Reply To: Being non-resistant to God

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Reply To: Being non-resistant to God

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June 13, 2019 at 4:24 pm #8843

MaryBeth

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I found this excerpt from the biography of Ira and Flavia Knapp by their son Bliss Knapp very helpful:
“Another interesting letter which Mr. Knapp wrote to Mrs. Eddy, describing an experience which came to him when he first accepted Christian Science, she had published in the Journal of April 1888, During this experience, as he thought on the mission of Christian Science, he exclaimed, ‘It brings a message of love,’ and then, to quote the exact words of his letter:
‘To my surprise a voice – nothing like a human voice answered and said: ‘Where shall I abide? Your house is occupied. Turn out your old tenants, and put on one measure of humility, and another measure, and yet another measure; and then I will abide with you, and Charity will abide with you.’”
This certainly describes the state of non-resistance to God – a triple portion of humility! Only as we humbly cast away our former, resistant human beliefs can we make room for the Christ-Truth which knocks quietly at the door of consciousness. Humbling ourselves before the Lord is what illumines our path and brings healing into our lives.