A partner in a new business explores an important lesson he learned about progress. Listening and watching for God's will opens doors; willful pushing closes them.
It's easy to think that we should calculate our success by the position we hold at work. But maybe we should begin by considering what God, divine Love, knows of us.
We
rely on numbers to tell us all sorts of things: how much or how little provision will come from our income; how many pounds away we are from "beauty"; how successful our business will be.
The Psalmist prayed, "Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord ...." Couldn't we all use more of that kind of discipline in our thought and conversation?
Many years ago, shortly after I had been introduced to Christian Science, my husband, our two small children, and I were driving home from a day spent in the country.
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