Midweek Faith Lift
“Who Are We?”
Su Podraza-Nagle LUT
1/28/2026
Good morning! To those online with us, those in the sanctuary and those reading this as a Midweek Faith Lift, blessings on the path!
In the coming weeks, we will be exploring and acknowledging our Unity roots. Within ourselves, our spiritual consciousness, using many of the teachings from Unity writers, Metaphysicians, and teachers. Getting back to basics gives us a chance to explore who we are, who we are meant to be and how to walk our talk as sacred humans. (that’s a hint)
We will also come to understand what it means to be fully alive and live from that center of us. We will also explore the Unity teachings, and moments of prayer when we are called to rise and be the best. Be the best we can possibly be in any situation.
Today the question is, who are we?
Genesis 1:27- “So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them
The 2nd Principle in Unity states, “As humans, we are spiritual beings with a spark of divinity within us.” We are also one with our infinite source-God. being a light to those around us. We often speak of being the ocean in a drop of ocean water in relation to our goddness.
All of this is true and so much more.
1 Corinthians 3:16
“Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?
I am adding this thought, which woke me up at 1am Saturday morning.
“Am I, are we living and doing from the inside outward, or from the outside in?”
We are not merely seekers of truth, but as living expressions of it. Our theme is the sacredness of the human, a truth beautifully expressed in the introduction of The Sacred Human by Jim Rosemergy and echoed throughout the teachings of Charles Fillmore, Myrtle Fillmore, and Lessons in Truth by Emily Cady. Together, these voices invite us to remember something both radical and simple: that our human-ness is not a problem to be fixed, but a holy place where God is revealed.
In The Sacred Human, Jim Rosemergy challenges a long-standing religious habit of dividing life into the “spiritual” and the “ordinary.” He reminds us that spirituality is not an escape from our humanity but a deeper inhabiting of it. The body, the emotions, the mind, and the daily circumstances of life are not obstacles; they are the very means through which the Divine expresses. That expression then, requires us, as the sacred humans we are, to follow the 5th Unity Principle. “We must live the truth we know.”
This insight aligns seamlessly with Unity’s foundational teaching: God is not distant, separate, or withholding. God is the very life, intelligence, and love quickening in us right now. To be human, then, is to be standing on holy ground. The incarnation is not just something that happened once in Jesus; it is something continually happening in and through us.
Charles Fillmore taught that Jesus came not to be worshiped as an exception, but to be followed as an example. Jesus demonstrated what a fully awakened human life looks like when one knows their unity with God. The “sacred human” is not a future ideal; it is our present potential.
He sat with the socially and spiritually outcast. Offered words of encouragement, affirmed healing, washed feet and provided sustenance.
At the heart of Unity teachings is the idea of the indwelling Christ, the divine pattern and presence within every person. Charles Fillmore described the Christ as “the divine idea of humanity,” implanted by God and awaiting conscious recognition…….(there are those living unconsciously)
Emily Cady, in Lessons in Truth, writes that God is not something we must persuade or reach through effort. God is already fully present, and our work is to align our thinking with spiritual truth. She teaches that when we understand Truth, we do not create reality; we reveal it.
We are not broken beings trying to become holy. We are sacred beings learning to remember who we are. The Christ within us is not earned by moral perfection or spiritual struggle. It is activated through awareness.
Rosemergy’s work reinforces this idea by affirming that awakening does not require us to reject our emotions, desires, or physicality. Instead, awakening asks us to bring loving awareness into all aspects of our experience. The sacred human is one who knows that nothing in them is outside the reach of divine substance.
Myrtle Fillmore’s life stands as a powerful testimony to this truth. Faced with a diagnosis of incurable illness, Myrtle did not deny the condition of her body, but she denied its authority over her life. She affirmed instead the spiritual reality of divine life within her cells, organs, and systems.
Her healing did not come from willpower alone, but from a deep realization: God’s life is her life. She spoke words of truth to her body, affirming alignment with spiritual law. Myrtle taught that the body is intelligent, responsive, and capable of renewal when it is consciously unified with divine life.
The sacred human is not one who escapes illness or struggle altogether, but one who meets every condition with the awareness of God’s presence. Healing begins when we stop fighting ourselves and start affirming the divine life within us.
Charles Fillmore emphasized the creative power of thought and speech. He taught that words are not empty sounds; they are carriers of energy and intention. What we consistently think and speak shapes our experience.
Rosemergy’s contribution adds depth here by reminding us that spiritual maturity is not about policing every thought in fear of making a mistake. It is about cultivating awareness. We gently notice the thoughts we are thinking and choose again, not from judgment, but from love.
The sacred human does not deny negative thoughts; they transform them. They recognize that every thought is an invitation to remember Truth. When we bless our thinking rather than battle it, we create space for genuine transformation.
In Unity teachings, Jesus is honored as the Master Teacher and Way-shower, the one who fully embodied the Christ consciousness. Charles Fillmore emphasized that Jesus’ declarations, such as “I and the Father are one,” were not exclusive claims but universal truths.
Jesus showed us what is possible when a human life is completely aligned with divine law. He healed, forgave, prospered, and loved without condition because he knew who he was. He did not perform miracles to impress others; he demonstrated spiritual principles to awaken humanity. I will add here that he wasn’t complacent when there was wrongdoing in his midst.
The sacred human follows Jesus’s teachings not by imitation alone, but by realization. We walk the Christ path when we affirm divine life within us and around us, speak words of truth, forgive freely, and trust the presence of God in every circumstance.
One of the most liberating insights of The Sacred Human is the affirmation that ordinary life is holy. Cooking a meal, having a conversation, paying bills, resting, grieving, celebrating—none of these are outside the spiritual life.
Myrtle Fillmore taught that every activity can be spiritualized through conscious awareness. She encouraged blessing the body, the home, the food, and the daily routines of life. When we do so, we invite divine order and harmony into our experience.
Emily Cady reminds us that Truth works everywhere, not just in moments of prayer or meditation. Spiritual law is active in the kitchen, the workplace, the hospital room, and the marketplace.
The sacred human does not wait for special moments to feel close to God. They recognize that God is present in every breath. Life itself becomes prayer.
A crucial part of awakening to our sacred humanity is releasing shame. Many spiritual traditions have taught, implicitly or explicitly, that being human is something to overcome. Desire, emotion, and embodiment have often been treated as obstacles to holiness.
Rosemergy challenges this notion by affirming that shame is not a spiritual teacher; it is a barrier to awakening. Unity teachings agree. Charles Fillmore taught that there is no original sin, only original blessing. Humanity begins not in separation, but in divine intention.
Emily Cady’s work gently but firmly dismantles the idea that we are unworthy of God. She teaches that God’s love is not conditional and that our worthiness is inherent.
To embrace the sacred human is to say yes to wholeness. It is to welcome every part of ourselves into the light of divine love. Transformation happens not through rejection, but through inclusion.
So how do we reacquaint ourselves with our sacred human-ness?
We start by living from the inside, outward. Be aware of the everyday events and meet it with the sacredness you are. Do what is yours to do.
Affirm daily: I am a sacred expression of God.
Treat your body with reverence, your thoughts with care, and your words with intention.
Meet challenges not with despair, but with curiosity and faith.
Forgive yourselves and others, knowing that love is the highest law.
Charles Fillmore urged students of Truth to practice, not merely study, spiritual principles. Myrtle Fillmore lived her teachings with courage and devotion. Emily Cady offered practical tools for applying Truth in everyday life. Jim Rosemergy invites us to inhabit all of it fully, without splitting our lives into sacred and secular.
To be continued:……..
Meditation
Take a breath……….enjoy the stillness within…hold these sacred affirmations with you…
We are not becoming sacred. We are remembering that we already are.
The Christ within us is alive, active, and expressing through our humanity…..
Our lives matter…
Our experiences matter…
Our bodies, our minds, our stories are all places where the Omnipotent Source is being revealed…
And as we begin to sit in the silence of the moment, affirm and declare within your heart space,
I, as a sacred human now live from the inside out.
Affirm, in the silence…
As we come back to this present moment, may we walk gently with ourselves and one another. May we honor the sacred human in every face we meet. And may we live with the quiet confidence that wherever we are, God is—and so are we.