Our Father-Mother God, all-harmonious, Adorable One. Thy kingdom is come; Thou art ever-present. Enable us to know, — as in heaven, so on earth, — God is omnipotent, supreme. Give us grace for to-day; feed the famished affections; And Love is reflected in love; And God leadeth us not into temptation, but delivereth us from sin, disease, and death. For God is infinite, all-power, all Life, Truth, Love, over all, and All.
— From Christian Science, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, pp. 16-17
“Reaching For The Light”
Knowing God … p 109
Believing them to be separate and distinct, we speak of “God’s will,” as in the oft-quoted Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:5-13)“Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven,” and of “human will,” the latter being a product of the mind — deliberate thought and action.
God’s will is that divinely primordial force governing the laws of the universe, of nature and of mankind. The exercise of human will, absent of divine influence, is little more than wishful thinking. When, however, our will is not a manifestation of personal preference, but instead, the divine emanation of human spirit, human will becomes one with God’s will. Such is made possible when thought transcends worldly concerns by going beyond belief and beyond faith to that of Knowing God lives in us and we in Him. It is this purity of thought, of humble selflessness and love of others — in essence, harmony of Being — that transforms us, whereby our will “in earth” becomes one with God’s will “in heaven.”
— Garry D. Kilbourn
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