Miracles News

April-June, 2008

The Beauty of the Easter Lily

by Rev. Sharyn Zenz

I recently had an Accessing Inner Wisdom Counseling from one of our newly ordained ministers. In the counseling what came up was the fact that I feel unworthy and not beautiful because of being overweight. The new focus that came from the counseling was that Holy Spirit told me to sit every morning and write about beauty. He said that as I do this daily, I will be reminded that when I see the beauty in others, I am really seeing it in myself, as we are One. So on Easter morning I sat and wrote. This is what came to me:

Beauty comes from within. It comes from quieting your mind and listening to Holy Spirit. Holy Spirit only sees beauty, which is the same as Love. To walk in beauty is to walk with Holy Spirit.

Looking through the body’s eyes will not show you beauty. It will only show you what ego thinks. People give others flowers to remind them of their beauty or to thank them out of gratitude.

This day let the Easter Lily remind you of your beauty and the beauty in everyone. Let the long trumpet-like flowers remind you of the trumpets announcing your coming into your beauty. Let the white flowers remind you of the purity and the peace and the innocence that you truly are. Let the tall stems remind you of standing tall always in your beauty and also let them remind you of your strength and that you gain this strength from going inside and listening to Holy Spirit tell you of your beauty.

Remain strong in your vigilance for peace. When you look at the Easter Lily, there is a grace about it and a peace. This is inherent of its beauty and also yours. Holy Spirit only sees strength, purity, peace and innocence. He sees your strength as the gift that God gave you, for it is your strength and willingness that will bring you Home.

Holy Spirit also sees the peace that you are. This peace is found within you every time you let go of the tight grip that the world has on you. This peace that is found within is probably the most important gift you can give yourself, for it is in that peace that when you go within to Holy Spirit you will find the answers to everything.

So you see, let today remind you to always go within first to gain the peace that is necessary to see your innocence and purity. And also let today be an important day for you to start remembering the strength that you really are and the strength that comes when you go to Holy Spirit. Go today and walk in beauty, knowing that God goes with you wherever you go.

After finishing my writing that morning I went to A Course in Miracles and found this beautiful passage that pertained to what I had just received from Holy Spirit:

“This is the way to Heaven and to the peace of Easter, in which we join in glad awareness that the Son of God is risen from the past, and has awakened to the present. Now is he free, unlimited in his communication with all that is within him. Now are the lilies of his innocence untouched by guilt, and perfectly protected from the cold chill of fear and withering blight of sin alike. For your gift has saved him from the thorns and nails, and his strong arm is free to guide you safely through them and beyond. Walk with him now rejoicing, for the savior from illusions has come to greet you, and lead you home with him.

“Here is your savior and your friend, released from crucifixion through your vision, and free to lead you now where he would be. He will not leave you, nor forsake the savior in his pain. And gladly will you and your brother walk the way of innocence together, singing as you behold the open door of Heaven and recognize the home that called to you. Give joyously to your brother the freedom and the strength to lead you there. And come before his holy altar where the strength and freedom wait, to offer and receive the bright awareness that leads you home. The lamp is lit in you for your brother. And by the hands that gave it to him shall you be led past fear to love.” (T-20.10-11)

After reading this from the Course, I realized that not only was it important for me to go within to see my beauty in order to return Home, but it was also very important for me to see the beauty in all my brothers as we walk together in beauty on our journey Home. Also as I see their innocence instead of guilt, their strength instead of weakness and their peace instead of the chaos in my brothers, I am also seeing it in myself.

Rev. Sharyn Zenz is a Pathways of Light minister living in Green Bay, Wisconsin. She serves as the Office Liaison for Students/Facilitators at Pathways of Light.

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