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A guest post written by Diana Booth
How many times in our lives are we challenged with the possibility of forgetting God? All we have to do is tune into or pick up any number of media, which could make us forget God and his qualities of love, mercy, justice, and truth. Everywhere there seems to be controversy and human drama, (real or fabricated), which seem to take us from our peaceful day and cast us headlong into dilemma. From lip-synching the national anthem to some poor sports figure made the victim of a false but tragic romantic hoax we find drama, drama, and more drama!
How do we stay above these tumultuous tides of controversy? By establishing the peace “which surpasses all human understanding,” which Paul speaks of in the Bible. How Christ Jesus handled challenges is a wonderful example of how not to be carried along in the torrent of life. Over and over again he brought those who followed him out of the depths of darkness into an understanding of health, hope, and peace.
When we remember God, we rise above discord and into the harmony and peace of God’s creation. Maintaining that calm helps us become part of a solution instead of more of the problem, a lesson Christ Jesus brought home to Peter when a large faction of soldiers had come to arrest Jesus. In a misguided attempt to protect Jesus, Peter drew his sword and cut off the ear of one of the soldiers. Peter probably thought he’d created enough of a diversion for Jesus to make his getaway. But to his amazement, Jesus not only criticized him for the attack, but also healed the ear. What a wonderful illustration of forgiveness and love!
Responding with love and lifting myself out of the storm was something I forgot to remember recently. I found myself in a tide of human opinion and emotion regarding some litigation. I felt tossed by drama and unable to find peace until one day, while I had music on in the background (calm inspiration often comes in the form of background sounds), I realized that God was in control. I became aware of the music I was listening to – a beautiful voice singing “you promised that you’d forget me not, but you forgot to remember!” Immediately I was realized what I’d forgotten – that we are here to love one another, not to thrash around in the shallows of drama. Up to that point that was exactly what I’d been doing.
I felt lighthearted and felt love for everyone involved. My peace had returned.
We can walk calmly each day, never forgetting to remember our loving, forgiving Father-Mother God.
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Wonderful “reminder.” It made me think of a time when I was in a seemingly hopeless situation and 3 times, a John Denver song came on the car radio within one week. He sang, “Lady, are you crying? Do your tears belong to me? Did you think our time together was all gone?” What a wake-up call. I am so grateful to understand from the teachings of Christian Science that God’s Christ constantly keeps our thoughts, minds and hearts listening to God, the divine Mind of infinite intelligence and wisdom and love.
Thank you, Diana, for this lovely reminder! What a wonderful blog post to think about today
Thanks Diana, we all need to remember the good from our heavenly Father-Mother, God. It comes to us each day, but if we forget to remember the good that is already there we will be fooled by the drama that is presenting itself. Good blog…thanks.
Thanks Diana. Very uplifting, inspiring, and healing.
Tricia says: I found this to be very inspiring and helpful. I will be on guard not to let others drag me into their drama instead stay with God in harmony & peace. Diana, Thank you for such healing thoughts.
Diana, you made us stop and think and to be grateful. Thank you.
It was a wonderful freedom of thought, and a great healing in my activity! Thank you everyone for letting me share it! I hope it will be a blessing to someone indeed, like me!
Beautifully expressed. Thanks so much.
I loved the heartfelt simplicity expressed in this blog and the sincerity in how it was written.
Just tonight I was watching something on TV that was not uplifting; in fact it was dragging me down. I turned it off and was instantly happier. Then to read your article brought joy and inspiration.
Thank you for this wonderful reminder to remember.
This is a lovely article and a great reminder of where to keep our focus. It saddened me that the same care that went into writing it, didn’t go into proofreading it. In the very first sentence, the good thought intended is diminished by the typo “possibly” instead of the intended word “possibility”. “Lip-syncing” is spelled this way, not “lip-sinking”. A quick run of spell-check and grammar-check would’ve solved these typos and then the execution of the article would’ve matched the excellent thoughts expressed.
Dear Jill,
Thank you for your help with editing and I’m sorry that these typos weren’t caught before the blog was published! They have since been corrected.
Diana,
Thanks for your contribution. This was inspiring and very helpful. Regarding litigation, Jesus says to give him your cloak also. I like to think of that as giving the person more Christly love. Man is suited in God’s law, and not lawsuits Thanks so much…..Marsha
Beautifully written. Refocusing thoughts can sometimes for some of us (me) sound like a challenge. Particularly when you perceive a situation or event as difficult. Telling myself “You need to refocus” is a task. “Remembering God”. Okay. Remembering comes easy and I won’t have to put it on the to-do list. Just do it. — Thank you Diana. I did remember as I read your post. Refreshed!!