{"id":3870,"date":"2017-10-18T16:11:45","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T20:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/?p=3870"},"modified":"2017-10-12T16:19:55","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T20:19:55","slug":"3870","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2017\/10\/3870.html","title":{"rendered":"The hope that comes with Autumn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just finished a 4-mile walk outside. Colorful leaves fell from oak and maple trees. Clouds moved away and there was the sunshine.<\/p>\n<p>No matter how hard I tried, I could not stop the sunshine, I could not stop the leaves from falling from the trees. It reminds me not to try to stop old thinking from falling away. I can more than hope, even trust that soon new leaves and fresh new thinking will emerge.<\/p>\n<p>Quoting <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.createspace.com\/5997842\">from science &amp; religion to God<\/a>: A briefer version of Mary Baker Eddy&#8217;s Science and Health<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Genesis 1: 14<\/em><\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> And God said, \u201cLet there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years,<\/p>\n<p>This indicates the diffusion and circulation of divine thought as it ascends. The God-centered nature continues to appear. To discern the rhythm of Spirit and to be holy, thought must be purely spiritual.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3231\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3231\" style=\"width: 201px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.createspace.com\/5997842\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3231\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/269\/2016\/02\/final-front-cover-image-2-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"Briefer narrative of Mary Baker Eddy's &quot;Science &amp; Health&quot; available on Amazon.com\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3231\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Briefer narrative of Mary Baker Eddy&#8217;s &#8220;Science &amp; Health&#8221; available on Amazon.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just finished a 4-mile walk outside. Colorful leaves fell from oak and maple trees. Clouds moved away and there was the sunshine. 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