Rev. Nancy's answer:
"Thy will" means Spirit's selection for me; "my will" is my human
ego's choice. When I remember that I am not a
separate being from Spirit--that I am partners in Beingness with Spirit --I realize that "thy will" is
the best possible decision for my fulfillment. Then
there is no contest of wills; there is only the One
Will for the highest good, and I get to experience
it!
Since we are given free
will, we can choose differently than that
which Spirit has in Mind for us. Then we get to
experience that, which will not be as
satisfying as Spirit's will for us, as it is,
remember, for our highest good.
Rev. Joanne Biewald
points us to Ralph Waldo Emerson for a poetic
definition: "Place yourself in the middle of the
stream of Power and Wisdom which flows into you as
Life. Put yourself in the full center of that
flood. Then you are without effort impelled to
Truth, to Right, and a Perfect Contentment.... There is a Guidance for each of us, and by lowly
listening, we shall hear the right word."
An affirmation: Today I
listen to the Guidance of my heart, set my
intention, speak my word in prayer, and let the
Universe respond in magnificent ways.
Question: Are we a Christian church? Do we teach
Christianity?
We teach New Thought, a philosophy that examines
spiritual thought throughout the ages, synthesizing the
universal elements of all the major religions, interpreting
them in a “new” way or “different” way from the perspective
of our modern-day, mostly Western, mostly Christian culture
in the US. A simple definition is: New Thought is a
positive, practical spirituality that recognizes the
universal Truths found in all major faiths and traditions.
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