Marianne Williamson said it so clearly in her interview with Oprah that it even rocked her a little once she got it.
In my own words I’ll explain that God’s will is there trying to come through, but if your heart (the centre where God’s miracles emerge) is blocked by fear, pain, sorrow, un-forgiveness and hatred then it can’t come through. It’s like a file that cannot be downloaded into the computer that is your body because of a virus blocking its ability to open. When we finally let go of those feelings we can start to walk with God in the path that he has chosen for us that could not manifest before.
I too had the Oprah moment and felt like “oh….so God’s will is still there for me, but I need to allow it to download”. So how do you do that? When everyone has been hurt by someone in their life; whether a family member, friend or stranger, how do you forgive and find peace?
It amazes me that Marianne can turn the truth of God, that which Joyce Meyer speaks of frequently in her sermons, into something that everyone (religious or not) can understand. Again the message is clear: In order to be in peace we must forgive. We must find love and express it to all mankind. All the great spiritual leaders will tell you that: From Jesus to the Dalai Lama to Deepak Chopra, the message keeps repeating until humanity listens.
From my own personal experience, my path of forgiveness has not always been easy. Yes I do feel like the people who have hurt me should “pay for their acts”, but it’s not my place to punish them. God deals with these acts of betrayal in his time. Not ours. If what God says is true that we should have “double for our trouble” as Joyce Myers states, then why wouldn’t we all forgive immediately?
Because it’s much harder then you think.
Does forgiveness mean that we accept that person’s behaviour? That we stay friends with that person, despite possibly being re-offended? I don’t think so. In my own experience, I tried that for years. I tried to understand why someone would act the way they do towards another human being. It doesn’t work. It only convoluted my thinking even more about them and the hurt they caused. Yes, I separated the “offense” from the person successfully but the feelings were still lingering deep down. So did it work? No. But on the other hand, keeping your distance from them, or writing them out of your life doesn’t help either. That’s called running away from your problems. And guess what? It follows you.
The feelings I have towards that person are still there, despite time moving on. The hurt and blame is still there. The disappointment is still there. The feeling of not being protected is still there, yet time has physically changed that person. Whether or not they are the same inside, I will never know. Only they can know their truth. The wanting to forget and “move on” with life still happens, but not in God’s will. We manifest our desires to have happiness with material things and experiences. When what we truly need is to listen to our hearts and open them, which is what happens when we truly forgive.
So where does that leave me in my search for forgiveness? I don’t know if I will ever be able to forgive them for hurting me fully, but I’m hoping that one day I can come close and that that day is not too far away. It’s a process I believe. A search for the light and lessons learned along the way. Does that mean that I will be friends with them again? I honestly can’t answer that. Right now I would tell you that I would be crazy to even consider putting myself or my family in harms way given the current circumstances.
All I can do is pray that God can teach me how to forgive them, and pray for them that they get the help they need in order to live free from their anger. I think if that’s all I can do currently then Joyce and Marianne would be proud if sitting across from me, and that God would smile down because I am making an attempt. Maybe it’s not the complete 100 % forgiveness that is needed, but I can say that it’s a start. Hopefully some of the “file” of God’s will can squeak through the cracks, and in time more and more will shine through till my heart contains no more darkness, only light.
For the interview on Oprah with Marianne Willamson, click the link below:
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