Freedom

One of my mentors from the 80's wrote a powerful piece that helped change my life then and remains a wonderful inspiration today. After 36 years, her words have stood the test of time. Thank you Rev. Bette Deturk, Unity Church, you were a shining light for me... I'm trusting someone needs this message today. Since you're not here to do it yourself, I'll pass your words of wisdom on for you. 

A NEW understanding of Freedom...

"Freedom is an inside job... a matter of consciousness... freedom 'to', rather than freedom 'from'. We can become established in a new awareness of freedom by turning every detail of our lives over to the indwelling Christ, which is perfect freedom.

“We are free to express perfect health because Christ within us is perfect health and radiant life. We can be free of all unwanted habits by releasing all thoughts of weakness and the inability to accomplish our good purposes. The realization of our true spiritual nature gives us sufficient strength to attain complete and perfect freedom as we go forward step-by-step.

“We are free to express peace of mind. Thoughts of worry, fear, resentment, or insecurity vanish before the light of the Christ presence within us. Our loving obedience to, and cooperation with, the Creative Principle within us adjusts all circumstances of our lives, guides us in our way, and fills us with confidence.

“We are free to do God’s will. Our will is merged with His will through communion with the indwelling God Presence, and we are established in a new awareness of freedom.

“In our new awareness of freedom, we give our loved ones freedom to follow the guidance of their indwelling Father. Even though they may be traveling a road that seems wrong to us, even though we think we can see a better way, we do not impose our will on them. We do not condemn. We refrain from judging from the human viewpoint. We pray for our loved ones and bless them with wisdom and understanding. We know that the Father is guiding them.

“We recognize that our loved ones are God’s children… beloved by Him. We lovingly care for those He has placed in our care, but we do not try to bend them to our will. We do not try to hold them with possessive love. We free them so they may find their own beautiful expression of God within.

“We expect others to give us freedom to respond to our own inner light. Because freedom means so much to us, we know that freedom is important to every person. Each one needs to be free so that he or she may express more of God in their lives.

“We are established in a new awareness of freedom… and we lovingly release our loved ones to their highest expression of the Freedom of God within them.”

From one of Rev. Bette Deturk, Unity Church, Dial-a-Blessings, August 2, 1980