God’s
Plan
God has a plan for
me. It is hidden within me, just as the oak is hidden within me, just as the oak
is hidden within the acorn, or the rose within the bud. As I yield myself more
fully to god, His plan expresses itself more perfectly through me. I can tell
when I am in tune with it, for then my mind and heart are filled with a deep
inner peace. This peace fills me with a sense of security, with joy, and a
desire to take steps that are part of the Plan.
God has chosen
those people he wants me to know, to love and to serve. We are continually being
drawn to one another in ways that are not coincidental. I pray that I may become
a better instrument to love and to serve and that I may become more worthy to
receive love and the service of others.
I ask the Father
within me for only those things which he wants me to have. I know that these
benefits will come to me at the right time and in the right way. This inner
knowing frees my mind and heart from all fear, greed, jealousy, anger and
resentment. It gives me courage and faith to do those things which I feel are
mine to do. I no longer look with envy at what others are receiving, nor do I
compare myself with them. Therefore, I do not cut myself off from God, the giver
of all good things.
God’s gifts to me
can be many times greater than I am now receiving. I pray that I may increase my
capacity to give and to receive for I can give only as I receive, and receive
only as I give.
I believe that
when I cannot do those things I desire to do; it is because God has closed one
door only to leave ajar a better and larger door. If I do not see the door just
ahead, it is because I have not seen, heard, or obeyed God’s guidance. It is
then that God uses the trouble or seeming failure which may result to help me
face myself, and see the new opportunity before me.
The real purpose
of my life is to find God within my own mind and heart, and to help my
fellowmen. I thank my Father for each experience which helps me to surrender
myself to his will. For only as I lose myself in the consciousness of his Great
Presence and His Plan for my life be fulfilled.
Glen
Glark