July 17, 2023
Don’t “gaslight” yourself
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Being spiritually awake precludes the possibility of drifting, or self-gaslighting.
Repentance and reform helped me to gain rich insights into my actual selfhood as the likeness of God, and to see—and let go of—what is not part of that selfhood.
I had refused to give fear a foothold in my thinking, and that helped purify the mental environment.
The Lord’s . . . compassions fail not. They are new every morning.
—Lamentations 3:22, 23
—Lamentations 3:22, 23
Being someone’s caregiver, advocate, and spiritually supportive friend can be life-changing. I learned to more and more turn this care over to God’s direction, the highest source of love and care.
The healing of the back pain set my thought free so that I was able to pray for the people in the earthquake zone, knowing that they are beloved children of God, just as I am.
I acknowledged that falling heavily on a sidewalk is not a cause, since God is the only cause, and He causes good alone.
The healing released me from the burden of dependence on something other than Spirit, God. The feeling of freedom was exhilarating.
Whoever lives in obedience to God, demonstrating uprightness and honesty, is qualified to enter God’s presence.
