\u201cBehold the store of miracles set out for you to give. Are you not worth the gift, when God appointed it be given you?\u201d<\/em> [CE W-159.10:1-2]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Am I not worth the gift?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sitting here, I\u2019m feeling willing to go into the truth for myself and answer this question posed by Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My first thought was that I was hesitant to receive the gifts because then I am supposed to offer them to others, but another thought then came. I know that if I received God\u2019s gifts to me that this would place me in alignment with my true Self and that the desire to share would just be natural to receiving the gift. In other words, the love that I opened to would just flow from me. This is not about a fear of interacting with others (which the ego uses regularly to keep me from growing).<\/p>\n\n\n\n So why am I blocking receiving the gifts God wills for my life?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Perhaps because I am a very good listener of HS when I am in the flow of love \u2013 the ego does not like this. [This is true but there is more.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n I know that God\u2019s gifts will be great. I do feel a bit of unworthiness to receive. What is this? Fear that I can\u2019t succeed, I think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What I am feeling today is self-doubt. Yesterday, I was sharp with my partner. I can see today that I was fearing something, as well as carrying some guilt, so it put me in a bad mood. I noticed it myself and spent time with my thoughts before speaking but still kindness did not show itself in my responses to him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n As I continue to consider this question it seems that I can come up with multiple excuses. Please help me to understand, HS. _\/\\_<\/p>\n\n\n\n [ ] denotes response from HS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBehold the store of miracles set out for you to give. Are you not worth the gift, when God appointed it to be given to you?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Hollie\u2019s notes were a blessing again today. She offered that Christ Jesus\u2019 words, \u2018Love one another as I have Loved you\u2019 provides a template for Loving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSo this is the loop: 1.know you are loved, 2. Extend that love, 3. Know even more deeply how loved you are.\u201d<\/em> ~Hollie Holden<\/p>\n\n\n\n Feel it; know it; give it away again!<\/p>\n\n\n\n The lesson describes for us that there is a \u2018storehouse\u2019 of our gifts open for us to receive and then to give. These gifts that flow into the world through us connect us all to Christ\u2019s Loving intent for us all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cChrist\u2019s vision is the miracle in which all miracles are born.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n I want the gift of Christ\u2019s vision so my quiet reflection was about this. I would like to be kinder, more giving with my mother now that her body has recovered but her brain is mis-firing with dementia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In meditation, my attention went to my breath where I understood I should take a breath before responding to requests. (They are mostly to go home which just hurts my heart.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n My inner self agreed. \u201cSecond thought!\u201d as Fr. Richard has taught me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yes I can take a breath which then gives a moment for me to notice the field of grace given to us. Then, let the Love of Christ flow through me as I have chosen Love over the separating thoughts of my mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Christ\u2019s vision is the holy ground in which the lilies of forgiveness set their roots. This is their home. They can be brought from here back to the world, but they can never grow in its unnourishing and shallow soil. They need the light and warmth and kindly care Christ\u2019s charity provides. They need the love with which He looks on them. And they become His messengers who give as they received.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n I love this metaphor of the lilies, grown in the field of Christ\u2019s vision. They can be plucked and taken into the world, but the roots remain in the garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The world is enriched, the lily is admired, the garden lives in Christ\u2019s vision and nurturance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 6-8-2026 \u201cBehold the store of miracles set out for you to give. Are you not worth the gift, when God appointed it be given you?\u201d [CE W-159.10:1-2] Am I not worth the gift? Sitting here, I\u2019m feeling willing to go … Continue reading I give the miracles I have received.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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