Reply To: I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness

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Reply To: I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness

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March 4, 2022 at 10:06 pm #14359

spencel

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Thank you for your post. This line was part of the first things I was given to memorize by my Plainfield practitioner – “will uphold [us] with the right hand of [His] righteousness” and I decided to lookup some of the words to give me a deeper sense of what I was repeating. Below were some of the meanings found in commentaries.

Uphold: lift up, support

Right hand: Total authority, absolute power, an indispensable help, ever-present almighty power.

Obedience to “fear not” and surrender/trust in His Righteousness(Goodness) instead of personal will power, personal thinking, or self determination we are given strength, help, support from our ever-present loving Father-Mother God who we are nothing without. Mrs. Eddy said of children “It is easier to incline the early thought rightly, than the biased mind. Children not mistaught, naturally love God; for they are pure-minded, affectionate, and generally brave. Passions, appetites, pride, selfishness, have slight sway over the fresh, unbiased thought. from “I’ve Got Cold” by Mary Baker Eddy, Miscellaneous Writings, page 240.