Dig Your Ditches and Prepare for Success - Florence Scovel Shinn

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Editor's Note:  This is an excerpt from The Game of Life by Florence Scovel Shinn.


You'll Get the Situation You Prepared For

If one asks for success and prepares for failure, he will get the situation he has prepared for. For example: A man came to me asking me to speak the word that a certain debt would be wiped out.


I found he spent his time planning what he would say to the man when he did not pay his bill, thereby neutralizing my words. He should have seen himself paying the debt.


The Prophet Elisha in the Bible

We have a wonderful illustration of this in the Bible, relating to the three kings who were in the desert, without water for their men and horses. They consulted the prophet Elisha, who gave them this astonishing message:


"Thus saith the Lord—Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain, yet make this valley full of ditches."


Man must prepare for the thing he has asked for, when there isn't the slightest sign of it in sight.


For example: A woman found it necessary to look for an apartment during the year when there was a great shortage of apartments in New York. It was considered almost an impossibility, and her friends were sorry for her and said, "Isn't it too bad, you'll have to store your furniture and live in a hotel." She replied, "You needn't feel sorry for me, I'm a superman, and I'll get an apartment."


One With God Is A Majority

She spoke the words: "Infinite Spirit, open the way for the right apartment." She knew there was a supply for every demand, and that she was "unconditioned," working on the spiritual plane, and that "one with God is a majority."


"I'll Dig My Ditches!"

She had contemplated buying new blankets, when "the tempter," the adverse thought or reasoning mind, suggested, "Don't buy the blankets, perhaps, after all, you won't get an apartment and you will have no use for them." She promptly replied (to herself): "I'll dig my ditches by buying the blankets!" So she prepared for the apartment—acted as though she already had it.


She found one in a miraculous way, and it was given to her although there were over two hundred other applicants.


Active Faith

The blankets showed active faith.


The Ditches Were Filled to Overflowing

It is needless to say that the ditches dug by the three kings in the desert were filled to over-flowing. (Read, II Kings.)



Source:  The Game of Life by Florence Scovel Shinn

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