All IS Well

December 14, 2014

   Last week I began my talk by saying I had a confession to make… that I watched the Hallmark Channel and I liked it. Today I have another confession to make, this one far less facetious.

   Starting about three weeks ago I worked myself into a cranky, unhappy state of mind and I’ve kept the momentum going.

   Don’t you just hate it when you feel bad inside? And by bad I mean cranky, upset, unhappy, sad, depressed, jealous, angry, guilty, ashamed… just generally out of sorts.

Psalm 119:165 contends, "Great peace have those who love Thy law."

This past week I forgot the law that as you sew, so shall you reap. I forgot where my peace comes from.

   I began to tell myself that all was not well, that I did not like what I thought was about to come my way. In other words I thought I knew how something was going to be before it actually occurred, and I chose to be upset.

What it came down to was I was putting my expectations about how something outside me should go ahead of my personal awareness and “living-from-ness” of the peace of God. I built myself into a consciousness that something just wasn’t going to “go my way” and before it even had a chance to go one way or the other, I was already out of peace and cranky internally.

   That being said, I’m already in a less than optimal set of thinking when another expectation gets blown. This time I got upset over my expectation of how someone else should be treating me, over my personal connection with God. In other words, I needed them to see my needs as the number 1 priority in their life. That became more important than my need to keep my awareness on God – which naturally will bring me peace in any situation or circumstance.

   Again, in other words, I shifted the source of my peace from something inside me to something outside me, made my behavior dependent on someone else’s behavior.

Nowhere, and at no time is peace found in someone or something outside of us… something outside of God. Enjoyment can be found in outside things, but not lasting peace.

   Earlier this week Jane and I watched most of a DVD of Esther Hicks and Wayne Dyer having a conversation, and in that dialogue Esther Hicks commented to Wayne Dyer about the momentum of thinking. She said, in effect that it would be wise to put a stop to our negative thinking sooner rather than later. To illustrate the point she said imagine yourself on a road at the peak of a hill in your car. Imagine if you got out of your car and the transmission was out of gear. Now you know that it doesn’t take much in the way of a bump to set your car slightly in motion down-hill. You know that at that point you could physically stop your car from gaining momentum and heading down the hill.

   Then, she said, “Now imagine yourself at the bottom of this steep hill. Your car is rolling down the hill at full momentum and you have to stop the car.”

   ***Which is easier to do, stop the momentum the minute it starts rolling away or at the bottom of the hill?

   ***Clearly the answer is the minute the momentum begins downhill. Esther Hicks suggests the same is true of our thinking. She suggests that it takes just 17 seconds of holding a thought in mind, to set it into motion. She also suggests that another 17 seconds and another and another, 68 seconds in total, of holding a thought in mind really gets it rolling. And in this little discourse she reminds us to spend our thinking on what we want rather than the absence of what we do not want… that way the momentum of our thinking is on what we choose to appear for ourselves, that way we can find true alignment with who we are.

   So let’s spend a few minutes re-directing, if necessary, the momentum of our thinking letting these words sink deep into your mind.

   You can close your eyes if you like. Just let you mind be open to the flow of God’s love:

   You are peaceful today within yourself, so you naturally invoke peaceful feelings all around you wherever you go. Your words are peace-filled and your actions form a harmonious atmosphere around you.

   You help create your own peace and serenity by being aware of the activity of God in your life. Secure in this awareness of God, you let the peace that heals and blesses express through you.

   Your inner peace is unaffected by distractions around you. You speak words of love and peace, knowing that those words have power to affect even the most adverse circumstances. Peaceful and calm, you are God-directed to take right action.

God's presence surrounds you and infills you now. Your thoughts are positive and uplifting, and your words and actions create an environment of understanding and harmony.

   You have faith in God and in God's power to pour abundant good into your life. You do not think thoughts of lack; instead you fill your mind with images that promote peace of mind. You faithfully expect the best in all experiences.

You not only ask God for peace of mind; you promote it within myself. You are peaceful because you have faith in God to guide and protect you.

   Daily, you place myself in God's care and keeping and know that God is leading you on paths that are right, and filled with ever increasing good.

In your prayers of faith you pray, believing, and you give thanks that your prayers are heard and answered in ways that are the best for all concerned.

   You have absolute, unshakable faith in God. Confident in that relationship with God, you are at peace.

   As you give up the need to struggle, as you let go and let God help you, your mind, your soul, and your body become peaceful.

   You know that you have the mind of Christ which is your eternal connection with the peaceful wisdom of God for I believe as 1 Corinthians 2:16 states, "We have the mind of Christ."

   Your peace will improve and your confidence will grow as you rely on the all-knowing mind of Christ within you. One with Christ, you are one with
God's peace, and nothing is impossible to you.

Dear God, I pray for great peace.
I invoke peaceful feelings within myself.
I create harmony within me, and harmony surrounding me.
I am secure in God.
God's peace heals me.
Love and peace are the order of every day.
I am calm.
My unshakable faith in my eternal connection with God, creates a peaceful umbrella of tranquility covering my every move.
In Jesus Christ's name… Amen