Spiritual Solutions

Today, Monday, March 30, is the twenty-ninth day of Lent. Lent is the period of time during which we can prepare ourselves for the Easter experience.

Assignment 29

We must understand this world in which we live. We must know it has its right place in the scheme of life. We must not become “spiritually bound.” To be “spiritually bound” is to be off balance spiritually, to go overboard in that direction. We must remember we are physical, mental, and spiritual beings and we must keep our balance in all three. To be truly spiritual is to live in this threefold awareness.

There is not a world to overcome if you mean by overcoming, “to fight.” There is a rare old meaning to the word overcome, it means to “spread and flow over.” We must let the spirit of us; the love of us spread and flow over the mind and body of us until we are a perfectly integrated being. This is balance and this is the truth of the whole person. We must remember in trying times, we are being tried but only that we may grow strong and true. To overcome is to keep one’s peace. To keep one’s peace is to be patient.

Much of moving through worldly experiences depends on the growing influence of patience in our lives. Patience is akin to love. Patience is the art of waiting, the ability to stand still undisturbed because we are aware of “so much more” than the situation at hand or the act of waiting. Patience is a quiet trust that takes command of the situation. Patience is non-resistance and non-resistance is the greatest power on earth. To “resist not” is man’s highest expression of being. It is a constant alertness and reassurance, while we are waiting for the real to come through.

We think of patience as long suffering, and endurance, and we come to a state of mind where we give up and feel the uselessness of going on. The word “suffer” means to “allow” and when we allow anything we permit or approve it. The truest meaning of suffering is to “bear” and to bear is to bring forth.

Patience is the ability to let the good of God come forth through us. We are to allow it and to bring forth or complete it; because there is but one power and that power is always working for our highest good. Jesus said, “If patience possess you, you shall win your soul” (Luke 21:19) and “Bring forth fruit with patience.” (Luke 8:15)

(This series of Lenten messages was first developed by Unity minister Dr. Sue Sikking, founder of Unity-by-the-Sea, Santa Monica, California, author of God Always Says Yes and Seed of the New Age.)

God is Blessing You, Right Now!

Rev. Alan A. Rowbotham

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