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May 12, 2016 at 9:36 am #1284

Gary

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This distinguishing between the mortal and the immortal thought requires a strong mental discipline, and that discipline is explained in the verse from II Corinthians: “For we walk by faith, not by sight:”

It is our physical senses (sight, hearing, touch, etc.) that testify to the presence and power of evil and the reality of sin and sickness. Those physical senses are incapable, however, of testifying to the truth. It is only our spiritual sense (faith) that can testify to the truth that all is Good (God) and appreciate the power of that truth. Hence the importance of cultivating trust in our spiritual sense. We all have it. We either listen to it, respect it, and go up higher, or we drown it out with the nonsense of human conjecture and medication.

The readings last night brought out so well that it is the “still, small voice” within us that guides us correctly. Whether we hear it verbally or mentally, it is the voice of our Father guiding us. The more we obey that voice, the easier it becomes to discern the wrong from the right.