This is a subject that comes up almost everyday. Adversity in all things....It's a statement that is often hard to hear but as I am doing this work, I am understanding the loving intent of this universal law.
I had a beautiful young lady come to see me recently. I was impressed with her quiet, graceful presence. She was so kind and open-hearted. As we started into our session, I felt the presence of her father who had passed away when she was a young girl. He was so anxious to let her know that he was near her and I felt him just wanting to hold and comfort her. She was so emotional and I could hear the words, "Dad I've missed you so much." He spoke of many specific incidences that he had walked beside her in her journey. He spoke of her children and knew each child's personality. He just wanted her to know that he had never abandoned her.
After many laughs and lots of tears, her dad, very gently, brought up a sensitive experience in which this sweet woman had been mistreated by a family member. She became very tearful and said, "Yes, I was sexually abused." "Was my dad there to help me?" "Did he try to stop it?" Immediately I could feel her father start to cry. I saw a picture of him being in the situation with her, begging to be able to change this for her. I saw him crying out to the angels, "Please help her, please stop it!" I then saw a picture of Christ, lovingly, holding them back and comforting this sweet lady. He said, "This is an experience that she agreed to and even asked for to teach her what she wanted to learn in this life. As I saw the Savior speak these words, I felt the sadness that HE was understanding and saw the tears in HIS eyes. He truly understood the pain that this caused and in understanding the pain, he knew how to personally comfort both this woman and her father while still allowing her to experience agency.
I have seen countless experiences where angels have surrounded those who are experiencing a tragedy or an illness. I have seen accidents where the soul was able to separate from the body so that the pain and fear of the dying experience was not felt by the person. One thing that is common in all heartache.... God is merciful and the depth at which the pain is felt is equal to the joy and enlightenment that will come with healing.
I have been working with another family over the past few months. They have suffered an unimaginable loss of their 12 year old boy. He was taken in an automobile accident in a very public, shocking incident with a school bus. He was with many other children but was the only one that passed away. In one of the first sessions I did with his family, I saw a picture of the accident happen and the body of this sweet boy gently lifted up and laid down by angels on both sides of him. It gave so much comfort to his family, knowing that even in death, his little body was cared for like his parents would.
It has been almost a year since his passing and I was able to do a session for them again a few weeks ago. The first picture that I saw as we opened our session, was this young man standing on the sidelines of a football game. He then knelt down as if to honor the boys playing on the field. I then saw him stand up and turn around and start waving to his parents in the stands. He wanted me to point out the fact that he was wearing a jersey. As I told his parents this image, They both started to cry. His dad said, "We have been going to every high school football game in our little town. We cheer as loud as we can to honor those boys because we will not get the chance to see our son in a uniform and he loved football!" He said, "We tell all the parents to cheer just as loud as you can because you don't always get that chance."
This sweet son was showing them that he was with them in honoring the football team and that he was, in fact, wearing a jersey! I have seen a little bit of what this family has been through in the grieving process and I am so very impressed with the way they are sharing their son's story and touching countless lives around them. They spend their time comforting others who have lost children and they have recently made the decision to return to the religious affiliation that they had left before their son passed. They are passionate about sharing his story and spreading his light from this side. They say that they can see him working from the other side and he is bringing so much love and awareness to their community.
There are so many stories I could share regarding this subject but one thing I have come to know is that there is always purpose in the pain. We asked in this lifetime to experience, to understand all things. Those who have taken the most difficult experiences were those that wanted to evolve the fastest. I believe, that those who have taken the most pain, also asked to really be able to understand the love that God has for us. How can we truly understand the depth of that love without having to experience the healing when the healing can come no other way. The deeper you experience the darkness, the more expansive you will experience the light. It's always so amazing to me to see the way in which people move forward in their grieving and help others open up to a higher power. Perhaps these powerful souls on the other side can do so much more for us there then they can here.
When you are experiencing deep pain, don't be afraid to feel it. Let it work through you. Let the "refiner's fire" burn through the blockages and the walls that we have created. Ask to understand why you are feeling this and what you need to learn from it. When you feel that you are ready, release the emotions to the light. Christ is always ready and willing to take our pain to the light and replace it with the purest form of love and peace. We all deserve to experience this and as you taste the sweetness of healing, you will want to share.
I have been understanding the term "Atonement" in a more personal way in this work. AT ONE MENT means that we are all united in healing each other. The healing comes with each one of us sharing our love and unique gifts. God works through each one of us and there is a "shift" happening. People are awakening and asking to be instruments of healing for others. I am seeing it more everyday. People say all the time that they are feeling "called" to something more. It is time to do the work necessary to heal from past pain and step into the gifts that we all posses. I believe that returning to "Christ Consciousness" means merging our worlds as one. I am feeling impressed to do more classes on helping people open up to this. I will be holding one in October so watch for that information on my healing connections page. Thank you to all the amazing....AMAZING people who have allowed me to step into their grief with them and share messages of hope that only their loved ones can give. Thank you for letting me share your stories! So much love and light to you all!
