Be still and know that I am God

Spiritual resource to share: fulfillment



Be still and know that I am God.Quiet the noisy rush of daily duties, arguments and demands, and remember God.

Be still and know that I am.In this stillness, contemplate the very nature of the I AM - "the all-knowing, all-seeing, all-acting, all-wise, all-loving, and eternal; Principle; Mind; Soul; Spirit; Life; Truth; Love; all substance; intelligence."

Be still and know.Soak up the confident knowing of God's gentle presence and peaceful power.

Be still.Affirm, again, that all is well and under God's government. Out of the quiet peaceful space of God's love comes the form of all of our human activities.

Be.
You are because God is the I AM. You are because I AM.











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photo by Gabe Korinek
© text by Kim Korinek, CS

God's Plan - a poem

Spiritual resource to share: other spiritually oriented websites!

I've been hopping onto TMCYouth.com a lot recently. The site is mainly for discussion on all things Christian Science - from healing oneself to questions about church and sharing Christian Science to questions about the Bible.

On this site, I found this little nugget of a poem called God's plan submitted by Newunffolddment.

For those of you new to Christian Science, God is defined in part by seven synonyms: Principle, Mind, Soul, Spirit, Life, Truth and Love. Enjoy!

A God orchestrated plan is one in which
Principle upholds,
what Mind constantly unfolds.

And Spirit enfolds,
what Love, already beholds.

Soul blends its rhythmic crescendo,
With Truth's harmony,
While creating and maintaining Life's balance-
From overture, to its complete fruition,
In restful rejoicing and gentle satisfaction.

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children's poem

Spiritual resource to share: old favorites

When I was growing up, I saved my money until I could buy my own Bible and a copy of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. In them, I wrote a number of ideas, poems, pieces of advice and highlighted passages in these books. I even had a list of names for my future children (none of which I actually used)! Recently, I recovered my Bible and came across this little poem written in it.

I'd love it if anyone can tell me its origin! I still love this little poem..............

I am the place where God shines through;
He and I are one, not two.

I need not fear, nor fret, nor plan,
He wants me how and as I am.

If I can but relax and be free,
He will carry out His plan through me.

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changes, transitions, detours and diversions

Spiritual resource to share: songs

I have been thinking and working with this hymn all week and wanted to share it with you. I have known this song for years -- even decades!


And I have sung it through all sorts of changes and transitions in my life: going off to college, getting lost in a foreign country, having a baby, having another baby, starting out on my own in a new city, healing disappointment and discouragement....

All in all, it's a wonderful healing poem and song. Enjoy!

In heavenly Love abiding, no change my heart shall fear;
And safe is such confiding, for nothing changes here.

The storm may roar without me, my heart may low be laid;
But God is round about me, and can I be dismayed?

Wherever He may guide me, no want shall turn me back;
My Shepherd is beside me, and nothing can I lack.

His wisdom ever waketh, His sight is never dim;
He knows the way He taketh, and I will walk with Him.

Green pastures are before me, which yet I have not seen;
Bright skies will soon be o'er me, where darkest clouds have been.

My hope I cannot measure, my path in life is free;
My Father has my treasure, and He will walk with me.

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I am here

Spiritual resource to share: presence



I remember the countless times that one of my boys took either a tumble, got scared, or felt lost and was so easily comforted by my presence and those words "I am here." Potent stuff. This reminded me of how God must care for each of us and helped me get through a rough patch a few days ago.

I had a couple of days where I kept having this he-said-she-said kind of argument going on in my head. I just struggled against this ruminating, rehearsing and repeating thought. I realized it was part of a more disturbing sinking feeling of seeing everything that I felt most sacred turning inward, trivial and forgettable.

I prayed and wrestled some more. And then, what happened next was quite lovely. Some hymns came in to save me. Whenever one of these thoughts would come up, immediately a hymn would sweep in and yank out the unwelcomed thought. Another thought and another hymn would sweep it out. Soon, most of my day was spent singing and sweeping as I did what needed to be done for that day.

The following day I had the same thing happen. But more, I could feel God's presence - God saying to me "I am here."

The next day, I spent more time in prayer. At first I was simply pleading to feel the assurance of God governing. This slowly turned me toward a subtle suggestion that I could love. This felt fresh. I could love. And the baggage of past accomplishments which moulded my future expectations could be surrendered to a larger plan.

Understanding God as Principle, Love and Truth, I could yield and trust Principle to establish the right reasoning I wanted to see in this situation. I could trust Truth to reveal whatever needed revealing, and I could trust Love to "remove properly whatever is offensive." God, our Father - Mother God, does not leave any of his children comfortless. "Trust Truth" - was my other line of defense; "Let in the light" - was another line of defense.

In feeling the largeness of God's presence, the mental arguments stopped. Something fresh was brewing and I knew that my part in this was to love and to comfort.

"I am here." What comforting power and presence. It is made up of I AM, as God names himself in Genesis "I am that I am." All that God is - is here right now - in all His fullness and possibilities, in all Her tenderness and nearness.

I'll leave you with an excerpt from an old favorite poem entitled Countdown to Sunrise by Rosemary Cobham:

I am His own, not wondering what I am;
Contented to be the expression of His I AM;
And in the marvelously clear light of this awareness,
I lightly rise to explore eternal day.

(Photo by Gabe Korinek)

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Downpour

Many years ago, I wrote and submitted a poem that was published in the Christian Science Sentinel (Vol. 98, No. 36). It was written after an inspiring talk with a friend who had overcome the shame of abuse from a someone she trusted and had found her way to be totally free of any effects of that abuse.

As I re-read this poem, I realized it had healing ideas for anyone who has suffered an almost overwhelming loss. I'm sending it out on the web in hopes that it will bring comfort to those dealing with loss and especially those dealing with the effects of the hurricanes in the Gulf area of the US.

Downpour

It’s all right to cry.
Let the tears take you down to a place you thought no one ever knew about, and

Behold

..........the Christ is here.

You are not alone.

Behold, the Christ is here,
the spirit of God,
giving a cup of cold water,
pouring you out a blessing,
filling up the vacant hope,
spilling over with
an endless, purifying love and assurance:

“I have overcome the world.”*

The Christ is here,
carrying you with the truth
that your life is flooded with
God’s infinite goodness.

Be comforted now with clearer, wider vision.

You are not alone.

*See John 16: 31-33
© Christian Science Sentinel Vol. 98, No. 36
Used with permission

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