People sometimes accept the idea that a change of thought, plus turning to God in prayer, will transform their lives into harmony and freedom. The logic of this principle appeals to them, and they set to work upon it in earnest. Then, after a few days, they say, “Nothing has happened after all,” and they drop back into their old negative thinking.
That is extremely foolish. The results of many years of general negative thinking are seldom corrected in a few days. No one who goes upon a new physical diet or medical regimen expects to reap the advantages in so short a time. You must keep up the new way of thinking and refuse to be discouraged by seeming failures at first.
The right motive for adopting right thinking is that it is right, and that wrong thinking is wrong; and we should do right whether it seems to pay dividends or not. Of course, it does pay dividends – fabulous dividends – but it usually takes a little perseverance in the face of preliminary slowness.
And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. (Jeremiah 29:13).
When we apply the same discipline to our spiritual endeavors that we apply to other aspects of our lives we will soon find ourselves living in the Eden God gave us to inhabit. When we seek God with the fervor of love’s first blush, when we rebuke negative thought as we would consistently discipline a child and when we accept the reality of God as we do the existence of gravity, we will find that place where joy and gladness reigns. If we are to live in that Garden, we must create it in our spirit, consciousness and will. Then it will bloom in our lives.
Tending the blossoms,
Z gardener
Good Morning Garden 
Leave a comment