A Course in Miracles Lesson #194
“I place the future in the Hands of God.”
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| "Adventures in Mongolia" photograph by Aaron Springston |
Being open to anything with no expectations is what "placing the future in the Hands of God" means to me. It has taken years to get to this point. I used to be a worrier, too. I remember the feeling. When I would be waiting for a loved one to come home and they would be late, the worry was so intense that I couldn't stand myself! I remember at one point I just started thinking that the worst had happened, that this truck-driving husband had died on the road and I'd never see him again. This seemed to be easier to accept than all the what-ifs involved in the waiting and wondering game. Whew, am I glad that's over! Today, if I made a list of things I could worry about, it would be far longer than it was back in the day when I would imagine insane scenarios. But it doesn't matter now, because I only want to know one thing: the nature of God and what my part is in that relationship. Everything else is incidental to this understanding. When something comes up which requires a decision, I go to God. Not in a pleading or asking-what-I-should-do type of way, but in a quiet, listening way, affirming my Oneness with God and my unity with everything and everyone. And through this prayerful acquiescence and acknowledgement, answers and solutions come to thought. Now I'll admit that sometimes I say, And what am I supposed to do with that? But waiting and trusting has become second nature, and I'm no longer fearful of the silence or of the answer. It is stated in this lesson that if we see this yielding to God for the deliverance it is, we won't be hesitant to give it our wholehearted effort in order to make it a part of us. Eventually it will become the thought that rules our mind, a habit in our problem solving, a quick reaction to temptation. In other words, this trust will permeate our every thought and action, allowing us to see the world as a friend rather than the opposite. What a beautiful Life!
Mary Baker Eddy quote:
“The ancient prophets gained their foresight from a spiritual, incorporeal standpoint, not by foreshadowing evil and mistaking fact for fiction,--predicting the future from a groundwork of corporeality and human belief. When sufficiently advanced in Science to be in harmony with the truth of being, men become seers and prophets involuntarily, controlled not by demons, spirits, or demigods, but by the one Spirit. It is the prerogative of the ever-present, divine Mind, and of thought which is in rapport with this Mind, to know the past, the present, and the future.”
Science & Health Page 84:3-13
