Through prayer we can protect our young people by seeing them, and helping them see themselves, as whole, spiritual children of God, rather than vulnerable, immature mortals subject to danger and harm.
Jesus knew that the only way to “be not troubled” is to gain a truer idea of life as spiritual and of each of us as children of God rather than mortal men and women.
It’s vital not to be influenced by fears or mistaken educated beliefs—that is, not to accept as true that which is not true. Instead, we need to let God’s spiritual ideas permeate our thoughts and lives.
As we understand to some degree this scientific, spiritual law, it can begin to silence the fears that there are excessive demands on limited resources, which may then affect us negatively.
Even a child accepting destructive tendencies will respond to good, when prayerfully reminded that they are good and receptive to good because that’s how they are created by God.
An honest heart recognizes this and is motivated by Christ in loving unconditionally and universally because it knows there is no other way truly to love.
When the approach to individual growth stems from a divine basis, our efforts are more centered on spiritual discovery and on living what we actually already are. And we stop feeling that we can’t be happy until we fix all sorts of things about ourselves.
We have the tools—including the knowledge that God truly is omnipotent—to disassemble the mental forces that propagate and sustain war, pandemics, and other collective woes.
Successful teamwork, whether a team of two or twenty, depends on a humble willingness to do what’s best for a shared good purpose—or as the Bible terms it, to do God’s will.
We can trust our Father, divine Life, more each day as the guiding, guarding, infinitely loving, divine presence always with us, those we love, and everyone.
