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October 28, 2016 at 11:40 am #2884

Susanne

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Thank you, Bruce. I have found that trusting God with my desires is infinitely more effective than trying to self-will my way through life. Because that’s a recipe for disaster!

“Thoughts unspoken are not unknown to the divine Mind. Desire is prayer; and no loss can occur from trusting God with our desires, that they may be moulded and exalted before they take form in words and in deeds.” S&H, page 1

It’s actually far more restful to contemplate and lean on God…than to try and figure out how I’m going to do whatever needs to be done. When I realize I’m not doing anything because all power lies with God and all I have to do is listen for His guidance, then things will progress… things get done… time is saved not doing things I shouldn’t be doing! And then I can see that things always worked out better than I could have imagined.