By Julie Furbush
I’ve been thinking a lot about heritage. It was something my Dad and I talked about before I left for 3.5 months. He told me
Remember Julie, who your real Father Mother is. Know that now, in the next few months, and forever, your heritage is pure and untouchable. Remember where your real heritage comes from.
It turns out that the day after I flew into Madagascar’s capital I got to see the very same idea in that day’s section of the Lesson on Man. Psalms 16:6, the third marker, was “Yea, I have a goodly heritage.” Seeing this Life around me - I often find myself if not actually moving my lips in silent murmuring, repeating the idea in my head – we are of Godly heritage!
I played soccer with a lot of kids on soft grass today. Our ball was plastic bags twined together. I wasn’t an invited member of the four-foot-tall mob of arms and legs chasing plastic bags tied together – I had jumped into it (It’s soccer! I know what to do!). I scrambled around a bit, my elbows at their head level, liking the complete chaos and random surge toward the three-branch goal.
Soon after joining the aimless mass of limbs I kicked a little mound of ground instead of the ball.
It hurt badly, and I instantly lost feeling in my foot. I froze. This being the opposite of what everyone else was doing, I received some incredulous stares from the lot of boys rushing past me. I immediately recognized the need to calm my thinking and, of course, the first thing I thought was: we are of Godly heritage!
As heirs to this kingdom where harmony reigns, how could anything bad possibly come out of something so good?
I looked down at my foot and then back up, seeing that my group was leaving. I saw that a choice had to be made. I made it. And walked freely. Later, walking through the tall grass on the way back from visiting a fishing village I thought of Hymn 136. I love thy way of freedom Lord to serve thee is my choice… I thought of the choice I had made that morning, and understood better what it meant to choose to walk with God. It’s about choosing to give power to what is actually substance, and nothing else. I love that choice. I love that freedom to choose. I love that substance! Hymn 136 also seemed to answer the “Talking Heads”. How did I get here? Because I chose to witness Life – I chose to serve God and walk freely. As children of God we are all rightful heirs to this way of freedom. Every day is a chance to prove this pure heritage. If the preacher in was saying this in that purple-stone church that morning, it makes sense that he’d need to squeeze emphasis with every word. Try it – squeeze your hand into a fist and say (and mean) TODAY I AM GOING TO PROVE MY HERITAGE!
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well said. well said. keep up the good stuff!
Smiling tears, reading. (And the last one, too.) Perhaps you don’t know about the RDV translation, which goes something like this: “yay, I have a goodly heritage.”
Excellent juxtaposition of CS Hymnal with Talking Heads; just this morning in SS it was the Cure’s, Lovecats dancing as object lesson for guilt-free forgiveness.
Dearest Julie, Thank you for sharing! What a good choiceyou made and what a great reward was immediately yours. Those “natural fruits of
Christian Science Mind-healing” (My 213) were and are everpresent for you and all to enjoy. You’ll be interested in these citations in S&H that tell usof man’s God-given dominion, ability,rights, powers and authority — which you demonstrated clearly.My.-165-4,182-5, 228-13,378-24, 381-2,21, 387-10, 393-10. Divine Love embraces you.
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Hi Julie —
P.S. Correction — Those citations that I gave you I wrongly attributed to MY. They’ re from Science and Health.
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Hi Julie,
I am so touched and inspired by your entry,–both in what you wrote and how you wrote it. I got a great feel for your experience and I am so grateful that you were ready with the truth that lifted you above the mortal illusion.
Your seeing of your heritage in Truth will continue to sustain you and touch all of us who are blessed by your sharing. Thanks. I see you.
Thanks Julie, very inspiring. Sounds like soccer is at the heart of God’s expression everywhere!!
Dan told me to check this out, so I came in expecting to read a good healing, but wow what an inspiration. It’s sometimes hard to really make that stand and just walk away aware of his presence. Thanks for setting that example of such bold belief, we all know it can be done, but when you’re put in that situation it can be much harder to keep the thought true and pure.
elf #1. i am proud of you. my journal has needed this page of ideas. i have felt the no yearning for yesterday, and the no burning for tomorrow, but just this moment, just now, today. You’re alive Julie. glad you have found love flying your way at top speed….
Dear Julie,
i do not know you but your posts give me lots of inspiration.
it’s so alive and give me nostalgy about my country as well
Thank you very much.
Keep it up!
Btw, are you still in Madagascar?
What a fabulous idea to share about heritage. Your calm and your simplicity is humbling - thanks for everything you’ve shared.