Now What?

When we pray effectively we are literally speaking from the highest reaches of our consciousness, affirming and declaring what we believe to be the truth about ourself in terms of our awareness and understanding of the nature of God.  We do not have to convince God of anything, but we do have to convince ourself of the immutable action of God in our life.

Every affirmative prayer we make regarding the problem tends to equalize the balance, then the time will come when it will tip to the good side and we will have canceled out the negative things we have added to the balance through years of wrong thinking.

The point of accepting in prayer the answer we desire cannot be overstressed.  This is of key importance.  We establish the idea, and then maintain it by unqualified acceptance that is now our experience.  Ernest Holmes

Sometimes it is hard to remember to keep praying until we get the answer we want.  We keep forgetting that God wants for us what we want for ourselves.  Hard to keep in mind that we are of God, that our mind and God's mind is ONE mind.  When I think my highest thoughts, I am using the Mind of God for my benefit and for the benefit of others.

One of my favorite quotes of Ernest Holmes is, "By thinking, you set in motion a Power that creates.  It will be exactly as you think.  You throw out into Mind an idea, and Mind create it and sets it on the path of your life."

It doesn't get much simpler that that.  When I want to experience something new, the hard part about the situation is deciding what it is that I want to experience.  Sometimes having too many choices is as difficult as not having enough.  

To give you an example, my Beloved and I were discussing where we wanted to go this late summer or early fall on an extended trip through the United States in our motor home.  We have more than enough money to go anywhere but we have too many choices.  We also want to spend some time in England and Europe.  Where to go first?  How long?  And my next question is, "Can I take my bed with me?  

What is exciting to me is that all of my dental work will be done by that time and I will be fully healed to be able to travel in comfort.  Where to go and what to do first?  So many choices!  What a privilege it is for me to be able to say that because there was a time in my life when I never thought I would have as many choices as I do now.  All of it due to taking the time to think about what it is that I wanted in my life when I thought my life was over!  Little did I know that it was just beginning.  Thank you God.

When you think you are at the end of the road in your life, just stop.  Breath.  Relax.  Ask God for inspiration for your next step.  Your next step could be your new beginning of a whole new life for you.  Allow yourself to be delighted and surprised and maybe astonished as to what shows up for you.  Remember, by thinking, God sets it on the path of your life.  Think big, Think fun.  But THINK!