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I Watch My Mind

by Rev. Veronika Birken

I watch my mind. The other day I believed in the illusion of an infected tooth. There seemed to be pain and swelling. There were fear thoughts. I needed to really know that this was an illusion, never mind what appeared to be going on. I needed to look at the truth which is unchanging and ever-present.

I affirmed and ‘prayed’ the truth all day and all night for about three days. Slowly my mind was holding on only to the truth. I forgot my tooth. There was only Light. I had the help of a Miracles Practitioner to affirm the truth with me and see me only as God does. I was healed. But I did very aware mind watching as well as replacing every sick thought with one of healing. I am grateful for the healing power of truth.

Rev. Veronika Birken is a Pathways of Light minister who lives in Bega Valley, Australia.

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Wellness Prayer

by Rev. Veronika Birken

Wellness is accepting my true Identity in God and nothing else.

Wellness is listening only to the truth.

Wellness is being one with God.

Wellness is knowing only what God knows.

Wellness is knowing that only health is real.

Wellness is Love.

Wellness is having only one Mind; the Mind which was in Christ Jesus.

Wellness is knowing that I am under no laws but God’s.

Wellness is Light.

Wellness is natural.

Wellness is going by God’s strength, not my own.

Wellness is seeing only the Christ.

Wellness is God’s eternal gift to His one Son.

Wellness is all-inclusive.

I am only what God is, not what I made myself to think I am,
therefore my wellness is always intact.

I am Love and nothing else.

I am governed by the Principle of harmony in total harmony and peace.

I am not a body, I am free. I am still as God created me.

Rev. Veronika Birken is a Pathways of Light minister who lives in Bega Valley, Australia.

© 2005, Pathways of Light. https://www.pathwaysoflight.org
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Miracles Every Now!

by Rev. Kathryn Thompson

My life is one of miracles as miraculous experiences sweep my life. I know I am eternally embraced by the grace of Holy Spirit.

I was born in Congo, Africa, to a very loving spiritual family. Life has continued to be one of being open to joyful reflections of my mind, every moment.

On May 28th I was one of the ordained ministerial candidates and was part of the celebration at Pathways of Light. This came after meeting the mirror reflection of my mind, Robert Thompson. We were united a Holy Union celebration on October 9, 2004 at our home in Portage, Wisconsin.

After the ceremony I returned to Cincinnati, Ohio, where I’d been a full-time volunteer with the Messengers of Peace for five years (another group who lives totally guided by Holy Spirit). I then rejoined with Bob in November.

Shortly after I got back we decided to become legally married at Pathways of Light, in Kiel, Wisconsin, on December 19th. I really connected with the founders of Pathways of Light, Robert and Mary Stoelting, and was guided to start the training to become a Pathways of Light minister. Bob, Deb Frantz, and Paul Phelps joined to facilitate my training. This has been a powerful joining and awakening experience for all of us. Bob and I decided to complete the ministerial training in time to participate in the May festivities.

I feel like I’ve always been a minister. I am the daughter, granddaughter, and niece of ministers and missionaries. Being in a church has been like BEing at home. The experience shared in churches has always been one of love, so that is why it’s so comfortable for me. Now I feel that the church is within me. I now see that God embraces everyone to be at Home now, as one family, where all are accepted equally as one. I have always understood this idea, and now truly feel it. It feels like BEing Home, everywhere that I am.

I affirm that I’m ready and willing to be helpful and Holy Spirit shows the way to do so. I follow the clear guidance of this, and the angels open their arms to show me the way. I say YES, and the door is open wide! It is so simple and easy. Gratitude is the main blessing that I express, with every miraculous experience that Holy Spirit presents to me. The only request I make is that it is clearly shown to me what to do. Holy Spirit does this, and I follow.

While I was doing the training to become a minister, a dear friend of mine contacted me to see if I could marry her daughter on the first weekend in June. It was very synchronistic because I was ordained the week before the wedding. Wow, Holy Spirit swept this miracle together so powerfully and easily. I said YES. I am willing to be helpful, and the details were taken care of by Holy Spirit. Following the wedding, the mother of the bride (Lisa) and I went to a beach house that she has in Bethany Beach, Delaware. I have now returned to Wisconsin to be joined in a holy relationship with Bob and we are joyfully embracing every moment.

I trust Holy Spirit to guide me in the way that is the most helpful all ways! Bob and I invite you to come and visit our home, which we call Bumpity Road, outside of Portage, WI. Let us know when you’re coming, and we’ll whip up a round of food, and come together in the peace of joining in Love now!

Rev. Kathryn Thompson is a Pathways of Light minister who lives in Portage, WI.

© 2005, Pathways of Light. https://www.pathwaysoflight.org
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All I Ever Have to Be

by Rev. Sandy Pruitt

The day has finally come. All my effort and hard work is finally paying off. Today is the day I will be ordained as a minister. This is a day for happiness and rejoicing. Or so I thought it should be. April 13, 2005 dawned a cold, cloudy, rainy day. I awoke on this day feeling just as gloomy as the outdoors. On a day that should have been one of the happiest in my life I felt plagued by misery and self-doubt. What now?

For months I had been studying and truly enjoying the work I was doing. Now that I was going to see the fruits of those efforts, I felt no peace. I worried that I wasn’t good enough to be a minister. Where would my church be? I don’t belong to any organized religion. Who would I minister to? My part-time bookkeeping job doesn’t provide me with much socialization. I sit in a small windowless room by myself all day. On and on came the limiting thoughts and self-doubts. How could I have come this far and not know where I’m going from here?

I decided to read and meditate for awhile before I got ready for the hour drive to Indianapolis. As I began my meditation I found myself reliving my life. My mother died when I was seven years old, leaving my father with three small children to raise. My grandparents came to live with us to help my father. Five years later he remarried. My life as a child was not a happy one. I remember many times feeling so alone and unloved. At eighteen I married a man I barely knew. Many times during this marriage I felt the same feelings of being abandoned, alone, and unloved. After four years I found the courage to leave my marriage and seek happiness elsewhere. I found a wonderful man who has given me a good life, blessed with love.

Even though I was now in a relationship with someone who loved me, I still at times felt a deep need for belonging. Thus began the search for God. Over the years, I went to many churches of many denominations. Try as I might, I never felt I fit in. The times I felt most alone were the times I was in church surrounded by many loving, giving people. I just couldn’t get past most of the religious dogma. When asked if I believed I was a sinner and that Jesus died on the cross for my sins, I found I just could not say “yes.” In my heart I knew I was not a sinner. In my heart I knew God was not some vengeful all-mighty deity who would smite me down if I didn’t agree to the beliefs of these religions. In my heart I knew God loved me and yet, I felt so alone.

Four years ago a friend of mine introduced me to the healing energy of Reiki. While learning to become a Reiki Master I began to study A Course in Miracles. In the books I read I found the answers to the questions I had for so long been searching. I found like-minded people, who believed as I did. No longer was I alone in my beliefs.

Then a year ago I had a dream about becoming a minister. In the dream I was told to study the path of light. Not knowing what this meant, I got on the Internet looking for anything having to do with a path of light. There I found Pathways of Light Spiritual College. I knew without a doubt that this was what I had been searching for my entire life. My studies introduced me, for the first time, to the Holy Spirit. I discovered that all the times I felt so alone, I really wasn’t. I found within the courses a peace unlike any I had ever known.

So, how had I come to realize this truth and then, on the day when I needed it most, be plagued by limiting thoughts and self-doubt? I was reminded of an Amy Grant song that has a verse, “The more I try to be the best, the more I get the worst.” It seemed the more I tried to shove the ego aside and only listen to Spirit, the more the ego was trying to gain my attention by assaulting me with fears and doubts. Where would my church be and who would I minister to?

I picked up the Spring addition of Pathways of Light Miracle News. Flipping through it, I came upon an article by Rev. Gail Hamley, “I Am Already Whole.” She wrote, “I have learned that God will use me wherever I am. That is my ministry. People and opportunities open up to me and I receive them in gratitude. I am at peace with God’s plan now.” Wow! Just the words I needed at just the time I needed them.

After reading this article I went within to the Holy Spirit for healing and guidance. I was again reminded of the same Amy Grant song and the final words of the song. “All I ever have to be, is what You made me. Any more or less would be a step out of Your plan.” How true. That’s all any of us have to be. The light and love that God made us to be. Once I reflected on the truth of this, all doubt and fears went away. My ministry will be wherever I am because my church is within me. I feel truly blessed to know that I am never abandoned, alone, or unloved. A day that began so lonely and bleak had suddenly been filled with the bright, warm, loving Light of God.

Rev. Sandy Pruitt is a Pathways of Light minister who lives in Greencastle, Indiana

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