic Edition)

Make it a habit. Get in the practice of consciously releasing your life to God. Do your best to live in relation to Him—responding to Love’s wisdom rather than reacting to the world’s complaints and to the unreliable wits and will of the ego.

If we live in awareness of God, of good, we feel a true sense of control over ourselves and our behaviors. We are less likely to be pulled into actions and thoughts that aren’t healthy or helpful. We find ourselves feeling less burdened, so we are calmer, more ready to be open and kind rather than touchy or defensive.

As we habitually accept this true Spirit within us and trust its higher, purer motives, we progress in our experience and find more peace. We naturally bring light to others as we accept and respond to God’s holier view of us and of all.

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Daily Inspiration, March 23rd, 2023

Posted on March 23, 2023 by LauraMoliter

“Observe how Christ loved us. His love was not cautious but extravagant. He didn’t love in order to get something from us but to give everything of himself to us. Love like that.” (Ephesians 5: 2, the Message Bible)

Let’s love like Christ! Paul seems in awe of this wonderful manner of love that Jesus so beautifully expressed toward his followers and toward mankind. This love had a divine source and more than met the human need for affection. It was an extravagant gift without any hesitation or condition.

We are capable of loving in this way as well. As we are conscious of God’s Love for us and claim its presence, we feel the boundless nature of Love and have no fear of its loss or lack. We can give of it freely and often.

This fearless loving joys in its own limitlessness. We can release our sense of self altogether, as Jesus did and as his disciples were eager to emulate. We can set aside the concerns over what we can get or even what we might lose by loving, and simply love. We can give everything of ourselves to others, not by forced charity but from a genuine heart.

We may not be able to achieve this immediately, but as we pause and reflect on our Christly example, we can begin to love like that. One moment, one golden opportunity at a time.

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Daily Inspiration, March 21st, 2023

Posted on March 21, 2023 by LauraMoliter

“…those who wait for the Lord [who expect, look for, and hope in Him] will gain new strength and renew their power; They will lift up their wings [and rise up close to God] like eagles [rising toward the sun]; They will run and not become weary, They will walk and not grow tired.” (Isaiah 40: 31, Amplified Bible)

Let’s receive with gratitude this poetic promise. Let’s know that as we release our cares, our willfulness, our doubts, to God’s loving power, we find freedom and can attain new heights, new perspectives.

The heaviness, emptiness, gloominess, that can try to take over our thoughts has an antidote in God’s graceful presence. We are not subject to the mortal beliefs that sell us a story of weariness and decline, or of days that seem too challenging or burdensome. We are subject to God, and in turning toward Him, expecting His solutions and His blessings, we can feel the benefits of His qualities supporting our lives.

Then, we can take each step without getting tired out. We can remember that with God we have wings, and His currents of Life and Love uplift us toward the sun—toward a brighter day, a renewed strength, and a grateful joy.

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Daily Inspiration, March 16th, 2023

Posted on March 16, 2023 by LauraMoliter

“Do not fear [anything], for I am with you; Do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, be assured I will help you; I will certainly take hold of you with My righteous right hand [a hand of justice, of power, of victory, of salvation].” (Isaiah 41: 10, Amplified Bible)

There is a completeness, a definitive certainty in this verse. We can receive this assurance and the fullness of safety and comfort it promises.

Because God, perfect and infinite good, is with us, we don’t need to be afraid of anything. There is nothing that can challenge God and His power. There is nothing that can cause God’s Love to wane or to leave us. God’s nature is Allness, and His Truth is a constant—active and authoritative.

We may feel vulnerable or uncertain, but God’s confidence in His own righteous might is the reason we can release our fear. God’s justice prevails, and He is always holding us, embracing and uplifting us, preserving and comforting us.

God is right here. He sees you, knows you, loves you, and He is able to save you from your fears and to bring you your rightful peace.

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Daily Inspiration, March 14th, 2023

Posted on March 14, 2023 by LauraMoliter

“Grace arrives with its own instruction: run away from anything that leads us away from God; abandon the lusts and passions of this world; live life now in this age with awareness and self-control, doing the right thing and keeping yourselves holy.” (Titus 2: 12, the Voice Translation)

Grace comes with merciful love. It is the dawning of God’s kindness awakening us to peace, joy, comfort, a realization of His healing presence. This powerful and active gift of goodness comes without our effort. Grace is described as a divine influence and often as the unmerited favor of God.

And while we don’t have to earn grace, we must surely and naturally follow the instruction that comes with its arrival. When we feel the touch of the Spirit, receive and appreciate this tender touch and know its divine Source, we can surely stay loyal to what we have felt.

We must keep this grace in our hearts. We must not allow the world or our egos to make us forget, to lead us away from the thoughts and behavior that honor that grace and keep its blessings alive to us, and to those we encounter.

It is about awareness. It is about remembering that this powerful touch of God’s Love continues to be ours. And as we let God guide us, listen to those angel voices within, we can express this grace in the world. This is gratitude. This is praise. This is a life of gentle power.

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Daily Inspiration, March 9th, 2023

Posted on March 9, 2023 by LauraMoliter

“Because of God’s tender mercy, the morning light from heaven is about to break upon us.” (Luke 1: 78, New Living Translation)

Heaven’s light is on its way. God’s tender mercy towards us promises enlightenment, peace, comfort, joy.

We are not destined to live in the dark, to feel anguished, hurt, uncomfortable, or unworthy. We don’t need to continue to hold to resentments or to feel guilt over past mistakes. This is a new day. God’s tender mercy is here and ready to lead us forward, out of fear and gloom and into Life—the heaven of release to God.

It doesn’t matter how far gone we may believe we are. It doesn’t matter if mortal life has thrown us some curve balls or if we’ve failed to be as good and as faithful as we might have been. Today, we can turn to God and let Him renew us—love away our tears and show us how to forgive, to be merciful to ourselves and so, also, to others.

This morning light is new light. We don’t need to rely on yesterday’s understanding, methods, or memories. We can gratefully receive God’s mercy—His tender mercy—like a new sunrise shining on our humble faces, ready to start a new and lovely day.

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Daily Inspiration, March 7th, 2023

Posted on March 7, 2023 by LauraMoliter

“And the Lord will guide you continually, and satisfy you with all good things, and keep you healthy too; and you will be like a well-watered garden, like an ever-flowing spring.” (Isaiah 58: 11, the Living Bible)

You are tenderly cared for. God is constantly, continually, conscientiously leading you and watching over you. Divine Love and its abundant goodness is ready not only to meet our basic needs, but to surely satisfy us, with supply as well as peace.

We can claim the fullness of this promise and know ourselves as we truly are. You are a beautiful and flourishing garden. You are not weak and weary and losing your colors, your life, your opportunities to blossom and grow.

We can accept this benediction because it is Truth. We are tended by the hand of God Who is Life and Truth and Love. This infinite Spirit feeds us with its life-giving substance, and this eternal goodness never runs dry. So we must always flow fresh and free, whole and healthy, as God’s grace showers us with all that is good, right, and ours to continually receive and enjoy.

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Daily Inspiration, March 2nd, 2023

Posted on March 2, 2023 by LauraMoliter

“The prophetic Word was confirmed to us. You’ll do well to keep focusing on it. It’s the one light you have in a dark time as you wait for daybreak and the rising of the Morning Star in your hearts.” (II Peter 1: 19, the Message Bible)

The Morning Star is more than just a new day in our human years. This dawning is the beautiful Truth filling our hearts, causing us to feel the promise and its fulfillment in us, to us, through us.

This sounds like a tall order, some far off event that seems out of reach. But this verse reminds us that the Word—that Truth of being, that awareness that Christ brought of our own relationship with God, everlasting Life—has been confirmed. We are the very beneficiaries of this good news, and the evidence of this revelation of divine Love’s presence and power.

Let’s keep focusing on this glorious light. When times seem dark or we feel doubting and confused, we can remember that the day must break. The sunrise is inevitable and our consciousness of the healing glow of love must surely come to us. The more we hold to this hope, this trust; the more we reflect anew on the inspired Truth we have already seen and felt, the more comforted we feel even in the darkness.

And so we are all the more ready to recognize and feel the healing light of that Morning Star shining on our humble faces and uplifting our eager hearts to joy!

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Daily Inspiration, February 28th, 2023

Posted on February 28, 2023 by LauraMoliter

“Oh! May the God of green hope fill you up with joy, fill you up with peace, so that your believing lives, filled with the life-giving energy of the Holy Spirit, will brim over with hope!” (Romans 15: 13, Message Bible)

Let us be receptive to hope! Let us be ready and willing to believe in and yield to the life that is divine, eternal, good, perpetually alive and new.

It seems this green hope must surely be a lively, fresh, growing quality, that has life in it and that continues to bloom. We can be ready to open our hearts to a glimmer of expectation and trust in good, until this gleam feels more like a floodlight—warming, brightening, filling our lives and those around us with joy, energy, peace.

This pure power comes from the Holy Spirit, not from our personal wills or from the actions of others toward us. The Holy Spirit transcends human circumstances and dissolves a sense of limits and the fears that seem to accompany them. This spiritual force comes from God, the ever-present All, Who is Love and Life and Truth Itself. This omnipotence can’t be held back and its healing glory is here now for us to realize, receive, and enjoy.

Let’s accept this beautiful benediction for ourselves and let our hope brim over, bringing inspiration and uplift to others as well.

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Daily Inspiration, February 23rd, 2023

Posted on February 23, 2023 by LauraMoliter

“This is my command: Love each other.” (John 15: 17, International Children’s Bible)

It sounds so simple. This command from Jesus is not difficult to understand. We don’t need to be scholars or have some deep spiritual wisdom to comply with this demand, this beautiful request from the Master to his followers, then and now.

Love each other. Just do it. The tendency to believe this is hard and that love is qualified, is just a false sense of ourselves, but even more so of the very quality of Love. For divine Love is always up to the job. Divine Love doesn’t think about loving. It simply loves.

And this is the Love that we can utilize as we accept its presence. A child naturally loves others and enjoys receiving love in return. As we remember that we are actually children of Love itself—born of Love and to Love and dwelling always in this infinite Love—then expressing this love for others is not effort. It is being.

Let’s release the mind from thinking it is difficult to love and let’s be willing to feel the Love that is not personal, and yet reaches us where we are, drawing us into its embrace. The quality of Love is not limited in space or in time. It doesn’t belong to one and not to all. We have it, and we can express it. It’s our right to do this. In loving, we bless others and set ourselves free as well.

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Daily Inspiration, February 21st, 2023

Posted on February 21, 2023 by LauraMoliter

“Ask, and the gift is yours. Seek, and you’ll discover. Knock, and the door will be opened for you. For every persistent one will get what he asks for. Every persistent seeker will discover what he longs for. And everyone who knocks persistently will one day find an open door.” (Matthew 7: 7-8, the Passion Translation)

Persistence surely seems vital to gain answers and blessings. But Jesus’ words here are not a call for impatience or despair. They are a promise to us. We must gain our deepest longings as we ask for them with constancy and trust.

The first essential thing is that we must seek. This means that we have to set aside a belief that we already know or that the solution to life and to joy is something that we can readily perceive with our senses. We must realize that to truly find and feel the riches—that settled and serene heart of contentment and love—we must turn to Spirit, to God.

And this persistent seeking simply means that each day we have an occasion to learn more about what is truly satisfying, right, and real. Our persistent yearning and going to the Source for guidance and instruction, is a daily walk with Love, with Truth, with grace.

So, we are not waiting for some final reward. We are turning to our Father-Mother-Love each day and gaining insights, renewal, and a greater awareness of the glorious gift of Life.

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Daily Inspiration, February 16th, 2023

Posted on February 16, 2023 by LauraMoliter

“Keep your thoughts continually fixed on all that is authentic and real, honorable and admirable, beautiful and respectful, pure and holy, merciful and kind. And fasten your thoughts on every glorious work of God, praising him always.” (Philippians 4: 8, the Passion Translation)

Our thinking is vital. The quality and focus of our thoughts can make all the difference in how we feel and act, and what we radiate out to the world.

We can regularly pause and ponder where our consciousness is taking us. We can do our best to recognize unproductive thoughts—any preoccupation with those things and ideas that are not from God, from good, from Love. We can be alert to ruminating about our lives in negative ways or thinking about others with judgement or fear.

Instead, we can start with the beautiful list in this verse. We can begin to put the force of our attention on these things. We can align our thinking with what is good and therefore also powerful to heal, help, save, uplift, renew.

What a joy it should be to stop thinking about what is wrong and to start thinking about what is right and about how our love can bring out more of this goodness. We can enjoy reflecting on beauty in the world and in others and in ourselves. We can celebrate in our hearts and our thoughts the qualities of respect and honor, dignity and purity.

This awareness of light, this recognition of God’s glorious work, is a conscious praise. It doesn’t ignore troubles, but shines the Truth on them, bringing inspiration and healing to ourselves and to those on whom our shining thoughts beam.

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Daily Inspiration, February 14th, 2023

Posted on February 14, 2023 by LauraMoliter

“The Lord protects the simple (childlike); I was brought low [humbled and discouraged], and He saved me.” (Psalms 116: 6, Amplified Bible)

We can surrender our egos and be more childlike. We can recognize that as we release the belief that we must be in control, knowing all, accomplishing it perfectly, we gain the truest of blessings.

For in that humility that often comes out of challenges, we are rescued by God, Our Father-Mother. We are brought into a new place of understanding that is not about human knowledge at all. It is the wisdom of simplicity. It is remembering that being the children we truly are brings us opportunities for pure grace.

Don’t let discouragement make you feel as if you have failed. In that place where we don’t know the answers, feel frightened and low, God is right there to embrace us, lift us, save us. We can give up the need to be strong and smart and yield willingly to that simple childlikeness that opens us up to receiving God’s care, His salvation, and a return to our rightful joy.

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Daily Inspiration, February 9th, 2023

Posted on February 9, 2023 by LauraMoliter

“Peter fairly exploded with his good news: ‘It’s God’s own truth, nothing could be plainer: God plays no favorites! It makes no difference who you are or where you’re from—if you want God and are ready to do as he says, the door is open.’” (Acts 10: 34-35, the Message Bible)

This is truly good news. No wonder Peter was so excited! He had come to know and experience the Christ, the wonderful, revealed Truth of God and man.

God loves each and every one of us. No one is excluded from God’s blessings, from the right and ability to hear and feel the Truth that sets us free. None of us can be left out because this Truth is universal, infinite, active. This Truth is Love and it applies to us all. The door is open.

We may agree with the world’s opinions or get hung up with our own beliefs about our self-worth, believing that we can’t really enter into a deeper awareness of God, of heaven, of release, of joy. We may think our past mistakes, or our doubts and fears can keep us out of the kingdom of God’s grace.

But the Truth is plain, and it delivers such good news. God plays no favorites. All are welcomed in. We can know this for ourselves and see it for others as well. We all can listen and naturally follow, find answers, peace, and happiness, no matter where we come from, where we’ve been, or who we think we are. God knows His children, and each is equally precious to Him. He is perfect Love! The door is open.

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Daily Inspiration, February 7th, 2023

Posted on February 7, 2023 by LauraMoliter

“Let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy.” (Ephesians 4: 23-24, New Living Translation)

We can start today with a fresh sense of ourselves and of our lives. We can take off the heavy old coat and put on what truly fits us and suits us. We can become today what we were made to be—righteous and holy.

This uprightness, wholeness, purity, is God’s own nature and He created us to show forth these divine qualities. Our identity isn’t housed in body. It isn’t expressed by a personality that has passed through years and accumulated fears. We were created to be like God, and this true selfhood is never lost, only at times lost sight of.

So, we can enthusiastically receive this invitation to be renewed, to be cleansed of all that is not truly us, not truly satisfying, of what feels incomplete or lacking. We can let the Spirit make us new.

This is not a human endeavor, a willful attempt to be nicer, happier, freer, better. It is a release to God and His Spirit, to that constantly active Love that is ready to remind us of who we are, to show us how to receive that worthiness and so to live as we were meant to live, to give as we were meant to give.

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Daily Inspiration, February 2nd, 2023

Posted on February 2, 2023 by LauraMoliter

“But when you demonstrate generosity, do it with pure motives and without drawing attention to yourself. Give secretly and your Father, who sees all you do, will reward you openly.” (Matthew 6: 3-4, the Passion Translation)

True generosity comes from a genuine motive of goodness and care. It is a quality of God and so comes from a standpoint of abundance. No loss is felt and the willingness to give is inspired and heartfelt.

This giving—whether it be of supply and substance or of our varied gifts and expressions of love—is not about being seen and acknowledged. When we share what we have with selfless intentions, our real and wonderful reward is in seeing the difference our generosity has made on another, not in what it does for ourselves.

So, we receive a blessing in the joy and the gratefulness of another, whether expressed directly toward us or not. And God continues to reward us with His Love and His own gifts because we are truly aligned with His own purpose.

We feel richly blessed because God is pleased by our quiet generosity. This awareness of His approval and Love reveals plentiful good and satisfaction in our lives and an eagerness to share even more.

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Daily Inspiration, January 31st, 2023

Posted on January 31, 2023 by LauraMoliter

“Therefore, because we have received The Kingdom that is not shaken, we shall receive grace by which we shall serve and please God in reverence and in awe.” (Hebrews 12: 28, Aramaic Bible in Plain English)

We have been given a solid, reliable Truth. We have received the news that we dwell in the space of God’s perfect Love. We are permanent residents in God’s Kingdom, in His Life that is unshakeable, invincible, and harmonious.

We may feel that we are vulnerable and easily ruffled, that fear takes hold of us and wants to manipulate us. But we can gratefully acknowledge that we belong to God. We are under His confident, unopposed government. Peace is our natural and divine right, and it is God that is enforcing this without exception or delay.

With this awareness of what we have, where and who we are, we can receive the grace that is ours to feel and to utilize. We can awake to the boundless Love that only seems to be hidden by a belief in mortal limits. This grace opens us up to be our most brilliant selves. It reveals the great honor of revering and generously serving this wonderful God Who has made us and Who gives us the ability to freely give, live, and love.

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Daily Inspiration, January 26th, 2023

Posted on January 26, 2023 by LauraMoliter

“So why would I fear the future? Only goodness and tender love pursue me all the days of my life.” (Psalms 23: 6, the Passion Translation)

We are pursued by goodness. God is impelling us forward into more of His grace and love. His purpose is always being fulfilled in us, and so we can walk ahead without fear of what’s next.

We may not know what is ahead, but we can let the peaceful confidence expressed in this psalm resonate with us. We can acknowledge that God is with us in this moment and that He tenderly loves us. His strength accompanies us, and His inspiration and wisdom guide us in each step.

This assurance is not a special limited time deal. It continues with us for all the days of our life. We can consciously accept the presence of God’s Love and rejoice that this Love is Life, our Life—everlasting, ever-vital, always fresh and full. This Truth actively abides with us and in us every day with undiminished affection and powerful protection.

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Daily Inspiration, January 24th, 2023

Posted on January 24, 2023 by LauraMoliter

“Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.” (Micah 7: 8)

We may feel beaten down. We may feel the world is against us or that it is moving too fast for us. Loss may feel like the theme of our lives.

But let’s not give in to this call to give up. We are greater than that, stronger than that, because our God is almighty, and She is Love. In those times of despair, we can turn to a power greater than ourselves. We can look away from the appearance of limit and time and gloom, and see the light that can lead us up, out, home.

The enemies calling themselves discord, disease, fear, may seem to triumph over us for a time. We may have to pause, even rest in the darkness for a bit, and allow ourselves to refresh, renew, regroup. God equips us with all that is needed. He gives us inspiration, comfort, assurance that with Him we can handle all that we need to and can progress in life.

And if we need to do battle again, we have the lessons to guide us. We can learn to trust ourselves and God more. We can release the belief that we are vulnerable and mortal to the realization of our own ability and right to be victorious, to thrive, on the winning side with God, with Truth.

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Daily Inspiration, January 19th, 2023

Posted on January 19, 2023 by LauraMoliter

“By your words I can see where I’m going; they throw a beam of light on my dark path.” (Psalms 119: 105, Message Bible)

We can find our way. We can progress and succeed as we awake to and follow the light that is present to guide us.

No matter how dark things may appear, God’s Word of Truth is available. God’s law of Love reveals inspiration and comfort, peace and clarity, even in the worst of storms. God’s light is a constant. We are never separate from God, so we always have this radiance to show us where we need to go and how to get there.

We can listen for His voice that is full of power and of love, that feels right and settling, that feels like home. God’s Word of good is the law, the very ground we are standing on and which allows us to walk forward in trust and with patience.

We have the living light of Life right where the darkness seems to be. This light is showing us where we really are—in God’s good and capable hands, His perfect and loving plan.

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Daily Inspiration, January 17th, 2023

Posted on January 17, 2023 by LauraMoliter

“God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another.” (I Peter 4: 10, New Living Translation)

God’s qualities are infinite. He expresses them in very specific and powerful ways. These are the gifts of His Love to us. We prove His goodness and presence through our spiritual endowments.

Each of us has these special abilities. They may be shared through human actions, but their true character is spiritual, and their Source is God, Almighty Love. We may be blessed with tender hearts full of natural compassion and understanding. We may be unfailingly honest or have an innate and uncompromising integrity.

Some of us may have a gentle nature, be comforters, have wisdom, be strong in difficult circumstances. We may be good guides at dark times or able to think and act quickly in situations when others might panic.

The diverse abundance of these gifts is as infinite as God, and our use of them comes with His power behind it. Let’s acknowledge that we do, necessarily, have such wonderful gifts (and more to discover) and use them to serve one another. This honors God, the Giver, and perpetuates His very good design for His beloved, harmonious creation.

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Daily Inspiration, January 12th, 2023

Posted on January 12, 2023 by LauraMoliter

“Above all, constantly echo God’s intense love for one another, for love will be a canopy over a multitude of sins.” (I Peter 4: 8, the Passion Translation)

Love is the answer. Love bestows good on another and blesses its giver as well.

Love is our superpower. As this love is felt through its Source, it can be expressed genuinely and without qualification. We can echo God’s love for us by our intense love for one another. We can be deliberate about our love, choosing to feel and share it each day.

The sins—the mistaken sense of one’s self and of others—are lost in the wonderful beauty of Love’s radiance. Guilt, fear, evil thoughts and motives, have no real hold on us or means of expression when Love is doing Her thing. Love’s overwhelming goodness, that honest affection from the Divine, is saving and healing.

As we go about our days, we can echo God’s love constantly and consciously and feel it resonate and reverberate through our lives and in our world.

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Daily Inspiration, January 10th, 2023

Posted on January 10, 2023 by LauraMoliter

“Don’t revel only in the past, or spend all your time recounting the victories of days gone by. Watch closely: I am preparing something new; it’s happening now, even as I speak, and you’re about to see it.” (Isaiah 43: 18-19, the Voice Translation)

Stay in that sweet state of anticipation. God’s ever-unfolding, always blossoming Life, has something new to say to you. Today.

We can stop being transfixed by the past, either in celebration or mourning, and be ready, open, to the new revelations God is preparing for us today. We are in the middle of God’s artistry coming into glorious being. He is creating a masterpiece today which includes us, beautifully and actively.

Let’s rejoice in the new year, the new day, with a joyous expectation of good. Let’s give up regrets. Let’s stop bracing for trouble. Let’s make today the day we begin releasing a sense of time altogether and awake to divine Love’s new and eternal moment for us and for all.

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Daily Inspiration, January 5th, 2023

Posted on January 5, 2023 by LauraMoliter

“We acknowledge you as our Provider of all we need each day.” (Matthew 6: 11, the Passion Translation)

Are we doing this? Are we acknowledging God as our Provider each day? Or are we looking at our lives with a belief in and focus on lack and limited resources?

As we consciously acknowledge infinite Love, ever-present Mind, as our Source, our eyes are open to the constancy and rightness of God’s provision. Seeing material channels and people as the providers of our good is limiting. While our supply may appear through human outlets, these are merely the revelations of Love’s substance made known to us.

God has all our good in His capable hands. He is able to distribute this goodness to us in the right time and in the right way. Each day. Each hour. We can acknowledge—claim with confidence—God’s ability and desire to provide for our needs, including the inspiration, love, comfort, peace, and energy that we may require.

Let’s gratefully awaken each day to God’s boundless resources, be ready to receive them, and to share generously of this abundance as well.

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Daily Inspiration, January 3rd, 2023

Posted on January 3, 2023 by LauraMoliter

“For what is the use of a man gaining the whole world if he loses or forfeits his own soul?” (Luke 9: 25, JB Phillips New Testament)

We can wish to gain a lot in this world, but are we recognizing the real cost? We can accumulate riches, accolades, power, but can these things really guarantee a true contentment or a real understanding of what is right and good?

If we sacrifice our spiritual growth for material possessions, we give up the very thing that can truly satisfy. Our wholeness, our integrity of being, is our place of rest and joy. We must realize and nurture our true sense of worth, that eternal identity that isn’t made grander by amassing things in this world, but by knowing ourselves as God made us to be.

If we chase after human accomplishments and become someone who we no longer even recognize, we have exchanged our own souls for some flimsy identity. It is surely right to expect to flourish, but if our motives are less than honest and good or we are driven by personal will or by the opinions of others, any gains may come at a greater loss of what really matters.

Let’s not give up the infinite heaven of being true to ourselves by striving for the limited and limiting things of earth.

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Daily Inspiration, December 29th, 2022

Posted on December 29, 2022 by LauraMoliter

“For you who revere my name the sun of righteousness shall rise, with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.” (Malachi 4: 2, New Revised Standard Version, Anglicized)

We can expect healing and release. We can expect to feel renewal and freedom.

If we are to really experience this heaven at hand, something may be required of us—a reverence of God and His power. This conscious honoring of God, good, the Truth of Life, means we must cease revering a belief in something else, some other power and presence.

The sun of righteousness, that ever-present light of Life and Love, is shining upon us. As we turn toward it, rather than rejecting it and giving more attention to the clouds of sense, ego, and matter, we see the light that is healing. We feel the dawn dissolve the darkness. We awake with a readiness to enter the day with hope, joy, and new energy.

And as we consciously worship our loving God, we daily grow in inspiration. We are strengthened by this discovery of what is always at hand. We come to realize our ability and worthiness to feel and know the sun of righteousness, the active law of grace.

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Daily Inspiration, December 27th, 2022

Posted on December 27, 2022 by LauraMoliter

“Love…does not keep account of evil or gloat over the wickedness of other people. On the contrary, it is glad with all good men when truth prevails.” (I Corinthians 13: 6, JB Phillips New Testament)

Let’s accept and experience the truest and most powerful Love. Let’s recognize that we truly want to express this love and not to diminish it, or ourselves, by qualifying it.

If we profess to be loving people, to have good values and compassion toward one another, we can’t be focused on the opposite. If we are making constant account of what others are doing, the evil we may see, and finding ourselves superior, we are not loving as we should. We can stop pointing fingers at others and instead find it in our hearts to unite with Love, God’s glorious Love.

This divine Love perfectly loves all. Each idea is precious to God. We can be generous with the bountiful Love that God has given us. We can refuse to make others into demons and instead simply love, as we were meant to do. We can gratefully rejoice that Truth must win and that this Truth is Love.

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Daily Inspiration, December 22nd, 2022

Posted on December 22, 2022 by LauraMoliter

“[DIVINE LOVE] is my shepherd; I shall not want. [LOVE] restoreth my soul [spiritual sense].” (Science and Health, p. 578)

We are being watched, protected, guided in every moment, in every day, and through each night. We belong to the beloved flock of the Shepherd, and that Shepherd is Divine Love.

Divine Love knows our every need and is able to lead us to where we can feel restored, rejuvenated, refreshed, and safe. God’s Love, His tender and faithful presence, shows us what we have and who we are. We can’t be in want of this consciousness, this sense of peace, of worth; we can’t lose our spirit of joy, our enthusiasm, our way.

It is divine Love that restores our soul, our spiritual sense. It isn’t judgment or fear or opinion or toil that reveals anew our awareness of the good, the true, the inspired. It is Love that does this—Love that knows us as the lambs of His care and Who wants us always both to be fed and to frolic.

Release yourself gratefully to the Shepherd’s intimate and perfect care. Let Him show you that your Life is evidence of His Love, so it must glow with health, beauty, insight, glory, and joy.

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Daily Inspiration, December 20th, 2022

Posted on December 20, 2022 by LauraMoliter

“Out of my deep anguish and pain I prayed, and God, you helped me as a father. You came to my rescue and broke open the way into a beautiful and broad place.” (Psalms 118: 5, the Passion Translation)

We can turn to God as children when our struggles seem difficult, even insurmountable. We can release ourselves to God’s tenderness when we feel incapable of clarity or peace. God, divine Love, helps us as a father. God comes to us as little ones whom He loves, and guides us, teaches us, carries us home.

We may feel we have sought too long or are lost or cynical or unworthy. But we can remember that our Father-Mother only sees His children who have come to Him with earnest desire. Our divine Parent wants us to thrive and to see our own potential, our possibilities, our value.

With each challenge, God reveals new insights, shows us new strengths, provides us new opportunities to live and to give. We see, in our humility, the beauty of what His saving grace has to offer us. We are rescued from even the belief that we needed rescue to the heightened and brightened perception of what God would have us see and do and be.

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Daily Inspiration, December 15th, 2022

Posted on December 15, 2022 by LauraMoliter

“You have not desired sacrifices, neither have you chosen burnt offerings. The sacrifices of God are a humble spirit; God does not reject a broken heart.” (Psalms 51: 16-17, Aramaic Bible in Plain English)

God’s expectations for us don’t require us to sacrifice what is good. Neither does divine Love need us to behave in certain perfect human ways, or to worship in a ritualistic way. We receive and feel God’s grace when we truly release our egos and simply turn to God with genuine trust and open hearts.

We may feel like our vulnerability in certain moments is a flaw, a reason for shame or doubt of our own worthiness. But these very times are those where God is ready to pull us into an embrace, like the Mother She is, and to wipe away our tears. When we are truly humble and seeking earnestly, even when we feel broken and low, God is ready to hush our fears and tell us why we can let them go.

God doesn’t reject our broken hearts, He repairs them. He reveals that Love and Life are not lost in time and circumstances, but available always with Him. God doesn’t ask us to be saintly mortals, untouched by any doubts or troubles. He knows us as His own children, and every humble release to our Father-Mother-Love is an occasion for us to realize this healing fact of who we are and to feel the sweet blessing this awareness brings.

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Daily Inspiration, December 13th, 2022

Posted on December 13, 2022 by LauraMoliter

“Stop imitating the ideals and opinions of the culture around you, but be inwardly transformed by the Holy Spirit through a total reformation of how you think. This will empower you to discern God’s will as you live a beautiful life, satisfying and perfect in his eyes.” (Romans 12: 2, the Passion Translation)

Here is the recipe for a beautiful life. It isn’t one that aspires to be like the world, to try to reach some goal of human perfection or to be validated by others.

We cannot reach a truly good and right life by trying to be what the culture around us seems to tempt us to be; or, conversely, by seeing the trends and experiences of others as what we must have to be successful or popular, and yet finding these goals unreachable or even unsavory.

Instead, stop looking around you and start looking to God. He is ready to change your life from the inside out. He is ready to give you what is genuine and expansive, and what is pleasing to Him as well. God can open our spiritual eyes to what is neither satisfying or progressive for us, and instead show us how to do and be what makes our souls really sing.

And in this transforming, this revealing of our true and best selves, we can begin to live a life that is individually pleasing, but which also radiates powerfully in a world in need of light.

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Daily Inspiration, December 8th, 2022

Posted on December 8, 2022 by LauraMoliter

“Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all.” (II Thessalonians 3: 16)

I like the way this verse begins. Now. This blessing is one for this moment, a prayer for us to know the peace of God immediately and always.

And there is a sweet completeness to this short benediction. We can receive this peace right away, eternally, and by all means. It can be revealed in countless ways and in all situations. We can know this divine serenity without condition or pause. And this glorious calm comes straight from God Himself.

It is divine Love’s gift, transcending the material and limited sense of goodness and reaching us in a deeper place, in a more thorough way. We can trust this holy peace and expect it. God is ever-present, so His peace is always where we are—actively, powerfully, lovingly.

And this peace is for us all. It is not a blessing only for a chosen few, but is bestowed on us all, fully, graciously, truly. Now.

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Daily Inspiration, December 6th, 2022

Posted on December 6, 2022 by LauraMoliter

“Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.” (Job 37: 14)

Conscious stillness can be breathtaking. Taking a pause with intention—reflecting on and being receptive to the good and the beauty of one moment—can fill us up and lift us up.

The wondrous works of God are certainly those amazing ideas and qualities that we see in a sunset, hear in a hymn, experience with an act of grace and love. But we can find God and His wondrous work present in ways that at first may appear smaller or more ordinary.

We are being called here to “consider” God’s amazing creation—what He has formed and His living purpose in us. This consideration means we look beyond what the physical senses may be telling us and open our spiritual senses—our humble hearts—to what is really going on.

God’s glory is everywhere if we are awake to it. Each moment contains light and love to behold and enjoy. Even in the darkness, when we are still, we can see a light within us, a hope on the horizon, a sense of meaning and majesty that is ready to show us something bright and new.

Let’s be ready to stand still—to pause in thought even if we are active in our lives—and to think more about God, about good, about the Love that surrounds us and is the very wondrous life within us.

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Daily Inspiration, December 1st, 2022

Posted on December 1, 2022 by LauraMoliter

“You observe my wanderings and my sleeping, my waking and my dreaming, and You know everything I do in more detail than even I know.” (Psalms 139: 3, the Voice Translation)

We may feel misunderstood. We may feel confused or uncertain. It may seem we don’t know where we are going or that we don’t like where we’ve been. It may feel difficult to find peace within or an honest sense of worth.

But God sees us. He truly sees us. We are known. We are loved. We are cherished and cared for, every moment of every day. He understands who we really are. He sees our hearts and knows how to feed them and lead us into the best way, the right and progressive life we deserve.

We may wander physically and mentally. We may feel our lives are a constantly changing course or that we are always changing our minds. Our dreams may feel like impossible aspirations. Our fears may seem too large to overcome.

But we don’t know what God knows. He sees our beauty, our glory, the infinite possibilities for our lives. He sees our innocence and our goodness, our strength and our intelligence. God is watching and loving, and this is our assurance, our comfort, our peace.

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Daily Inspiration, November 29th, 2022

Posted on November 29, 2022 by LauraMoliter

“And patience develops strength of character in us and helps us trust God more each time we use it until finally our hope and faith are strong and steady.” (Romans 5: 4, Living Bible)

Learning patience can take patience! But to consciously choose to discover and utilize this virtue is a blessing. We can pause in the midst of our anxiety and our need to rush forward and make it an occasion to practice trust.

And this opportunity to rely on God and His presence, in the present moment, strengthens and comforts us. It provides us with the peace that is needed to treasure each hour, learn from it, gain insights and inspiration. Hope brightens our day, and we can see things we might not have in our eagerness to push ahead.

We can recognize that patience is not so much waiting for something to happen. It is being still within a space that is already full of God, good, and being open to experiencing His qualities of goodness and Life and Love, then and there. Patience is not simply endurance. It is conscious awareness of what this moment has to offer, and this naturally makes us stronger, steadier, and more ready for the unfolding goodness to come.

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Daily Inspiration, November 24th, 2022

Posted on November 24, 2022 by LauraMoliter

“And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.” (Jeremiah 30:19)

We can join the thanksgiving choir and celebrate the blessings at hand and those to come.

With gratitude comes a more expansive experience. As we celebrate God’s goodness in our lives and look to Him with expectation, He multiplies us. Our eyes are open to divine Love’s provision, and we see more of it appearing.

And our thanksgiving gladness—our awareness of what we have and also what we have to give—brings joy to those around us and to our broader community. The expansiveness of our gratitude can overflow beyond our own homes and naturally feed others with gifts of kindness, hope, comfort.

We can enjoy our Thanksgiving Day holiday and sustain this gratefulness all year. We can embrace our larger family of mankind in our joy and feel that embrace as well, wherever we are. We can let our love and gratitude grow and spread itself out like an abundant feast for our world.

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Daily Inspiration, November 22nd, 2022

Posted on November 22, 2022 by LauraMoliter

“Live in harmony with each other. Don’t become snobbish but take a real interest in ordinary people. Don’t become set in your own opinions.” (Romans 12: 16, JB Phillips New Testament)

It can be easy to live in our own little world with its fixed judgments and opinions. We may certainly mean well, attributing our thoughts and actions to what feels wise to us and most comfortable. But we are missing out on the glory.

Staying confined in our own beliefs alone, we miss out on what necessarily broadens our lives, what reflects God’s intention of harmony with all creation. As we grow in spiritual understanding, we can recognize that this does not set us apart and above our fellow man. It doesn’t allow us to look down on people as unworthy or pitiable.

Instead, we can embrace others with our openness, our love, our expectation of good, our genuine respect. We can listen to one and all. The ordinary people—those who might cross our path without a second glance—are truly extraordinary. They are God’s ideas, full of His qualities, and certainly worthy of our interest, our time, and our conscious, genuine love.

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