I never could understand this picture of Jesus and
the concept of the door.
Maybe today is the day to gain more understanding and
wisdom on this?
Those of you that have been following my blog and writings,
are familiar with how I write.
I start with a picture quote or spiritual concept and
then keep adding other pictural quotes and
see where the Spirit takes us…
Be prepared for your tailor-made message from God
I do a lot of research and
pray and walk and
pray and walk and
keep surrendering to God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit
to help me write words that will touch
each and every one of you
in a very special way.
The miracle that happens
if you are open and willing to
receive it…
I am realizing,
God is touching
and healing
my heart
along the way…
When heavens doors are open,
I believe we can all tap
into divine wisdom,
divine knowledge,
divine love,
divine understanding
and divine power.
Get ready to be changed…
HOW do we begin?
How do we go down this spiritual path and learn?
HOW
H – Honesty – approach each encounter with sincerity and honesty
O- Open our hearts,
emotions,
minds and
Spirit
W- Willing to hear,
see and
learn from the
Spirit of God
Jesus must be important
because even our calendar
started with the
Birth of Jesus
Today, April 15, 2022 A.D.
stands for the year of the Lord,
specifically relating to the birth of Jesus Christ.
Jesus was and is still important
Good Friday is today
Maybe we will
develop a deeper
meaning for what
happened on this day.
What was God thinking
when He asked Jesus
to Suffer and
die on the cross
For our sins?
I remember as a child
I was taught that Jesus was
the Lamb of God
Who took away the sins
of the world
This spiritual concept
was way too difficult
for me to understand
I grew up in the Church of the Brethren,
a protestant church
I loved to sing hymns
One such hymn addressed this issue:
“The Power of the Blood”
Please click on this link and listen to the words…
I sang the song and the words
were instilled in my soul
However,
I could not comprehend why such brutality and
The shedding of Blood and the Death of Jesus
Was necessary to forgive my sins…
Couldn’t there have been
A softer, less brutal way of forgiving my sins?
I grew up attending a protestant church,
so of course,
we had a bare cross,
focusing more on the resurrection
rather than the death of Jesus
Last year, on my spiritual pilgrimage
“El Camino de Santiago de Frances”
“I was retracing a 500 mile walk done by Saint James,
the patron saint
of Spain
Also most importantly,
one of Jesus’s apostles,
St James also was also tortured and beheaded
Simply because he preached about Jesus
Almost every town I walked through
Had a church with a bleeding
statue of Jesus on the cross
I was drawn to my knees
in tears
I no longer viewed the
blood and torture
as grotesque,
I understood
what had happened on the cross…
Having had a spiritual awakening
I realized that
That some of that pain and suffering Jesus felt
Was a direct result of my sins and mistakes
Jesus suffered because of my mistakes
so I could be forgiven
What an awareness.
I spoke to Jesus and told Him
I was so sorry that I had caused Him so much pain.
I understood at that moment in time
That on that cross he humanly suffered
The pain of All of our sins
So we could be washed clean and forgiven
God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit
Really do understand and feel
our emotions,
pain and happiness…
Now I understand why the catholic churches
Still have Jesus on the cross.
Many of the churches now do not even
Have a cross in their churches
What has happened?
When I attended a 2 year Worship Center Bible School,
I learned that in the Old Testament
God provided a way for the
Forgiveness of sins
Special services were performed
And the blood of specific lambs
Were used to forgive sins
This was the precursor to Jesus
Jesus became that divine
Sacrificial lamb for the forgiveness of sins
The only requirement is that we believe
Thus the New Testament in the Bible,
The New Covenant
Wow
Look and take in this picture quote
Christ’s Blood made
Forgiveness possible
without this
sacrifice
No forgiveness of sin
Wow
Now this statement goes a little deeper
about praying the
Power of the Blood
for protection…
I have been starting to Plead
the Power of the blood
As protection over myself
and others
Where does this practice
come from?
What example did
God give us?
This story of the Passover, in the Old Testament in the Bible
Shows the power of the blood for protection
How much more protection we could have using
The Power of the
Blood of Jesus
for
Protection
Against Evil
Those of you that have been reading my writings,
Know that I stress these 3 A’s
AAA (Awareness, Acceptance and Action)
Jesus followed these principles also
A – Awareness – Jesus was aware of God’s Will for his life
A- Acceptance – Jesus prayed and accepted his fate and purpose
A- Action – Jesus showed up for a human life
(fully human and fully divine)and
let God’s plan unfold
and continued to pray for courage and strength
to endure the physical pain and mental
rejection and abandonment and
physical and mental abuse
and suffered and died and rise again
so we could be forgiven
and have eternal life
It is important we do these 3 A’s
AAA (Aware, Accept and Take Action)
A – Aware of what Christ did for you
A- Accept that Christ died for your sins
A – Action – verbally declare that Jesus is the way
to be forgiven and way to eternal life
Repeat this Prayer to verbally declare
Jesus into your heart
Jesus has already forgiven you
for your sins
You just need to
accept his
forgiveness
and
accept His
love
Jesus already forgave your
sins on the cross.
You can then enter
into the presence of God
and into
Heaven
for
eternity
God’s Spirit enters our heart to help us
learn spiritual things and
to do the next
right things.
Since Jesus has forgiven you
Now we need to learn
how to forgive others and self
We are to forgive our enemies
Also, Even though it is harder to forgive friends and family,
Jesus interceded on our behalf to God
To Forgive us
On the Cross, Jesus said
“Forgive them for they know not what they do”
Because Jesus forgave us
We are instructed to
forgive others
Practice forgiveness
Some good in the worst of us
and
some evil in the best of us
Wow,
we also need to forgive those who were silent and
did not care…
or pulled away from us
when we needed them the most…
this is really hard…
to do
Forgiving them does not condone
what they did was right,
it releases the negative hold
their words or actions
have on our minds and spirits.
Release the power of others mistakes
over you
by forgiving them.
They no longer can rent space in your mind and heart and
they can no longer
have the power
to keep
re-wounding
you.
Many times divine help
is needed in order to forgive when
their actions have caused
a deep routed resentment
in your spirit
In AA
I was told to follow these instructions
for resentments…
to pray for everything
I wanted for myself,
to be given to them.
I was told that it would free me
of the resentment.
Pray for their Health
happiness and prosperity
Even though I did not mean it
Pray it anyway…
Pray every day for 2 weeks
I did it and it works!!!!
The next thing I needed to do
was to accept
the person, place, thing
that was unacceptable to me
at the moment.
Accept that not everything that happens
is God’s Will
People make mistakes
Innocent people get hurt
By accepting this mindset,
I could detach enough
from my emotions
to figure out
what actions to
take next
If Jesus could forgive all those
who tortured Him and
were not sorry…
And Jesus did nothing wrong..
Then who are we to not forgive others
The reward of forgiveness
is peace of mind and spirit…
and happiness…
Forgive those who are not capable of loving you…
Do you really want to be around
someone who does not
want to be around you?
Release them
When we know better, we can do better…
Keep learning and growing…
Look at Life as
learning lessons
instead of success or failure
Forgiving ourselves keeps us from getting stuck…
in shame, guilt and self-pity
the victim role…
Forgive and set your spirit free..
We are free to love again and grow spiritually
So once again, let us get some clarity on
Why Jesus is the only way
To Heaven “Eternal Life”
From everything I have learned
I look at it this way…
What have you got to lose if you do not accept Jesus?
According to the Bible,
you will lose an eternal relationship with God
Your divine creator.
Do I want to risk that?
Apparently, We need to be cleaned up
in order to enter into God’s Divine Presence
The way we do that is to
Accept that Christ became that doorway we need to go through
To be forgiven of our sins
And cleaned us up with his sacrificial blood, death and resurrection…
He already did that on the cross
You just have to accept it…
To reap the rewards…
ACCEPTANCE IS THE KEY
If you cannot walk through the door yet
Just open the door a crack
and allow God’s light
of Love and Forgiveness
to creep though the door
and into your heart
and spirit
to help you
walk through the door
God wants a personal relationship with me
Forgiveness is the key
that opens the door to my
wounded spiritual heart
Thank God in the United States of America
we still have the freedom to believe
in Christ Jesus
without fear of death…
Special remembrance to my Aunt Mary who recently went to be with Jesus. This will be her first Easter with God and Jesus and all her loved ones. I will miss her hugs and the light of God’s love that radiated from her heart…
Remember all of your loved ones
who were forgiven and
saved by the Cross of Jesus
and now
in heaven waiting
for us…
Happy Easter
and
Lots of Love
to all of you…
Esther Mae
12 Steps Recovery spiritual principles 