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A testimony from Mary Kupferle’s
book “God Never Fails” … A student came to me recently, saying
quietly, "I've learned another great lesson through your
teachings, and wish to express my appreciation by telling you a
bit of the experience, if I may." Seeing my interest, she sat
down for a few moments and related very simply: "During a
recent personal experience concerning human relationships, I
found myself filled with confusion, doubt, and fear and I
wondered why such a trial had come into my life. During this
time, I held the thought,
'It is only for good.'
I did not know what the outcome
would be. I did not know the reason for the happening. I could
not see any good in the condition. I could not see how it could
benefit anyone concerned. All I could do was go forward in faith
step by step each day.
Every day I held to the words:
'It is only for good. Only good can come. All there is, is G-d.
All there is in this is G-d and G-d's good. Only good fills this
experience. Only good can come.'
"Upon awaking in the middle of the night, sometimes I walked the
floor repeating these words, simply to keep out the doubts that
besieged me. Sometimes I sat through the evenings in darkness,
repeating over and over:
'It is only for good. It is meant only for good. Only good can
come.'
As I did my work, day after day
I clung to these words as a drowning man to a straw. It was all
I could hold to, the only thing I could grasp in the midst of an
overwhelming tide of affairs.
If I repeated the words a dozen times, I
repeated them a thousand times. The more I did so, the more I
could feel a growing conviction within me that they were true,
that the goodness the experience held was going to be greater
than my greatest expectation. This goodness did not appear all
at once. It became apparent only degree by degree. I found a
foundation of strength and faith, courage and conviction in
developing anew within my heart and mind. I found an assurance I
had never before known concerning G-d's love for me and His
goodness. I found that I was unconsciously radiating to others
more of this conviction and assurance in G-d's goodness. Persons
noticed the change and expressed amazement concerning it.
As the months went by, I knew that a deep
transformation within me was taking place. I knew that there was
a newness of consciousness, a quickened perception of G-d. The
specific outcome of the situation became less important while
the good inherent within it became all-important and
increasingly apparent.
Now, although there are a few details to be worked
out, fringes of the problem to be smoothed out, I am at peace
and exceedingly happy because I know that only increasing good
has come and will continue to come as time goes by. 'Only
good can come'
is my
thorough conviction and faith. The meaning of the words has been
so deeply and completely impressed upon me that it remains with
me now as a constant conviction, a living faith."
Ms. Kupferle included this testimony in her book as the
method used in moving into a place of strength and renewal for
this young student is a powerful, basic method used in all
legitimate metaphysical teachings; that is, to affirm mentally
that which moves us to greater faith and conviction. Our
affirmations must contain words that are believed to be truth
for us even though we may still be in that place where their
power has not been evidenced by us. In truth, almost everyone
is using affirmations every day; unfortunately for some their
words negate their good. Let’s not let that be true for us.
Keep the Faith!
Henry Lee Bates
(Reverend Dr.)
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