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The amount of time between anger and forgiveness is not only measured by duration, but also by pain. Pain is not God’s will for you; peace is. As Love’s creation, you are worthy of peace, not pain. But first, you must acknowledge this to yourself and truly believe it to fully experience it. To experience true peace, practice making the conscious decision to value forgiveness over judgment and thus peace over pain. When you eventually decide that you desire peace more than pain, it is then that you will forgive. You have been gifted free will. No one — other than you — can decide when you will choose to forgive, and thus when you will achieve the state of peace. You will always experience the amount of pain that you deem necessary in order to convince you to look for a better way.
Today, remember that you have free will. So the amount of time you spend angry and in emotional pain is up to you and you alone. Everything you experience “out there” must begin as a thought within your mind. If it begins within your mind, then you are the one who must take personal responsibility for how you are defining and reacting to your experiences. When you do not forgive, what you are really saying is, “I am not yet worthy of peace.” When you forgive, you are saying, “I am now worthy of peace.” As God’s creations, we are all forever worthy of peace. Today, let us use every interaction to practice forgiveness and thus achieve the state of peace. The more we do, the more we will realize that forgiveness and peace are much more aligned with the truth in us than the ego’s programs of judgment, anger and pain.
All glory to God.
Peace, Health, Happiness, Love, Laughter, and Light.
James Blanchard Cisneros
Author of the book “You Have Chosen to Remember”
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Thank you James for answering my comment. Time has brought me to a place like it always has to forgive, but I never forget. I talk to God and I know he has the situation in hand, and I ask him to help me not feel the hurt from her words…I need to just look to God for comfort and understanding when I need it , as He is the only one who can help me..Thank you for your understanding and your words of wisdom in your columns that you write. I read them always . God Bless. ..🙏
Jean thank you for your kind words.
When ever the ego wants you to carry and hold onto judgment, hurt and pain, allow these emotions to become a trigger for you to go to God and hand all despair to Him. By doing so you begin to lay down the blocks that seem to stand between you and your all-loving light. The more you trust God with your path and journey the more peace and joy you will experience. In doing so you will become to others a light within the darkness, a safe shelter of non-judgment and grace to all those God sends your way.
Peace. JBC
thank you. very importend message. It can be hard to forgive but I know it is the right thing to do.
I wish you a very happy day
Thank you Carsten for being open to the message.
Anytime the thought of judgment of self or other tries to pollute your mind, don’t use it to dive deeper into the darkness, instead use it as a call from the Universe that is asking you to practice forgiveness.
The more you consciously choose forgiveness over judgment, the more natural and right this behavior will feel and become.
When you see that all that those the ego wants you to judge are simply helping you practice, through forgiveness, entering the state of peace, it is then that you will offer them gratitude for their service to you.
Peace. JBC
Dear James, I understand fully what you are getting across to people, but when you have always been hurt by someone close to you and believe me , I have forgiven many times ,only to be hurt agin with comments from them . This time I have begun to talk again to them , but my mind cannot put the hurt aside. I am tired of all the hurt because I know how this person feels about me, and I don’t want to be hurt by them again, so I keep my distance and the conversations are short and not as often as before.. This is my sister and I know she realizes what she says, but no apologies…It never ends and my heart is broken because of it…Jean
Thank you Jean for being open to the message.
Always recall, it is not what others say that truly affects us, it is how we define what they say, that affects us. Thus the power between the choice of judgment or forgiveness, resentment or grace, experiencing pain or peace, is ours and ours alone. It is we, who through our definition of the world, holds a power over it and the things that are said and done in it. The only power the world and those in it ever hold over us is the power that we give to them.
We forgive others in order to free and heal ourselves. Equally so, to have peace, do what brings you peace. And so it is perfectly fine to physically and emotionally remove yourself from situations and individuals who are continuously disrespectful or hurtful.
Now remember, only because they may now not be in our physical proximity does not mean they do not remain somewhere within our hearts and minds. Relationships never end, they just change forms. Again, if they are continuously unkind it is perfectly ok for you to keep your distance from them and/or keep the conversations short in order to give your heart the time it needs to heal.
Now understand, that being all One, everyone you have ever met or interacted with, lives energetically and emotionally now within you. How are they living within you when you think of them? When you think of them, are your thoughts forgiving, compassionate, merciful, understanding and graceful? If so you heal yourself with every thought you think of them. Or are your thoughts of them of anger, pain, resentment, hate, revengeful, and fearful? If so you are poisoning yourself each and every time they come to mind/you think of them. And so you see, you heal or poison yourself with every thought you think of those from your past and present. This is why you forgive and bless everyone you ever think of and meet, even if your ego tells you that they are unworthy of your forgiveness and grace.
Now, each and every time, someone who has hurt you, comes to mind, visualize yourself handing them, and the pain they have created in you, over to God. Say to God:
“God, I forgive my brother and sister. I place them in your all-loving hands to hold. Please assist them in becoming more loving, gentle and kind. Please heal them of all their past hurts that are now making them behave in the unloving way they do. God, in times when I can not find it in my soul to forgive them, I humbly request you to forgive them for me until I am able to follow your wisdom, guidance, mercy and grace. Thank you God for always taking care of me by guiding me to You and Your ways. Thank you God for freeing me of the heavy burden of my own judgments. God, from this day forth, each and every time I feel my heart breaking, I look up to You, like a small child does to her father, and humbly place my heart in Your hands to repair and heal it. God, I now and forever, especially in trying times, offer you my heart and allow you to mend it by filling it with your mercy, kindness, generosity, understanding, and grace. For by doing so you are helping me become a bright beacon and example of forgiveness for those still burden by their own judgments. By doing so you are preparing me to become the light at the end of the tunnel, a beacon of hope and healing, to those feeling hopeless and hurt, mired and weighed down, by their past conflicts, struggles unforgiveness and pain. I pray this in Jesus mighty name. Amen.”
All glory to God.
Peace. JBC