Article July 28, 1917 Issue

Love Is Supply

EMMA E. HOLEM

That divine Love is the real source of supply, is proved many times every day by honest and willing seekers after Truth. When we look at money, we are apt to think it has power and is our supply, when in reality it has no power and is not our supply. If we fail to realize this, then we make the belief in money our master; but when know that God and not any human being is the source from which all our needs are met, we see this false master disappearing.

In my own efforts to grasp the truth of being I found it was no easy task to prove God's allness. Many dark hours were spent in reaching out for His loving help, but I always remembered Jesus's words about the man who had put his hand to the plow, and pressed on. At one time I was away from home and without my trunk for nearly three weeks, during which time I realized in a degree the nothingness of material possessions. At different times I was without money for days. My true supply came as good friends (God's ideas) sent to us lectures and helpful letters. Then there was the reading-room, where I could go undisturbed and, with the pslamist, "lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help."

One day I was nearly eleven miles away from home and had only one cent; but I began to rejoice in God, and turning my face toward Jerusalem, as did Daniel, I started home. After walking the entire distance, I realized that I was nearer my Father's house than I ever had been before. In my efforts to find the kingdom within I also saw what the trouble had been with me,—that it was laziness, love of case, and lack of love for my neighbor. When I became mentally active and began to express love to those about me, I began to reap a harvest of love. I learned that God's supply comes to us in activity, right thinking, joy, peace, dominion, righteousness, love. When we really desire truth above all else, we shall give up everything for it, and it will surely come to us. The suffering we may have to meet in our journey only purifies us and makes us fit for the kingdom where nothing can enter "that defileth ... or maketh a lie." The understanding and demonstration of Love is ever God's loaf, and we can truly pray, "Give us this day our daily bread."

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