Miracles News

April-June, 2008

Accepting God’s Plan

by Rev. Mary Ellen Freundl

I shouldn’t be surprised when I catch myself making plans again. I seem to wax and wane in terms of allowing Spirit to show me what to do and planning on my own.

I can make plans in my mind all day and not even be aware of what I’m doing. I am surprised by this but I accept it. I’m surprised because when I can see clearly, I gladly give up my ideas and patiently know I will be told what to do. I feel so happy when I do this and I think I’ll never resort to planning on my own again but I seem to continue to take a detour into illusions.

I “plan” on reducing my time spent planning in the mind! Ha, ha. Insidious, isn’t it!

Let me say it this way… I am willing to continue to offer up my own plan and accept God’s Plan.

For some reason I am going to Florida for spring break. I thought I knew why I was going. I “planned” a trip to meet a possible new roommate, talk to a potential employer, look at some properties, just generally check out the area.

Right now I realize I do not know why I am going. None of the reasons make any sense any more. I do not know what the purpose is. I do know that I can choose what it is for, though. I can choose to have only Spirit show me.

I truly only have one purpose here and that is to know my Self.

Everything is for the purpose of waking up. I can spend a whole bunch of time imagining what events are for, but then I’m wasting my precious now moment with irrelevant interpretations. I have come to a point now where I’m tired of that game. I know I do not know and confusion and fantasy no longer satisfy this Son of God.

Inertia seems to still be in place because I do resort to my own planning, but I am certainly coming to see I no longer want fantasy. As I continue to offer my willingness and stay aware, I can reverse this energy force and create a new habit of having everything show me what it is instead of me defining it.

This actually sounds like fun! My interpretations are boring anyway or way too over dramatic. Its the same old… same old!

I’m ready for something new from Holy Spirit! I want to truly see so I am surrendering my own ideas and making room for the new!
I reading The Holy Spirits Interpretation of the New Testament (NTI) and I found the following words in the introduction from Spirit inspiring. Now, this idea is certainly not new and the Course tells us this over and over in a million different ways but for some reason these word symbols came together for me and created a whole new level of willingness to let go of my interpretations.

Here they are:

“The new testament is a symbol just as you are a symbol and the words I share through you are a symbol. What they point to is Truth.

“In order to understand the symbol, one must accept the Love of Christ.” One prepares himself to accept that Love by recognizing he does not understand the symbol and then he asks for understanding. By opening up to receive understanding without judgement, he opens up to accept the Love of Christ. With that Love comes Christ’s knowledge, for they are the same and inseparable. Then the meaning that is beyond the words is understood as a light that shines for all who look to see. Whhooaa! That’s rocking!

If I want to understand anything, mySelf included, I am to accept the Love of Christ. Then Holy Spirit explains how to do that!

Recognize I do not understand the symbol and ask! It’s that simple. We recognize we don’t understand and we ask. In return we receive understanding which is the Love of Christ!

Well, I’m in! I accept.

Rev. Mary Ellen Freundl is a Pathways of Light ministerial candidate living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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