December 22, 1986
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Childhood's joy may be so appealing because we feel lost innocence. But our childlikeness is restored by a growing appreciation of our nature as the child of God.
"Hold my hand," said Daddyas he and daughter crossed a brookon wet and slippery stones.
Songs, hymns, rejoicing — they aren't frivolous extras. When our heart sings in celebration of the power of Spirit, we can be restored both mentally and physically.
A writer tells of how painful memories of teen sexual abuse were healed through spiritual rebirth and a fresh view of what purity really is.
It may be surprising to learn that real rest comes from spiritual activity — from expressing Christly love, from exercising integrity, from giving unselfishly — not from going to sleep.
Christmas proclaims God's all-embracing love for us. Our holiday celebration should include, not crowd out, the healing and regeneration this love brings.
In
our heart's depth we all want to be better, to find a deeper purpose, to feel that our lives really matter.
Try thinking of your only real role as being the child of God. It can go a long way toward restoring vitality and innocence.
Sometimes the sad events of human life quicken our all-important spiritual turning toward divine Life, Truth, and Love.
Love tends the garden of my mindto bring to fruit still fragile budsof faith, and charity that nodsgently to Spirit's gentle wind.
The
last time I visited an optician was in 1969.
During my sophomore year in high school, the bottom of one of my feet began to swell and became inflamed.
The importance of the "Daily Prayer" in the Manual of The Mother Church by Mrs.
At one point I would gladly have given all I had or hoped to have to be free from pain.
