Fresh year, fresh ideas At the turn of the year (and any time of year), how can we nurture to God as the source of unlimited divine goodness, joy, health, inspiration that invigorates, compassion and unselfishness to intelligence, peace. How's that for a our interactions, and fresh wisdom a spirit of freshness and renewal in guides, and heals. This kind of our lives? Receptivity to healing, rejuvenating divine inspiration is a powerful place to start. fresh idea? and innovation to our activities. receptivity requires a willingness Yet it's a timeless truth. The fact As Science and Health explains, to see ourselves and the world "Gladness to leave the false of our true nature as God's wholly around us from a radically different spiritual sons and daughters is perspective than what we may be used to - from God's perspective. Science, which Mrs. Eddy Mary Baker Eddy, the Monitor's landmarks and joy to see them disappear, this disposition helps to precipitate the ultimate harmony" (p. 324). It happened every January when a foundational point in Christian I was a kid: I'd inevitably date a school assignment with the year discovered in the 19th century that had just ended. It would take founder, writes of this shift to a and is based on Christ Jesus' At any time of year, we can make more spiritual way of seeing things: healing ministry. "Willingness to become as a little some conscious effort to start an active effort to identify and reject limited, material-based ways of thinking, and consciously seek understand our God-given identity out a fresh understanding of God and our nature as His children. And writing the correct digits; it didn't just happen automatically. And it never gets old! As long as we're honestly yearning to child and to leave the old for the It was a small thing, but for me it has served as a metaphor for a larger lesson: It's on us to bring a spirit of freshness into our experience. The flipping of a calendar page can't do that by itself! how God, divine Spirit, knows us: new, renders thought receptive of the advanced idea" ("Science and more deeply, to live it more fully, Health with Key to the Scriptures," and to let the goodness of that pp. 323-324). then we'll experience something of nature hold increasing sway on everything we think and say and do, the spiritual facts of existence In holy contemplation what's described in these lines from This "advanced idea" includes the "Christian Science Hymnal": become more real to us. as His own reflection, the very We sweetly then pursue The theme of God's salvation, When it comes to overcoming stagnation in any area of life - such image of the Divine. In other words, Our thought is transformed. And then each day becomes a new opportunity to discern as health, relationships, finances, God didn't create us as mortals, And find it eer new. (William Cowper, No. 313 openness to new ideas is key. I've misery. We are the dynamic, pure, healing, guiding divine inspiration. By Liz Butterfield Wallingford originally printed in the Christian Science Monitor 3 January 2022. work, or sense of purpose - an susceptible to illness or inertia or found that the most meaningful spiritual offspring of God, good. To feel God's love and care more progress comes from a receptivity We're purpose-built to radiate tangibly. To bring a more genuine CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY OF MERIMBULA Sunday services Church and Sunday School for Children and Teens 9.30am at Tura Beach Library and on Zoom. Call 0409 465 531 Fresh year, fresh ideas At the turn of the year (and any time of year), how can we nurture to God as the source of unlimited divine goodness, joy, health, inspiration that invigorates, compassion and unselfishness to intelligence, peace. How's that for a our interactions, and fresh wisdom a spirit of freshness and renewal in guides, and heals. This kind of our lives? Receptivity to healing, rejuvenating divine inspiration is a powerful place to start. fresh idea? and innovation to our activities. receptivity requires a willingness Yet it's a timeless truth. The fact As Science and Health explains, to see ourselves and the world "Gladness to leave the false of our true nature as God's wholly around us from a radically different spiritual sons and daughters is perspective than what we may be used to - from God's perspective. Science, which Mrs. Eddy Mary Baker Eddy, the Monitor's landmarks and joy to see them disappear, this disposition helps to precipitate the ultimate harmony" (p. 324). It happened every January when a foundational point in Christian I was a kid: I'd inevitably date a school assignment with the year discovered in the 19th century that had just ended. It would take founder, writes of this shift to a and is based on Christ Jesus' At any time of year, we can make more spiritual way of seeing things: healing ministry. "Willingness to become as a little some conscious effort to start an active effort to identify and reject limited, material-based ways of thinking, and consciously seek understand our God-given identity out a fresh understanding of God and our nature as His children. And writing the correct digits; it didn't just happen automatically. And it never gets old! As long as we're honestly yearning to child and to leave the old for the It was a small thing, but for me it has served as a metaphor for a larger lesson: It's on us to bring a spirit of freshness into our experience. The flipping of a calendar page can't do that by itself! how God, divine Spirit, knows us: new, renders thought receptive of the advanced idea" ("Science and more deeply, to live it more fully, Health with Key to the Scriptures," and to let the goodness of that pp. 323-324). then we'll experience something of nature hold increasing sway on everything we think and say and do, the spiritual facts of existence In holy contemplation what's described in these lines from This "advanced idea" includes the "Christian Science Hymnal": become more real to us. as His own reflection, the very We sweetly then pursue The theme of God's salvation, When it comes to overcoming stagnation in any area of life - such image of the Divine. In other words, Our thought is transformed. And then each day becomes a new opportunity to discern as health, relationships, finances, God didn't create us as mortals, And find it eer new. (William Cowper, No. 313 openness to new ideas is key. I've misery. We are the dynamic, pure, healing, guiding divine inspiration. By Liz Butterfield Wallingford originally printed in the Christian Science Monitor 3 January 2022. work, or sense of purpose - an susceptible to illness or inertia or found that the most meaningful spiritual offspring of God, good. To feel God's love and care more progress comes from a receptivity We're purpose-built to radiate tangibly. To bring a more genuine CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY OF MERIMBULA Sunday services Church and Sunday School for Children and Teens 9.30am at Tura Beach Library and on Zoom. Call 0409 465 531