Article September 10, 1966 Issue

Lift Up Thine Eyes

LADYE ONA KIPPS

"I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help," the Psalmist sang.^{Ps. 121:1:} And in Revelation we read, "And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven."^{Rev. 8: 13:}

Truly to lift up one's eyes to God is to pray, to seek an enlarged understanding of divine Principle and a clearer discernment of the perfection of man as a child of God to give thanks to Him. When we lift our eyes and listen to the still small voice of Truth, keeping our consciousness filled with Love, God's angels are always with us, guiding, directing, comforting, and healing. In Christian Science we learn that angels are the divine inspirations we receive when we open our hearts to the Christ, Truth, and live and move in close communion with God.

How often we are tempted by personal sense to look down instead of up, look into materiality instead of spirituality! How often we are tempted to believe that certain material pleasures can bring us more joy or happiness than the things of God. It is then that we must lift up our eyes "unto the hills, from whence cometh [our] help."

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