ON CLIMBING OUR SPIRITUAL STEPS

I wonder if forgiveness isn't so hard for us because we've never realized or accepted that forgiveness is not ours to do, it is God's. Ours is to follow each spiritual step that leads to ego-deflation in depth, and there at the heart of our heart lies forgiveness...and love...and patience...and our Father

I am reminded of when I first heard that each life change is basically as simple as moving to a different pew. The harder we think of it, the harder it is for us...all reasoning mind exercises. Which is the value of the reasoning mind...we must needs exercise it to find it is not the answer. That's essentially how we give over to God such as forgiveness, that which is God's to begin with. 

There. The crystallized truth that the Father lives within. It is from the Father within that my eyes are opened, and I see I own the gift I pray for...forgiveness...and love...and patience...etc. I can claim ownership only by using them.

The simple thank you prayer takes away the ego's need to explain to the Father what is needed and why. Again, we own our gifts by extending them to another. 

It all starts by going to God for God...and that is all.

Thank you.