What is a Contract?

When two parties come together, do you ever wonder which side God is on? Praying about a real estate contract that is coming up for agreement soon, ideas about what a contract really is came to mind.

A contract is an agreement, right? So, it's not so much a thing as an idea. Everything around us is really an idea. God, who is the great intelligence of the universe, is the true source of all ideas.

When I have something to pray about, I have been asking myself, what is God's relationship with Herself? How is God seeing Himself? I believe this allows us to quickly see what is going on.

God is in perfect agreement with Herself. That's what is going on today. To us it seems like two distinct parties come to the table to dispute or agree a contract (agreement). But, in actuality supply and demand both have their source in the One God. And really, both parties are actually in the One God. (Not physically, of course.)

Really, both parties are in perfect agreement, before they start, because God is the source of their being and existence. Interestingly, the word agreement actually means in harmony. Therefore, all parties are included in all-harmonious Love. Is it any surprise that an agreement is a synonym for contract.

On page 200 of a book named Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by an American student of the Bible named Mary Baker Eddy reminds that God's spiritual creation is perfect. (God's creation is entirely spiritual and the mortal condition with all its angst is a counterfeit.) She says that the fact of God and man's perfection is incontrovertible. Let's go to the dictionary for that one.

incontrovertible: not open to question or dispute; indisputable:

I like to think that that means it's not even up for debate. We begin and end our prayers with an acknowledgment that the Truth is already established. This tells us that God and man's perfection is a fixed fact. It is firmly set up, anchored, inarguable, permanently enacted or agreed.

That's it! Everything that needs to be done is actually done by God, the real do-er. With confidence and gratitude we can see that God has actually done everything that is needed. Healing is that fact dawning on us.

Isn't it wonderful how God governs everything? Isn't it great that everything is in harmony because of God's relationship with Himself?

That's How the Ball Bounces

Last night I was waiting for a tennis court. As the wait time increased towards a half an hour, so did my boredom it seemed. Finally a court opened up, but a woman and a man in there early 20s were in line first. There were a lot of really good players there that night, but this young woman was not one of them. I felt sorry for her because her boyfriend was telling her, "Why are you just standing there. You've got to move your feet." She replied, "I dunno." He was mister competitive and she was sweet. But not ah ... athletic it seemed.

With this waiting, I felt kind of blah, spiritually flat. Then, a thought came. Why not pray about what was right in front of me? Why not witness what God was seeing about this young woman and man? The thought came that because her ability truly came from God, why couldn't she play well? Why couldn't she? I was just still with that. I wasn't trying to change what was going on, I was just really open to change. My thought was loose and hopeful.

Soon, a court opened up for my son opened up, so I focused on our play. Here and there, when the boyfriend would berate her, I would talk to God and express His love about the situation.

Interestingly, I noticed the boyfriend was running all OVER the court. The young woman still had the unorthodox stroke, like someone who was holding a tennis racket for the first time. But, she was winning games. And, this frustrated the boyfriend who started swearing. And, that gave me more to pray about. I prayed that what blesses one, blesses all. That's an idea from a book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. I thought about how that young man wasn't left out of good. The thought came to me that it could bless me too. For the first time in a long, long while, I took every point in two games. My son played well last night, so we both had fun.

Was that the whole point of this, to use God to enhance human performance? Not at all. I was just open to seeing what God was seeing, open to loving my neighbor and expecting good to tangibly be theirs on the tennis court. And that made it for a really, really fun night.

Have fun out there!