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I shall be satisfied when I awake with thy likeness

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Announcements Forums Sacrament – July 8th, 2018 I shall be satisfied when I awake with thy likeness

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    bruce
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    In Psalm 17, David is reported to have stated “I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.” Everybody is looking for satisfaction somewhere. This statement implies that God’s likeness, perfection, is not something that will come at some undisclosed future time, but is a present reality, and that it is something to be awake to. When I am awake enough to acknowledge the presence of God with all that is around me, even though it may appear quite otherwise, then a genuine sense of satisfaction is close at hand. For those who look beyond what even the best the world can offer, and the temptation to be content with it, and ready to be awake and watching, there is a permanent satisfaction that only God can give.

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    Florence
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    This statement implies that God’s likeness, perfection, is not something that will come at some undisclosed future time, but is a present reality, and that it is something to be awake to.

    Thanks for this post. This is such a valuable reminder since it is easy to think that we declare the Truth etc. for something to be changed in the future. What has helped me is the premise which Mrs. Eddy reminds us to begin from, from Perfection! Also the spiritual fact that Perfect God, Perfect man is the basis of thought and demonstration, S&H. This leaves us then with the awakening to, the realization or the revealing of the present perfection to become clear for us as a result for the work we do. God made everything already, and perfectly, so. All the “purifying of thought” allows the transparency of thought for the correct view of things to appear.

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