Being Free Now

“The Lord bless thee, and keep thee: The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:” (Numbers 6: 24-25)

This benediction is God’s promise, bestowed upon us daily. His Love is continuously blessing us. His Principle is unfailingly keeping us safe, perfect, secure in His care. We are always on the receiving end of God’s faithful awareness and conscientious goodness. Receive the full wash of this blessing upon you today, without excuse, hesitation, or reservation.

Our Father-Mother’s face is shining upon us. His great smile at our very being continues to be upon us and reflected back by us, in our own true satisfaction, perfection, and radiance. We are always looking into His face, into the divine nature which is Truth and Life and Love, and we can never be without the rich blessing of that prime position. God’s face is always shining, never shadowed with anger, disapproval, or neglect.

Divine Spirit is gracious unto us. He is constantly giving of His own abundant Love, richly. Spirit knows no limits, and so is always generous with good, graciously and gracefully bestowing God’s own qualities upon each of us, individually and collectively, lovingly and wisely. His grace is timely and right, for He is all-knowing, all-powerful, unconditional, ever-present, always perfect Love.

God bless you all today and every day!

This is today’s e-inspire. These messages are based on passages from the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy. These books are our “pastor” in Christian Science. Come back every Tuesday and Thursday for fresh inspiration. Or get a free subscription to receive an inspirational message like this one every morning directly to your inbox by contacting me at lamolitercs@aol.com. A downloadable compilation of categorized messages is also available by request.

“He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.” (Psalms 147: 15)

God’s commands are not delayed. They do not have a lag or wait time. His Word of Truth doesn’t hesitate and ruminate. It does not decide whether or not to be Truth in this place and at this time. His commandment runs swiftly upon the earth—is immediately present and powerful in every place and in all circumstances.

And it is God Himself that “sendeth forth” His commandment. Individuals do not take a truth and make it work on things or fail to do so. God sends forth, fully enforces His own law, His own right idea and ideal for His creation. He demands that earthly belief yield to heavenly Truth. His word of Love reaches the woes of sense quickly and purposefully. The expanse of His goodness does not wait for man to understand or act. God’s action precedes, supersedes, and proceeds unimpeded and unimpaired.

Let us recognize the fact that time is not a factor in grace. Human action is not the impulse for healing or well-being. It is in God that we trust, and with reason. He gets the job done because His work has never been undone. He is already where you want Him to be commanding every false sense of things to kneel before and yield to His infinite law of Life and Love.

This is today’s e-inspire. These messages are based on passages from the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy. These books are our “pastor” in Christian Science. Come back every Tuesday and Thursday for fresh inspiration. Or get a free subscription to receive an inspirational message like this one every morning directly to your inbox by contacting me at lamolitercs@aol.com. A downloadable compilation of categorized messages is also available by request.

“The apostle says: ‘For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.’ This thought of human, material nothingness, which Science inculcates, enrages the carnal mind and is the main cause of the carnal mind’s antagonism.” (Science and Health, page 345)

The more we come to release ourselves to God as All and in all, the more we may find ourselves feeling resistance, struggling to fully claim that very thing we are coming to know. The carnal mind, that mind that believes in matter body more than in spiritual identity, is very attached to its own power. It may not be willing to give up without a fight.

But the Truth does win out. It has already won by being true. Material nothingness is not a loss. It is a discovery. It is a revelation. It is our true identity coming to light. The human eyes (senses) may be unaccustomed to such brilliance and resist this new ideal and wish to cling to its old familiar darkness.

Be faithful to your own growth in understanding. Trust it to be right. Enjoy the release of self to the reality of being in Soul, at one with God and all that He is. This is expansive being and far superior and more right for us than limited matter and its claim to fame and power. Stay confident that you are winning, on the right track, in the midst of your flight out of the cocoon of sense into the glorious freedom of Soul–your individual being set free and the carnal mind left in the dust.

This is today’s e-inspire. These messages are based on passages from the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy. These books are our “pastor” in Christian Science. Come back every Tuesday and Thursday for fresh inspiration. Or get a free subscription to receive an inspirational message like this one every morning directly to your inbox by contacting me at lamolitercs@aol.com. A downloadable compilation of categorized messages is also available by request.

“[LOVE] leadeth me beside the still waters. [LOVE] restoreth my soul [spiritual sense]:” (Science and Health, page 578)

Our spiritual sense is always proclaiming the reality for us. The Shepherd of divine Love leads us out of the darkness and turmoil that the physical senses would report, to the still waters that are present for our spiritual senses to know and feel.

The metaphor here is powerful for healing, as is the whole 23rd Psalm from which this is excerpted and further illuminated. The psalmist knew that his own soul, his true consciousness of life, was restored by the Lord, by his Shepherd-Father-Mother. He knew that this loving Guide and Protector would never lead him into chaos and fear, but always to serenity, peace, dominion, stability, and grateful joy.

Let’s claim our presence at the still waters, no matter what our body or world may appear to show us. Let’s let our spiritual senses lead us into a true sense of what is real, to that healing presence of God, stilling every wave of material emotion and physical reaction and leaving us to linger beside the still waters of our sweet Life. Divine Love’s presence is always with us. That stillness and assured reliance is never distant. Divine Love gave us the heart to know this and the mind to fully realize it. And so we can rest in calm confidence and feel the gentling, settling, restoring activity of grace.

This is today’s e-inspire. These messages are based on passages from the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy. These books are our “pastor” in Christian Science. Come back every Tuesday and Thursday for fresh inspiration. Or get a free subscription to receive an inspirational message like this one every morning directly to your inbox by contacting me at lamolitercs@aol.com. A downloadable compilation of categorized messages is also available by request.

“Step by step will those who trust Him find that ‘God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.’” (Science and Health, page 440)

Trust God, one step at a time. Allow yourself to lean more each day on His presence and power and Love. We are never walking toward perfection and peace. We are walking in it and with it. Each moment contains our safety and guidance and comfort. Wherever we go and however we get there, God’s goodness is with us and never leaves us alone.

Our refuge is not a location. Our strength is not a person or a human sense of bravery. Our refuge and strength is God and His powerful and tender qualities abide with us at all times because we can’t be separate from Him, from that divine Mind that keeps us always in His thoughts. No matter what trouble may appear, His help is at hand, and it is right, effective, loving.

If we don’t feel we can fully trust in God, in spiritual Truth over material sense testimony, we can take it step by step. We can progressively, day by day, one precious occasion at a time, gain a better understanding of His perfect presence and care. We can consciously pause to listen for His word, to feel His protection and guidance. Soon we will recognize that we no longer need to seek out God’s presence (the presence of good) as if it is lacking. We will instead find ourselves starting each day, taking each step, in grateful awareness that God was there with us before we awoke, will guide and protect through our day, and tuck us in lovingly at night.

This is today’s e-inspire. These messages are based on passages from the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy. These books are our “pastor” in Christian Science. Come back every Tuesday and Thursday for fresh inspiration. Or get a free subscription to receive an inspirational message like this one every morning directly to your inbox by contacting me at lamolitercs@aol.com. A downloadable compilation of categorized messages is also available by request.

“For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.” (Isaiah 51: 3)

God’s cornucopia overflows. His plentiful abundance is here for all to receive and partake. Those that seem in need of human comforts and provision shall be able to feel the glorious presence of His goodness and the direct precision of His Love. God’s kingdom is the whole earth that He made and which He loves. It belongs to Him and He feeds it full with His loving-kindness.

Divine Love is right where that table or that life may seem barren or wasted. He is always readily, heartily filling each of us with a full portion of His comfort, His tender companionship, His perfect peace. God’s Love knows no boundaries and no lack, no exceptions and no conditions. His boundless good is available for each of us to claim, utilize, and to share in a way which multiplies and heals.

Let us take this day of Thanksgiving at its name. Let us celebrate gratefully the fact that no wilderness, no desert can be left barren, for God, infinite good, demands to be seen and praised! His Love can’t be hidden or the food of His inspiration left uneaten. He calls us forth today not to sing for our supper, but because of it, because of the beauty and goodness that God has given to each of us, and which radiates forth in all His children, united as one family in perfect Love.

This is today’s e-inspire. These messages are based on passages from the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy. These books are our “pastor” in Christian Science. Come back every Tuesday and Thursday for fresh inspiration. Or get a free subscription to receive an inspirational message like this one every morning directly to your inbox by contacting me at lamolitercs@aol.com. A downloadable compilation of categorized messages is also available by request.

“When man gives up his belief in death, he will advance more rapidly towards God, Life, Love.” (Science and Health, page 429)

Let’s daily take death by its horns and show it who is boss. The belief of death is burdening our days, making us live within limits and agree that those limits are acceptable, inevitable. If we are to truly experience and explore the full reality and goodness of Life, we must give death a rest, so to speak.

I’m not saying this is easy. Mortal mind is fixed on mortality by nature. It is all about finiteness, a beginning and an inevitable end. A fear of death would color all that we are and all that we do. It would make us paranoid of others, afraid of our own bodies, and agreeing to life made of phases that diminish our being when in fact progress is the law. But we can deny that mortal mind our attention and turn to the immortal Mind which holds the Truth of Life for you and for all. This Mind reveals our present salvation.

Let’s daily, no matter what our human age is, release ourselves from the thought and fear of death. Its mesmerism is keeping us from seeing the fullness of our lives, the broadening possibilities, our available and eternal well-being no longer confined within a box of time. Life is everlasting. You are eternal and without an end. You dwell in God and the eternal Now of His Love. You are always safe in the reality of Life. You can’t leave the presence of God Who is Life, so there is nothing to fear, nothing that can separate you from God and from your rightful, abundant, carefree, wonderful Life!

This is today’s e-inspire. These messages are based on passages from the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy. These books are our “pastor” in Christian Science. Come back every Tuesday and Thursday for fresh inspiration. Or get a free subscription to receive an inspirational message like this one every morning directly to your inbox by contacting me at lamolitercs@aol.com. A downloadable compilation of categorized messages is also available by request.

“Man reflects infinite Truth, Life, and Love. The nature of man, thus understood, includes all that is implied by the terms ‘image’ and ‘likeness’ as used in Scripture.” (Science and Health, page 94)

There is nothing small or limited about man. Being the image of God does not mean expressing a certain number of characteristics, as many as can be expressed by a human personality dwelling in a human body. We are so much more.

The image and likeness of God, is the reflection of Spirit, not of matter or corporeality. This reflected being must express in a way that only Spirit can—infinitely. We are each individually and all collectively the reflection of God’s infinite Truth, Life, and Love. We are not limited in these qualities and they cannot be impaired or lost. Reflection is true to the original. The reflected idea does not have control over its own magnificence, but abides by the very limitless quality that is God.

Know yourself truly. See that the whole of Truth is available to you and inherent in you. This fullness leaves no room for error. Recognize that all the Life there is, is your own being, always in you and with you to be lived. Realize that infinite Love is the substance of your being. You are never wanting in love or incapable of loving others. You reflect love fully and perfectly.

This infinitely vital, good, and lovely character is yours always and now because you are forever the natural and necessary reflection of a boundlessly wonderful God.

This is today’s e-inspire. These messages are based on passages from the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy. These books are our “pastor” in Christian Science. Come back every Tuesday and Thursday for fresh inspiration. Or get a free subscription to receive an inspirational message like this one every morning directly to your inbox by contacting me at lamolitercs@aol.com. A downloadable compilation of categorized messages is also available by request.

“For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.” (Psalms 84: 10)

A moment with God is full of goodness and satisfaction. Approaching our lives and our work with devotion to God’s purpose, recognition of His control, and an eagerness to obey His ideal, we are always making a favorable choice. It is richly rewarding to feel God’s intention in what we are and what we do. It is satisfying to Him and to us.

The “house of God” is the consciousness of goodness, Truth, and Love. We enter in by our devotion to Him, and therein we have the affection and protection that He bestows on those who are willing to listen and follow. This is a willingness to please God rather than dwelling in “the tents of wickedness”—those temporary, unstable places that are devoted to fleeting material pleasures, accumulating material status and possessions, and the pride that leads to willfulness. Instead, an open, humble, and willing state of mind is able to hear and heed the clear and sweet guidance and feel secure, safe, and content.

A day with God is worth more than a lifetime. It is never wasted time but an eternity realized in a moment and which goes on to bless us as we move forward. Our work, our lives devoted to pleasing God–whatever that means in each new moment–is the best job in the world. It means that we are in harmony with Him, with His abundant qualities of Love, goodness, joy, freedom, productivity, and peace.

This is today’s e-inspire. These messages are based on passages from the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy. These books are our “pastor” in Christian Science. Come back every Tuesday and Thursday for fresh inspiration. Or get a free subscription to receive an inspirational message like this one every morning directly to your inbox by contacting me at lamolitercs@aol.com. A downloadable compilation of categorized messages is also available by request.

“A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.” (Ezekiel 36: 26)

God will renew and refresh us. Our lives are subject to His loving activity upon us and within us. Nothing about us is allowed to remain hard and unyielding, ignorant and weary, angry and hopeless. God will not tolerate ideas of His own which do not accurately express His tender nature and His demand for goodness.

We may feel at times that there are too many human disappointments, too many resentments and fears, for us to release our hearts to Love’s comfort and promises. But God doesn’t try to make an old and damaged heart or an old and damaged individual into a better one. He gives us a brand new heart, a new awareness and acceptance of His Life, His embracing goodness and Love. He reminds us of what Life really is and why it is worth cherishing, living, sharing.

Let’s be ready to give up that heart of stone, that stubborn need to cling to our pains and worries and habitual fears, and to let God give us a loving heart, one that not only can receive freely and gratefully of His goodness and Love, but which has the powerful ability by giving up self-concerns, to perceive the needs of others and so to give of that tender heart’s own natural and boundless ability to love, to bless, and to heal.

This is today’s e-inspire. These messages are based on passages from the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy. These books are our “pastor” in Christian Science. Come back every Tuesday and Thursday for fresh inspiration. Or get a free subscription to receive an inspirational message like this one every morning directly to your inbox by contacting me at lamolitercs@aol.com. A downloadable compilation of categorized messages is also available by request.