Thoughts for the week:

June 27  All God's Universe

What is nature? What we call nature is a small part of od's universe that we are able to see at teh present time, and much of which we see awry. All the wonderful things that are going on in the woods, all the marvelous happenings that take place in the depths of the ocean, the whole sublime story of the heavens, are all parts of God's se;f-expression. Above all, our own bodies them selves are part of nature, perhaps the most wondeful aprt of all; and probably the part about which we ourselves know least.

Around the Year with Emmet Fox  (Excerpt)

 June 28

You cannot see the future. It's a blessing that you cannot. You could not bear to know all the future. That is why God only reveals it to you day by day. The first step each day is to lay your will before God as an offering, ready for God to do what is best for you. Be sure that, if you trust God, what He does for you will be for the best. The second step is to be confident that God is powerful enough to do anything He wills, and that no miracle in human lives is impossible with him. Then leave the future to God.

24 Hours a Day

June 30

I must forget the past as much as possible. The past is over and gone forever. Nothing can be done about the past, except to make what restitution I can. I must not carry the burden of my past failures. I must go on in faith. The clouds will clear and the way will lighten. The path will become less stony with every forward step I take. God has no reproach for anything that He has healed. I can be made whole and free, even though I have wrecked my life in the past. Remember the saying: "Neither do I condemn thee; go and sin no more"

24 Hours a Day

July 1  Karma

Just as like attracts like, so like produces like. This is a cosmic law, which means that it is universally true throughout the whole of existence right up through the higher planes.

So it is with our thoughts and deeds. As we sow so shall we reap, sometimes almost immediately, sometimes after a long interval. But always, sooner or later LIKE PRODUCES LIKE.

Note carefully, however, that karma is not punishment. If you touch a red hot stove, you will burn your finger. This will hurt you, but it is not punishment, only a benign and reformative consequence, for after one or two such experiences in childhood, you learn to keep your fingers away from hot iron. So it is with all natural retribution - you suffer because you have a lesson to learn.

Around the Year with Emmet Fox (Excerpt)