Questions & Answers
There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger (Luke 17:18) But one returned in gratitude. One stranger leaving nine.
I asked myself: "Have you ever been jealous of Jesus? "Have you ever felt a sharp thrust of envy as you consider the uniqueness of his career, his purity, his power?" Decidedly not. Rather have I felt inspired, gratified, satisfied, by the Christly dominion of his experience.
On the plain of Shinar I built a tower to myself; it brought nothing but confusion. With Jonah I was disobedient, and fled.
That was a sad trip you took into a far country where the very glamour that you sought finally left you empty. Not lavish feasts nor husks shared with swine could ever satisfy your real desires.
Mountaintop to mountaintop, crest to crest, is where we stand. Error is unknown to Mind— unknown to man.
Like one of those Twelve, I, too, stand at the edge of a multitude. In my hands are barely half a loaf of bread and a fragment of fish given me to share with those out there, waiting, patient and expectant, to be fed.
Not mere habitual repetition nor tired formula— but the Christly effort reaching joyfully out to almighty Love with humble obedience. We then leap a colossal step heavenward lifted up—soaring free! Now we know beyond flimsy doubt we've scaled the mount to the absolute knowing— one Mind is All, now, and we're the spontaneous reflection.
Longing for joy, activity, companionship, Yet hesitant to participate, I sit at the edge of life—and wait. Assured of safety by obedience to rules, A sky diver steps eagerly into space Expecting uninhibited free fall— Then, why should I, seeking a more spiritual freedom, And trusting a higher law to uphold, Give time to thoughts of failure? The dream of death cannot separate Man from Life— And I can prove it— now! The forlorn baggage of fear and doubt Must be put down to free my hand For grasping His.
Be still.
The answer of holiness To individual consciousness Seeking redress Is always yes. Emma Webb Steed.