Lighten Your Life - Fall 1999
by Marilyn Redmond
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to His purpose. (Rom. 8:28)
The law of the Lord is perfect and it is as applicable in man as in the universe, as in nature, as in the realms of spirit itself. For the first principle Is that the Lord, the God of he universe, is One. 4035-1
God's Orderly Direction is Best for Me
I forget saying "Yippy Skippy. I get to learn my soul's lessons on earth". Today, I know this is the spiritual path toward Oneness. When I choose His laws instead of man-made laws, I am in Divine Order. My life falls into a natural flow, evolving, revealing, moving forward in patience in His schedule.
When I talked with God before this lifetime, I asked to help those in pain and suffering. "You need to understand the misery from their perception and depth or they will not listen to you," God told me. Only until I reluctantly agreed to go through those experiences necessary to relate to similar events and emotions did I reincarnate.
Who wants to find himself in a violent family with addictions and mental illness? Leaving total love in eternity into emptiness and fear is painful. Predestined by current genetic, hereditary and generational factors, my two little legs were to walk this incarnation as an emotional three year old, until the time was right to grow and learn the dynamics and understanding of my experiences to help others.
As a toddler trying to survive in childhood and chronologically adulthood is not something I would wish on anyone. Nevertheless, I did learn a great deal of how the process works, what it takes to heal, and that it is worth the effort.
I followed all external demands, rules and advice from others, thinking they knew better. I was a victim giving them my power. Striving harder to meet these irrational pressures brought me to suicidal attempts besides being nearly killed several times.
Finally, I was ready to ask God for help. Meditation, prayer, and self-searching became paramount in living. As universal principles guided my life, order came gradually into place. Trusting myself and using faith blended rough times into smoother ones. Over time, moving from the force of a hurricane to the eye in the center, peace occurred repeatedly. Then I saw the bigger picture which allowed me to separate myself from illusionary turmoil and yield to reality.
Some days I have to remind myself the past was necessary to grasp my lessons for progress. Everything had to happen just the way it did. If I fight God's will for me, I stay in the storm. Now, I needed to change from listening to people, places and things; instead, I wanted to cooperate with the universal loving force. Accepting this truth, Divine Order, makes the difference.
It's where I'm going, not where I've been, that creates the healing. I'm eager to let go of the fearful illusions and grow in God's love. "Yea, though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me. His rod and His staff comfort me."
Placing God first in my life, the First commandment, is Divine Order to me. It smoothes out the tidal waves. Understanding and enlightenment came into my meditations. I found myself in places for more learning and awareness. My open mindedness to all God's gifts provides blessings that I never felt would come to me. I had my priorities turned around. God's direction is orderly.
No one enters an experience by chance, but that all may come to know their relationship to the Creative Force. 289-1
Each entity enters a material experience for a purpose; not accidentally, not by chance. But life and its expressions are purposeful. 1792-2
And God said this before the children were even born before they had done any thing either good or bad. This proves that God was doing what He decided from the beginning; it was not because of what the children did but because of what God wanted and chose. (Rom. 9:11 Living Bible)
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