Holding Onto Your Peace

Written by David Nelmes


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  • I would rather be at peace.
    • Knowing this and remembering this helps in finding and releasing anything that might stand inrepparttar way of restoring peace.

    The first thing to do is to hand over all non-peaceful thoughts torepparttar 126812 Holy Spirit so that he can judge them, refine them and then either dispel them because they are simply not real or return them to you as they really should be.

    This thought that I am somehow losing something, I place in your hands to correct.

    This thought that others are inconsiderate, I place in your hands to correct.

    This thought thatrepparttar 126813 situation will never be resolved, I place in your hands to correct.

    This thought thatrepparttar 126814 world is against me, I place in your hands to correct.

    This thought that he will never be healed, I place in your hands to correct.

    A key focus on really getting past many issues that return, time and time again is to see and understand that you are often holding on very tightly to what our society and religion has declared as Our Rights. Your right To Be Angry, will distance you from God, as will your right to not forgive...your right for vengeance, your right to be upset, your right to hold somebody else responsible, your right for man-made justice, your right to hold onto your man-made rights, etc. etc., etc.

    As long as you hold onto these dark rights, you can never truly forgive...you can never truly get past an event and you can never truly be at peace. It can appear difficult to give up your right to hate somebody that has done something to you or to a loved one, but it is one ofrepparttar 126815 most important steps you will have taken to breakingrepparttar 126816 cycle of events that occur over and over again in your life. You don't have to like what a person did or is still doing, but you can learn to separaterepparttar 126817 person fromrepparttar 126818 actions they are doing and know they are not one inrepparttar 126819 same.

    I give up my right to be upset at her.

    I give up my right to not forgive him.

    I give up my right to thinking they should suffer for what they have done.

    Say it...mean it and know thatrepparttar 126820 Holy Spirit hears it, has been waiting for it and will heal your mind about it. The bottom line is that as long as you desire to hold onto these dark rights, you are also choosing, planning and acceptingrepparttar 126821 situations that occur so that you can practice and languish in that dark right.

    There is nothing you can do to healrepparttar 126822 way you think and feel, other than to be willing to let your mind be healed. You can't fix it by yourself. If we did know how to fix our own perceptions, we wouldn't be inrepparttar 126823 situation inrepparttar 126824 world that we are. By being willing to change, you are openingrepparttar 126825 door forrepparttar 126826 Holy Spirit to removerepparttar 126827 blocks and obstacles you have set in place between yourself andrepparttar 126828 light. By choosing peace, you are allowing God to heal your perception of this world.

    I choose to see things clearly.

    I choose to see things differently.

    I am willing and open to hear and seerepparttar 126829 truth.

    The healing of your mind happens. The extent of your faith may limit this, but there is no way to prevent it. It is what God wants for you. For every microsecond that you are truly open to being healed, God is there, healing your mind, opening your mind and patiently waiting forrepparttar 126830 moment he is allowed in again. You might not see it or hear it as is occurs, but later that day, later that week, you will notice you are reacting differently to that situation that bothered you so much before. You will find that you see people differently than you did before. You will experiencerepparttar 126831 realization that your healing occurred... not as a loud fiery boom inrepparttar 126832 sky, but as a gentle and peaceful growing within you. Peace and everything that brings about peace is everything that is not loud and distracting. Peace is gentle and calm, as isrepparttar 126833 method God uses to heal our minds.

    Another good thing to remember is that you only receive whatever it is that you truly desire to give, so whatever you want for yourself, give that thing and then you shall have it as well. Jesus said it best when he said we should love who we perceive as our enemies and pray for them. Would he have you pray forrepparttar 126834 hopeless? Would he expect you to keep seeing them as enemies? Your prayers for them do matter and they do help to open their hearts more so that God can work with them. In sharing this desire about them, you have forgiven them and have opened your own heart more and God can perform more healing in your life as well. You get what you give because in giving, you are also discovering and accepting what God has already given you.

    I extend peace and wisdom to you whom I thought was against me.

    I desire that you be happy and at peace and that you would bask inrepparttar 126835 warmth of total forgiveness and love.

    Your happiness is my happiness. I extend my love and forgiveness to you.

    God, Love and Peace have never changed, and are always exactly where they always have been...inside you allrepparttar 126836 time...a part of you that is you. Holding onto your peace is simply a series of methods you use that help you remember this. Your methods might not berepparttar 126837 same as mine and my methods might not berepparttar 126838 same as yours, butrepparttar 126839 overall spirit of wanting peace, love and forgiveness in our lives isrepparttar 126840 same. You can and will find ways to hold onto your peace because that is what I want for you, it is what you want for you and it is what God wants for you. It's impossible for you not to be able to hold onto your peace if that is what you truly desire because your will and Gods will are one. Both you and God want peace for you and both you and God want you to return home.

    I extend my peace, love, forgiveness, health, faith, patience and wisdom to you all.

    *Compliments of: Dreams Alive Magazine - http://www.dreamsalivemagazine.com Being Willing - http://www.beingwilling.com



    David Nelmes provides opportunities for those around him to see things from perspectives they had not considered before. His desire is for himself and all men to pursue truth and be open and willing to see what God would have us see. His influences consist of being truly open and applying the truths in both "The Bible" and "A Course In Miracles". See more at: - BeingWilling.com


  • In Everything You Do

    Written by David Nelmes


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    know so that you can eventually come home to him.

    "...and do not depend upon your own understanding." Our pursuit to understand isrepparttar primary thing that distances us from God at times. All understanding is with God. In time, we may understand all things, but we must first release our self-made concepts of what things are and why things are and stop limiting what God can do in our lives. Just know that God knows and stop trying to understand. Just believe God will do as he says and don't try to figure it out on your own. This world does not haverepparttar 126811 answers and since we cannot understand most spiritual things, our worldly understanding and attempts to prove ourselves are often just distractions that keep us at a distance from God.

    Before you can understand anything, you must be open to see it as it truly is. Consider an attempt in trying to describe a color to somebody, without using any reference to any other color or texture. No matter how well you try, he will never truly understand what that color is... until he finally sees it. Having seenrepparttar 126812 color, he will understand how it can be used and what it matches and how it differs. Understanding comes by first seeing. Open your heart to see things as God would have you see them and understanding will follow later. First, be open and willing to see, without reservations and without conditions or exclusions of what you will let God show you. Be open. Be willing. Do not depend upon what you have already convinced yourself that you understand. Desire to see. Choose to see differently. Be willing to see things clearly.

    "In everything you do, acknowledge Him..." Know that God is your source. Know that his will isrepparttar 126813 only will and that your will isrepparttar 126814 same as his. Both God and you want you home. Both God and you want you to be happy, healthy and secure. Know that there is nothing you do separate from him that will ever succeed. This has nothing to do withrepparttar 126815 world where success is rated upon financial or social awards. All those things eventually fade to dust and therefore are not real. They don't matter to God. The condition of your spiritual being matters to God. Success is when you open your heart more thanrepparttar 126816 day before. Success is when you are not fearful of things you feared before. Success is seeing God more clearly than before. Success is having an honest desire to pursuerepparttar 126817 truth, no matter how it might contradict whatrepparttar 126818 world and religion has taught you.

    "...and he will direct your path." What is your path? What is it that God would have you DO? Once you fully comprehendrepparttar 126819 concept of placing your total trust in God, there is nothing you will feel you will have to do for God. Only God can do. When you think there is something you can or must do for God, you have limited God and put yourself in his seat. So what is your path if you don't do anything? Your path is not about doing...it's about being. It doesn't matter to God what you do, as long as you BE part of him while you do it. Whether you are sweeping floors, running an entire corporation or climbing a mountain, these are physical things. God is not physical, he is spiritual, as is your true self. What is important is what are you BEING while you do these things. That is what your path is, to be all that God would have you be. To be without fear...to be full of love...to be patient...to be compassionate...to be open to hear God...to be willing to grow in Him.

    There is nothing God requires that you do. There is no payment or sacrifice he requires or desires. There is no path to discover by racking your brain in trying to figure out what it is that God would have you do. There is no physical thing inrepparttar 126820 entire universe that you need to give God or those who claim they follow God. There is only one thing that God desires from you and that is for you to Be Willing. Be willing to see clearly... be willing to choose differently... be willing to set aside whatrepparttar 126821 world has taught you... be willing to be what he would have you be. Your willingness creates an opening in your being that allowsrepparttar 126822 Holy Spirit to Do things. It allowsrepparttar 126823 Holy Spirit to heal you, teach you and guide you. Learn to Be and you'll truly see what God can Do.

    No matter what you do in life, God can and will use your life to bless you and all those around you, but even more-so if you are pursuing a higher place of being as well. There are times when we dream about a grand future event that God will bring us to...Our Mission For God...but that's just fantasy. It is a sign you are not trusting God if you are planning what you believe God thinks is best for you. God may use events and choices you make that will affect a large audience some day, but that doesn't matter. God knows exactly what you need to become more and more open to him every day. That is what is important to him. He knows what will speed this process and that is where he will guide you. So don't be so concerned about what you think God wants you to do. Instead, in whatever you do decide to do, be what God would have you be and he will direct you from there.

    This article Copyright ©2004 David Nelmes - Reproduced with Permission.

    *Compliments of:Dreams Alive Magazine - http://www.dreamsalivemagazine.com
    Being Willing - http://www.beingwilling.com



    David Nelmes provides opportunities for those around him to see things from perspectives they had not considered before. His desire is for himself and all men to pursue truth and be open and willing to see what God would have us see. His influences consist of being truly open and applying the truths in both "The Bible" and "A Course In Miracles". See more at: - BeingWilling.com


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