By Stephanie E. Wilson-Coleman
Author of Be Sure You Dance: Life’s lessons to make every moment count,
Embracing Life’s Lessons and Is Anybody Listening?
www.champagneconnection.com ·
www.asipofinspiration.com
It is written, if you have faith as a
mustard seed, you will move mountains and nothing will be impossible for
you. It is also written, faith is the
substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. What is not written is, faith is a five-letter
word that is often spelled W-O-R-K.
A Course in Miracles states it is
impossible not to believe what you see and equally impossible to see what you
do not believe. Perceptions are built on
the basis of experience, and experience leads to belief. Changing your beliefs so that you can change
your experience requires consistent effort.
No such thing as
an idle thought
In order to manifest the many wonderful
promises of the universe, we must know what we want and accept it. Because we are intimately connected to the
universal life force, whether we acknowledge it or not, we are creating
experiences all the time. All creations
start as thoughts, so we must first change our thoughts, expand our minds,
enlarge our beliefs, not our behavior.
Daily, we permit our thoughts to flirt
with the most damnable circumstances. We
allow our minds to contemplate our personal diaries of “what ifs”. What if I lose my job, what if my husband is
cheating on me, what if I have a dreadful disease? Then, we are flabbergasted when the very
incident we mentally forecasted appears in our lives. It is difficult to constantly watch our
thoughts, but necessary if we are to experience the true splendor Spirit has
granted. Quickly, we must understand there
is no such thing as an idle thought. All
thought produces form at some level; therefore, negative thoughts are luxuries
we cannot afford.
Guard Your Spoken
Word
Since our thoughts trigger our words, the
next phase is to guard our spoken word. The
book of Genesis gives us naming power and because we are made in the image and
likeness of the Divine Creative Intelligence, our words will not return to us
unfulfilled. This very image and
likeness make us all-powerful. It is this power that commands our thoughts
and words to mold the universal substance into the very forms we speak of.
While we are comfortably pondering
scenarios that are sure to lead us to hell, we force them into existence with
our words by engaging in organ recitals with our friends – my bad knees, my
swollen feet and oh, my aching back. We
then fuel the fire by declaring there is not enough money to go around, the
economy is bad and nobody loves me. It
should not come as a surprise when are we downsized, our health fails and our
husband elopes with our best friend.
Because words are packed with power, utmost
caution must be exercised when we speak.
Being cognizant of our words will limit the number of negative
appearances we have to conquer. If this
seems too difficult, remember everything you say must take root in the
outer. If you honestly think back to a
negative appearance, you will remember forecasting it.
By now you are wondering what you could
possibly have to talk about. It is
written, whatever things are true, noble……and of good report, meditate on these
things. Because Spirit is equally
present everywhere it will not be long before true abundance is the norm and
not the exception in your life.
Stephanie, a Success Mindset Mentor,
has the uncanny ability to help others transform their emotional and mental
obstacles into stepping stones to living
their dreams. She has an insatiable appetite for helping others achieve
the impossible. She works with others to recognize, uncover and reconcile painful feelings, hidden secrets and
memories that are affecting their financial health and the health of their families.
She lives her inspiration as the founder of The Champagne Connection, Inc., the
author of 3 books and the Host of the television show "A Sip of
Inspiration”, http://www.asipofinspiration.com and http://www.champagneconnection.com. She is also a regular
contributor to The MetaMonthly Magazine, Champagne and Beyond Magazine, www.champagneandbeyond1.com, and
Ezine Articles.
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