Miracles News

January-March, 2023

The Little Pebble

by Rev. James Ferris, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

Forgiveness seems like a difficult thing to do at times. We have anger, resentment, lots of little hurts and some immense pain that we carry around on our shoulders with us wherever we go. If we are truly honest with ourselves, this is hurting others but also damaging ourselves. This fearful perspective prevents us from experiencing our true nature of Love and Joy. We tend to react to the fearful images the ego shows us instead, which blinds us to the truth. Yet this is our choice. We are always free to choose again. It is in our control, and no one else’s!

I have found recently with studying the Course, working with Rev. Mike Atkins and putting this into practice, that forgiveness and love are the answer, and this returns us to joy.

To me, holding on to anything and extending anything that is not Love is like holding in poison. It is as if someone served us a glass of poison to drink and we said thank you. We don’t have to take in that poison and hold onto it in whatever form it comes in. Yet, we seem to do exactly this when hurt, offended or jilted.

I liken myself to being full of Love, like a dam full of water. The water in this dam is Love. However, there was a little pebble stuck in the dam that was stopping the flow of Love. This pebble was holding back misery, resentment, hurt and intense pain. It thought that it was protection, a form of defense. Only this defense also seemed to be damaging us and others too. So I ask, who or what is it defending? Holy Spirit or the ego?

I chose defense due to my fearful reactions to past events, when it would have been much more helpful to let it go, but I didn’t. And like the little pebble stuck in the dam, it stopped the flow of Love.

This pebble was under immense pressure from the water, which is the Love that wanted to break through, and which was extremely powerful. I have now come to understand the strength of Love and just how powerful It is.

The pebble was under so much pressure that one day, a little part of it eroded and broke off, allowing a glimpse of light to pass through along with the water. That was all that was needed. As I thought more and more, I questioned why I needed to hold all these negative feelings. They weren’t good and they weren’t right.

As I placed more and more Love in my thoughts, I realized that this pebble was not stuck solid. It was only there because of the ego and the only way to release it was by me, guided by my Higher Self.

I chose to listen to my Higher Self and have freed the pebble from the dam.

It was actually held in there very loosely. I have written to people and forgave and have also asked others for forgiveness. I have found that friendships and relationships have flourished as I am no longer operating from a split mind.

For quite some time, I have been dwelling on negative thoughts surrounding a failed relationship with an ex-fiancé. I was inspired to contact her and spoke with her recently. What a weight has been removed from my shoulders! Now I realize that I had been upsetting myself all this time. I was punishing myself. No one else has done this to me. All this unnecessary pain and suffering was due to me listening to the fearful guidance of my little self, the ego.

I have found that forgiveness is actually quite easy to do, as long as you remember to be guided by Holy Spirit and not the ego.

YES, FORGIVENESS IS EASY if you listen to the Holy Spirit and not the ego.

It all comes down to who do you choose as your guide? Love or fear? It is your choice that determines your experience. So please always be kind to yourself and others.

God Bless you all my friends and always pick up and extend Love when there is a call for Love. That is our true Nature.

Rev. James Ferris is a Pathways of Light minister living in Birmingham, UK. Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

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