Samuel said to them, “Don’t be fearful. It’s true that you have done something very wrong. All the same, don’t turn your back on GOD. Worship and serve him heart and soul! Don’t chase after ghost-gods. There’s nothing to them. They can’t help you. They’re nothing but ghost-gods! GOD, simply because of who he is, is not going to walk off and leave his people. GOD took delight in making you into his very own people.
— I Samuel 12:20-22
The Message
“Providential Guideposts”
Healed and
Made Well … p. 52
With God’s Goodness comes the Light of the Soul; whence comes life itself. Sheltered by this divine triumvirate of purity, we are thus ushered at birth into the curiously uncertain ways of the world.
Fate alone determines our home environ and upbringing, whether that of love or otherwise. Human will and intuition, although present at birth, play but a minor role in our survival and well-being throughout infancy and early childhood. Similarly, our capacity for reason is of little help early on, as this trait is a concomitant of developing maturity. Thus, for better or worse, do we become prey in our formative years to all that befalls us.
Midst all the worldly dross that has come to veil our soul and threaten our spirituality, we ofttimes lose our way. In the doing, we tend to forget God’s role in life. Only when we reclaim our birthright, namely, God’s Goodness and His Love, will we as well reclaim our humanity.
Mindful contemplation, whereby thoughts of God’s divine Love take us to a higher spiritual plane, enables us to love ourself and others. Thus blessed, and in giving freely of ourself to others, we are healed and made well.
— Garry D. Kilbourn
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