Click for audio: Nothing is Real Except the Eternal
You have undoubtedly had the experience of feeling pressed upon by some appearance when you open a book and find a line that reminds you exactly of what you need. This happened to me at a challenging moment. I was walking by our bookshelf and Emilie Cady’s book, How I Used Truth, caught my attention. When I opened it, my eyes fell on these lines:
“Everything undesirable passes away if we refuse absolutely to give it recognition by word, deed, or thought as a reality. This we can the more easily do when we remember that nothing is real except the eternal.”
What a healing balm these words were in that moment of uncertainty! She reminded me that my faith had been in the mail order amex sildenafil temporal appearance rather than the changeless, eternal reality that lies behind all things. In an instant, my vision was healed. Today I can scarcely recall what was in that past moment, an all-consuming issue.
Nothing is real except the eternal. Speak these words quietly to yourself. Speak them as you gaze upon that all-consuming issue that currently looms before you. There is a larger realm, a freer expanse of possibility than you are seeing at this moment. Turn your faith to this broader realm and relax in the knowledge that the limiting appearance will pass.
How far has each soul traveled? I doubt that many of us can readily comprehend the extent of the journey we have been on, a journey that extends well beyond our conscious memory. Knowing specifics about this journey are not as important as reminding ourselves that we have been through many twists and turns.
The study of andragogy (adult learning processes) portrays that adults attain more than they actively recall or readily use. In new situations or confrontations I find it helpful to as myself “where have I confronted this before and what did I learn then?” This allows access to past learning and approaches archived in my own experience as a ready resource for daily problem solving and black market viagra inspiration. After all, when I pick up a devotional by another, the author is usually recalling their own, or someone else’s experience as a resource for learning. This would certainly apply to accessing a clearer view of the conscious and unconscious journeys I have taken. There is great encouragement in remembering past learning’s and processes.
There is, as you say, great encouragement in acknoledging