"Your Word is Your Wand"
-Florence Scovel Shinn
Man's word is his wand filled with magic and power!
Jesus Christ emphasized the power of the word; "By thy
words thou shalt be justified and by thy words thou shalt
be condemned," and "death and life are in the power of
the tongue."
So man has power to change an unhappy condition by
waving over it the wand of his word. In the place of
sorrow appears joy, in the place of sickness appears
health, in the place of lack appears plenty.
For example: A woman came for a treatment for
prosperity. She possessed just two dollars in the world.
I said: "We bless the two dollars and know that you have
the magic purse of the Spirit; it can never be depleted;
as money goes out, immediately money comes in, under
grace in perfect ways. I see it always crammed, jammed
with money: Yellow bills, green bills, pink checks, blue
checks, white checks, gold, silver and currency. I see it
bulging with abundance!"
She replied: "I feel my bag
heavy with money," and was so filled with faith that she
gave me one of her dollars as a love offering. I did not
dare refuse it and see lack for her, as it was important
that I hold the picture of plenty. Shortly afterwards she
was made a gift of six thousand dollars. Fearless faith
and the spoken word brought it to pass. The affirmation
of the magic purse is very powerful, as it brings a vivid
picture to the mind. It is impossible not to see your
purse or wallet filled with money when using the words,
"crammed, jammed."
The imaging faculty is the creative faculty and it is
important to choose words which bring a flash of the
fulfillment of the demand.
Never force a picture by visualizing; let the Divine Idea
flash into your conscious mind; then the student is
working according to the Divine Design.
Jesus Christ said: "Ye shall know the Truth and the
Truth shall make you free." This means that man must
know the Truth of every situation which confronts him.
There is no Truth in lack or limitation. He waves over it
the wand of His Word and the wilderness rejoices
and blossoms as the rose.
Fear, doubt, anxiety, anger, resentment pull down the
cells of the body, shock the nervous system and are the
causes of disease and disaster.
Happiness and health must be earned by absolute
control of the emotional nature.
Power moves but is never moved. When man stands
calm and serene, has a good appetite, feels contented
and happy when appearances are against him, he has
reached mastery. Then he has the power to "rebuke the
winds and the waves," to control conditions.
His word is his wand and he transmutes apparent failure
into success.
He knows his universal supply is endless and immediate
and all his needs manifest instantly on the external.
For example, a woman at sea awoke in the morning
hearing the fog-horns blowing. A dense fog had settled
on the ocean with no apparent signs of clearing.
She immediately spoke the word: "There are no fogs in
Divine Mind, so let the fog be lifted! I give thanks for the
sun! Soon the sun came out, for man has dominion over
"the elements - over all created things."
Every man has power to lift the fog in his life. It may be a
fog of lack of money, love, happiness or health.
Give thanks for the sun!
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