When I read of Jesus in the Bible, I have found great
wisdom in the message of his life. What
concerns me however, is how many take the man and glorify his being as if they
have nothing holy within themselves. Jesus
did some pretty miraculous things here on Earth, but he also told us that “these
things I do, you can do and some greater”, as well as “Have I not said ye are
Gods?” Essentially this post will be my
sharing of the wisdom I have gathered from this beautiful soul and his life
experience here on Earth.
When we celebrate the holidays which claim to give thanks
and gratitude to this man who was filled with such grace, I see that those are
really just days created to serve this world.
If one has committed to careful study of his messages in the Bible (and
other “lost” scriptures or texts) one can see that he NEVER wanted credit for
any of it, for he was not wanting to serve an ego or a personality, which are
temporary. How many times after he
healed the masses did he say “go and see that no one knows it?” Jesus did not need or seek any external
validations or ego feeding. His glory
came from God and that was enough. But
humans, in their cleverness, always need credit/validation either for themselves
or are giving the credit to another. ALL
GLORY COMES FROM GOD. Whatever blessings
you are receiving in your life, it is because YOU, in some way, have aligned
yourself up with the LORD and that is bringing goodness in. If there is anything in your life that was
not obtained through the proper use of the LORD, it will not stay and what does
not belong to you rightfully will be taken.
Reflect on these scriptures: “Seek ye first the Kingdom of Heaven, and
all things shall be added.” “For it is
your Father’s good pleasure to bring you the Kingdom of Heaven.”
What is the Kingdom of
Heaven?, I hear you ask. To my
understanding, it is the fertile mind, an open heart combined with authentic self-love
and an empty vessel. God cannot fill a
cup that is already full. We must first empty
ourselves, for the Love of God to rush in and fill us up with what is correct,
truthful and pure. Essentially this to
me is what is referred to in the Bible as “the second death”. We must die to ourselves (transcend the ego
and personality) before God can come in and open up the Kingdom of Heaven for
us. We must transcend our personalities,
which have mostly been brought about by our life experiences and conditioning
on this planet, and step into LOVE.
Back to the message of
Jesus Christ. I have found that nearly
everywhere I read of what Jesus said, I can see and feel the deeper message,
which is usually forgiveness. To tell
you the truth, unforgiveness has caused me such great tribulation in this life
time, simply because I could not apply it.
All of my pain, all of the violations against my body, mind and spirit,
all of the anger kept me in a state of unforgiveness that only magnified more
trouble coming in. What I have learned
through my life experience is that I am to forgive, and the act of doing this SHALL
SET THE LORD FREE TO HANDLE ALL OF MY CONCERNS, usually in a much better way
than my personality ever could. “The
Lord will go out before you and make all the crooked places straight.” Do you see how this is relevant to the
scripture “Come unto me all ye who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give
you rest. For my yoke is easy and my
BURDEN light.” Interpretation: come under FORGIVENESS and let the LORD
handle the matter. You do not need to
carry one bit of this around for another second. Let it go, give it to the LORD (CAST THE
BURDEN) and be FREE. This does require
PROFOUND SURRENDER as well as PROFOUND FAITH.
It has taken me my whole life to arrive at this understanding of
forgiveness, but it has also been what sets me freer every single day. It is a daily process for me, as things will
come into memory and my work is to cast the burden and not hold it in me
personally. Our work is never done.
You also have the choice of
remaining in anger, unforgiveness and self-pity, and your life will reflect
that back to you. Experiences will come
into your life in larger ways every time until the lesson of applying
forgiveness to the situation is achieved.
Lessons are repeated until they are learned and they get bigger every
time so as to get your attention.
I suggest that if you do
read the Bible or other sacred texts that you seek to see how Jesus’ life was
essentially a loving message on the application of forgiveness, which comes
from the proper use of LOVE. “No one can
come unto the Father except through the Son.”
No one can arrive to the Grace of God except through Forgiveness.
May you all choose to be
free. You are greatly loved.
Ruth
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