{"id":1647,"date":"2016-10-30T20:59:59","date_gmt":"2016-10-30T20:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/batesonline.org\/triciablog\/?p=1647"},"modified":"2019-11-10T22:18:03","modified_gmt":"2019-11-10T22:18:03","slug":"oct-30-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triciabatessmith.com:443\/index.php\/2016\/10\/30\/oct-30-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday 10-30-16 Worthy to wonderful!"},"content":{"rendered":"

“We are spiritual beings having a human experience.”<\/em>
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Happy Sunday!
\nGod made me.
\nI came to realize worthiness because I finally came to believe that this is true.
\nBecause I became aware of my feeling worthless for most of my life I see in others how it is the root cause of nearly all of the pain we inflict on ourselves and others. It is why we look outside of ourselves for happiness and love to make us feel better: if another loves me more than I am ok; if I take a drink or a pill to numb the continual pain inside; if I a strike out against another for being different or not doing as I expect then they will conform so I can be right.
\nA simple change of belief that could be added to the things we know about life and life would change. Your birth was not an accident of biology, a soul entered a physical, biological life because God, the creator chose to bring you here.
\nWhen we come to realize that a new life comes from the creator, not just through the physical father and mother, what does that change in how we understand ourselves?
\nLet\u2019s reflect on some different scenarios:
\nWhen a child is born into a family this might mean instead of us considering our child a blank slate that we need to teach about, and secure against, everything in the world we would be more observant of the gifts the child brings to the family direct from the creator. We could stop raising them as \u2018mini-me\u2019 to fix our mistakes or fulfill the ambitions we were unable to. They are a new person manifesting in this world with a unique expression that God wants to reveal at this time.
\nIf life is created due to a rape, instead of the female victim living with the shame of having had a baby due to a violation and a crime she can more easily move forward and find the good from the bad. She was meant to bear the child and this was the means available to creation to make it happen.
\nThe child of rape becomes the child of God. It will be easier to come to the understanding that you are the beloved creation of God because it is really obvious that it is only God\u2019s intention that you are born and not the will of a caring mother and father.
\nAll life is precious and sacred.
\nWhy are we so ridiculous? If I asked a religious person if God created all things then I believe that person would say yes. What would they say to loving everyone, letting everyone live the lives they choose? I think the response would be different. The world is God\u2019s creation and yet we see fit to change it. We break all the basic creeds of God with our thoughts of judgment and beliefs that only our way is the right way.
\nHow can we do this so easily? How can we proclaim our faith in God and yet abhor all that He created?
\nLack of worthiness.
\nWhen we feel worthless we live in fear. Anyone that is different from ourselves in form or belief is a risk to our security. We hold these deep scary beliefs that make us act as though it is all about survival: I am all on my own; God didn\u2019t create me; God doesn\u2019t love me; God doesn\u2019t see me; and I have to prove myself to even get noticed.
\nA song just came to me\u2026
\nFor here you are,\u00a0Standing there, Loving me. Whether or not you should \u2026<\/em>
\nThe Beloved is present, always reaching out to me \u2013 to all of us. Thank you Lord for always being here even when I didn\u2019t have \u2018eyes to see and ears to hear\u2019.
\nWhen we understand that God is our creator there is no one left to blame for our mistakes but ourselves. It is easier to release blame on our parents, our teachers, society, because we know they didn\u2019t make me and they are like me \u2013 just doing the best that they can.
\nGod made me to be something more \u2013 Great! And, it is up to me to choose to let go of what doesn\u2019t serve me, the things that always felt wrong for me and blocked my light from shining.
\nIt\u2019s been an interesting week. I have felt full of energy and inspiration. Signs of change are so clear to me: in the news I read, in the people I meet and the conversations that occur, and in the videos and articles that social media leads me to.
\nI have a confession to make (which I expect that I am making to my intellectual self as well as those closest to me that identify themselves that way). I have been reading the written predictions of channels about the \u2018new age\u2019 manifesting. It seems the angels, aliens, masters, Source energy, etc. are all very vocal right now and they are speaking directly to me. Their words validate all I feel and experience.
\nThe take away for me in the messages this week are:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. I am wonderful. To reach Oneness I don\u2019t need practices, processes, or waiting that I may be told by different teachers (unless they feel right). Focus on what I want and get it \u2013 I am ready. I want expansion!<\/em><\/li>\n
  2. God alone is power. It\u2019s time to look at what is in my experience and know what is occurring does not hold any true power over my soul\u2019s evolution. We are to learn to look for the truths hidden in difficult life events. God has a bigger plan.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I have also learned that my wonderfulness is a tool that God will use to bring light into the world. The light, higher energies\/ vibrations are coming to all. Some will resist, some will struggle, some will be fearful. It will be the steady lights who will bring ease to others who are unsure.
    \nI want the change and agree to do my part.
    \nExciting times!
    \nLord, help me to keep my heart open to those around me. Help me keep my mind quiet to hear the still small voice of your guidance. Help me to see the beauty of your kingdom before me, now and in the times to come.
    \nThank you.
    \n<3
    \nFor here you are
    \nStanding there
    \nLoving me
    \nWhether or not you should<\/em>
    \nSo somewhere in my youth
    \nOr childhood
    \nI must have done something good
    \nNothing comes from nothing
    \nNothing ever could
    \nSo somewhere in my youth or childhood
    \nI must have done something good
    \n~ Oscar Hammerstein, from The Sound of Music<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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