Poems

Timeless days

Eternal God, who’s always near,
­—expanding moments
and conquering years ...

Unreservedly so

Without a qualm,
   a doubt, or fear,
we belong to
   You, Father,
   not to the world.
No matter the
   picture, the news …

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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From Conquering hate, enthroning peace

Love's triumph over hate

How can we love when others hate? Prayerful turning to God, divine Love, with the earnest desire to express His qualities under all circumstances will give us strength and ability to do right.

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Pick me up

A little person raises 
   both arms up 
To the big person with him. 
It is a natural thing to do—
A gesture …

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You are in place

You are in place 
You are never out of place, 
never separate from Love,
   always stepping …

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Looking through
   my own
   corners of thought
   I find
one or two
   grand, solid,
   and lasting ideas …

Love’s embrace

Whenever clouds 
    and mist appear
And tumult brings
     a saddened tear,
Resist dismay to see aright …

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Anthology of classic articles

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Changing your world

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series—and discover how your prayers can make a difference in the world.

From Freedom from addiction

LOST AND FOUND

I saw that in order to find my life, I had to first lose it—that is, lose all sense of life as material.

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From Faculties indestructible

MAN'S DIVINE HERITAGE

Man's divine heritage as the son of God is not a promise, but is the present fact; it is one's true state of being.

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Must yield

This emptiness 
whispering I’m all alone 
must yield 
to Your 
infinite presence …

Mountaintop view

Elijah encounters God—
   not in force 
but in the compelling fact
   of His presence …

Today’s raindrops

Isn’t it funny how 
today’s raindrops 
pitter-pattering 
against my window 
wash away all remembrance 
of yesterday’s 
sunshine? …

Amen

My attitude is gratitude
for grace in this place
of ...

Unlimited good

If I pray,
   “Dear God, I must
   see evil fall!” 
do I really see
   that God is All? …

Unless you bless me

In nameless place 
a mortal slept and 
dreamt in dust of 
angel thoughts and 
ladders dropping to 
his pillowed stone …