Author: rkcdlitt

When speaking of God’s children, we speak of all women and all men who are blessed with the Kingdom of God within them. You and I are two of these children, and we are perfect in God’s eyes. Let us be perfect in each other’s eyes.

But as humans, we judge one another, finding flaws that do not exist in God’s Kingdom. Simply put, we are not abnormal; we are perfectly normal models of God’s Holy Creation. The fact is we are spiritually harmonious with God’s Truth and Life. In God’s Creation, His Spiritual facts are the only Truths; all else is unreal and only confuse our human minds.

My intelligence comes from God’s Eternal Wisdom; you are blessed with this also. In our community of God’s children, we speak to Truth; we cannot replace God’s Truth with human desire for power; we are poor no more with the Spirit of God within us.

We do not and cannot judge one another as children of God’s Holy Creation. Since God is perfect and man is the divine image and likeness of God, true man in reality has only the substance of good in him, not evil. God’s Love gives to all, might, immortality, and goodness, which shines through all trials and hardships. 

©Russell Kendall Carter

I awaken each morning thanking God for another day, but I sometimes wonder if I am good enough. As with all of us, I am a perfect spiritual creation of God, but as a mortal, I know that I am not a perfect man and pray that what I do pleases Her. Mother Wisdom leads me in a direction that is many times confusing, due to my imperfect mortal mind. The new direction is different and confusing, but God leads me to His perfection allowing me to continue in my personal quest.

I know that God does not work on man’s timetable, causing us to think that he does not listen to us. One of the lessons of Jesus’ parables is to rest and patiently wait for the light of resurrection to prove to us the unprovable. My soul rises in God’s Wisdom and my heart cries out in gratitude and pleasure that my purpose is true.

As a mortal I am subjected to sadness, anger, and pain. I look to God for ways to avoid being beaten down by these human feelings. I meditate on God’s works that I can see, the kindness and love all around, the beauty of nature. But most important, I meditate on those works of God that I cannot see; and my spirit rises with God’s leadership; I am blessed. Join me!

©Russell Kendall Carter

Jesus teaches that there is no authority but that of God; and God’s Divine Truth, Divine Love, and Divine Life gave Jesus the authority to heal the sick, cure the disabled, and overcome death. Wherever He walked, He proved that the human body is frail and imperfect, but the infinite power of God is what True Life is.

My body will die, but my immortal soul will enjoy everlasting life. My mortal life is filled with discord; I am forever trying to seek comfort from pain and other trials that haunt me. However, deep within me, I know that because my trials are those of the mortal body, I am comforted by the mystery of Christ.

I am sure that due to my constant struggles, as the two disciples on the road to Emmaus did, I would probably fail to recognize Jesus walking beside us. This is due to the eternal mystery of the Divine. I lack, but try to achieve, the Divine insight to view God’s true reality.

I listen for the words of God; I await His presence within allowing me to sparkle; I long to be His servant; and I know that He in turn wants to be part of my life. Therefore, I leave a door open for Him to enter and be with me. Then I hear His words, spoken by the Holy Spirit, the sister of Jesus. I embrace His wondrous authority over all mortal things and feel His lovingkindness. Through Jesus, I am overjoyed and protected by the replete authority of God. My reality is only in God’s presence. This is Jesus’ authority, holy in all its being.

©Russell Kendall Carter

Divine Principle:

Spirit, Life, Truth, Love,

All in one God.

Wisdom and Being –

Eternal Life,

our true God.

Spiritual, Immortal.

My faith in Truth;

my faith in God;

my faith in Spirit,

grows with God’s Wisdom,

more faith in living,

no faith in dying, for

God is eternal.

God’s Wisdom and Light,

gifts to me of knowledge and joy;

I look to things which are not seen,

for those I see are not eternal.

I look to

the invisible God of Spirit.

©Russell Kendall Carter

Mine eyes are weak,

as frail as my aging

human body;

but God gives me strength

every morning I rise

to see His Sun

and to experience His Son.

Mine eyes are strong,

for our Lord promises

me great wonders

as I live with my world-wide

siblings and

bask in His brilliance and Love.

Mine eyes have seen

the wonders of God’s

Holy Creation,

blossoming daily as a

fresh Spring morning

with the Cherry Trees

on the Washington Mall.

Mine eyes have seen

the coming of the greatness

that is bestowed on humanity

as I see helping hands

lifting those in need from

poverty’s unholy grip.

Yes, mine eyes have seen the

coming of the Lord.

Mine eyes have seen the

works of God.

“Mine Eyes Have Seen the

Glory of the Coming of

The Lord.”

In 1861, Julia Ward Howe wrote “The Battle Hymn of the Republic;” the first line is, “Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory of the Coming of The Lord.”

©Russell Kendall Carter

One of the greatest wrongs done by humanity is the subjugation of women. I know there are many but let us speak of the woman. Much wrong has been done to keep women under the rule of men. Timothy writes, “But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. (1 Timothy 2:12)” we must remember that in the Judea of old, women were as the status of slaves. They were subjugated by the laws of man, not the laws of God.

Reading the Old Testament, or what I call the Jewish Bible of Salvation, God lifts many women to the role of leadership and the role of the prophet. It can be nothing other than the rule and influence of Wisdom, God’s feminine creation; She also is Holy. And in the New Testament, or the Christian Bible of God’s Truth and Healing, God also raises women to unimaginable heights. It is a woman who brings the world the news that Christ has risen. There can be nothing more important than this, other than the actual resurrection. Without the two Mary’s, the story, glory, and magnificent Holiness of Jesus would be lost.

Yes, women are holy and should not be silenced. They bear the holy but heavy burden of Wisdom.

Read Revelation by John, God’s celestial woman is clad in both the sun, the moon, and the stars; together, these three manifestations light the world both day and night. Woman – the light of the world.

Because we are temporal beings, all mankind is tied to the flesh; and all flesh is born of a woman. God blessed women with the gift of life! With Life comes Love; Jesus teaches that in God’s world, Love is truly most important. Our first love comes from mother, a woman. Only love defines our relationships with each other. God gives our first love through mother.

When we look back two thousand years, we see that women struggle with understanding the Divine; they are lonely in a life of subjugation, but with the knowledge that we must look inside ourselves to seek God, knowledge they shared with man. Woman brings Man closer to the healed heart. Deeply hidden within all is the search for Wisdom, the hidden feminine in society, hidden due to man’s inadequacy.

I met a woman today, a true child of God, a recovering alcoholic. She was grateful for God’s help. We Hugged! We talked of God; we talked of healing; we talked of Love. We shared our Love of in God’s domain; we cried together; she cried openly; I cried within – due to my stubborn male ego.

Our bodies are temples to God; when we treat our bodies with the same love that we love God, then we are rewarded with peace and Holy Grace. When we treat women with the divine Love of God, we raise humanity to where She wants us. As Paul writes, “And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams,” All flesh, not just male flesh. We are born of women; we are born of God’s women. Thank you, Lord for your Wisdom and greatness, in our lives. We are blessed with Woman!

 © Russell Kendall Carter

I know not where!

I know not why!

I am always running,

running from myself.

Knowing not that escape is naught

I fear Truth, for I am mortal;

I fear my mortal death for

I am running, running!

Not to, but from. . .

I fear opening the eyes of my soul,

for my training has been singular;

I am taught to succeed,

to attain wealth, not Truth!

Dear God, let me open my eyes

to the reality of Your Truth;

Your Life is real;

I need not fear;

no need not run. . .

when I walk to God.

© Russell Kendall Carter

We have a tool that empowers us, the ordinary people in the world, to perform wonders. God promises extraordinary substance to our actions that are filled with Divine Love. We live in a society that lacks promise, lacks depth, and lacks humanity; society is overflowing with individualism, superficiality, and greed.

And what is this empowering tool? PRAYER! God listens; all we must do is listen to and for God’s voice. His response may be hidden unless we open the eyes of our hearts to see. From very personal experience, I know that God opens doors of Hope for us, for all. God hears our anguish, whether spoken or silent. God hears our concerns for others, spoken or not.

I am reminded of what the Scribe writes in Leviticus, “And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God (KJV 19:33-34).”

Are we doing enough for the stranger that knocks on our car window, pleading for assistance? Are we doing enough for our brothers and sisters living under the bridges in our town? We try! Many communities have programs for those in need, but I think we are not doing enough. We look upon these people as “the other,” when in fact they are our family members who have been kicked out of society.

The answer lies in good, clean, affordable housing, jobs paying enough for each to live without assistance, and proper health care. It’s that simple! So, we must act! We must act to welcome these unrealized family members, whether they are in our communities or somewhere else across the world. We cannot do it alone; we need prayer to bring this to fruition. We need prayers for others to act in our efforts to lift these people form poverty and need.

Heavenly Father, Gracious God, open the eyes of our hearts to welcome and care for those of us suffering in poverty, oppression, and invisibility. Help us to ignore our fear of want to bring these forgotten people back into our midst as welcome family.

© Russell Kendall Carter

Are you hiding in camouflage; I know I do sometimes. I occasionally fear the insight I possess in my life; the Wisdom God shares. Rather than being proud of the Wisdom I have been blessed with, I sometimes fear its strength. I remind myself that it is not my Wisdom, but God’s; the All Mighty, all-powerful Spirit that possesses me, comforts me in my times of trial.

I surrender my ego to open myself to God’s world, and I pray that I can see the world as God does. Humankind is in a state of war; a war that at any moment could prove deadly to all living creatures; we must remember that this is not God’s world; God’s world transcends all horror, pain and death. God’s first and last word is Love; if we walk the path of Jesus, we need not fear.

We have moved from a two-year confinement in our homes to the realization that humanity is in danger of possible extinction; our stygian past is not our loving future, for God always brings comfort to those of us rejecting the status quo and turning to the power of Love. We do not hate; we do not condemn; we do not criticize, for God’s eternal Love is for all. We follow God’s plan, not man’s.

I see many people every day. As many as I see, I recognize the facial differences; this is humanity. However, I see each with an aura surrounding them, the aura of the Holy Spirit within each of us, glowing like the morning Sun, proclaiming “Here I am; I am a perfect child of God, created by His Love.”

The might, the power, the glory and the spirit are part of all. When we accept and recognize that, we are blessed to be part of God’s Holy Creation of Love. We do not fear! As we grow into God’s perfection, we are truly in God’s Heaven, which is all around us.

© Russell Kendall Carter

I’ll say it right now; our forever gift is Love!

Our most precious gift is Love; it begins with God, flows through our parents to us, then from us to others. Love is nothing unless shared. The more we give, the more we have. !!!What a Wonderful system!!!

Our most important relationships are those of love. Love keeps giving; Love brings us closer to God. God is always present, especially in times of trial. We are challenged not to love. Some people tell us we are foolish to love our enemies; and yet, if we do not love our enemies, if we do not ray for them, we are not doing God’s work on Earth. Prayer brings us to Love, prayer brings us to God.

Jesus teaches us that He comes to fulfill, not destroy (Matt 5:17). When we accept this truth, we also accept that intelligence and life are not of matter; they both are of spirit. The Spirit! This forever gift overcomes of our failures and troubles, including error, sickness, even death. Our bodies may die, but Jesus promises that our spirit lives through eternity. And is it not this that matters? As we reach for and learn God’s Wisdom, we learn the Divine Principle, we are of God, always.

For many of us we find this difficult to accept, but God makes it easy. We have two great resources to assist us on our path. The words in the Bible contain truth, but not always Truth! But it is a good beginning. We also have a great group to help us as we help them. This group is called our friends, and for many of us these friends are found in church.

Now, I have many reservations about church but only due to missteps in helping the average working man and woman. But when churches get this right, when churches direct their efforts to serving those that society has left behind, it is a most beautiful sight; it is serving God as Jesus’s teachers. Remember, this is what Jesus came to us to do also.

Our forever gift is all around us. I am blessed to share my perfect gift with all those I meet.                                

© Russell Kendall Carter