Today was off the charts.
It was brought up to me that I have a blind spot. You know, I’m doing something that I did not know I was doing. As I progressed, one of the things (should be the last…) I was told to do is:
1) Write down the name of every person who has hurt me in my entire life (whoa). This was sheets of paper.
2) For each person on my list, Pray out loud to forgive. Pray as long as necessary until I have dealt with all of the pain I remember.
Each person, each hurt, as long as necessary. Unbelieveable.
Then when I was done, I was told to BURN IT!
So on it went, for hours, all of the pain had to be released because it had a stranglehold on me. This is related to a previous post I brought up and made the challenge. I (have) been insecure, had pity parties of myself and it (has) been written all over my face. This came about throughout life, but it doesn’t need to keep weighing me down like a wet blanket, right…?
Well, now that what needed to be dealt with is done, the papers were burned in the fireplace and all of the ashed were thrown in the 25 MPH NW winds, I really feel like a new person!
What pain have you been carrying around? Have you purged all of the pain out of your life so you can “freely” move forward?
Try it, it truly will be “The Ultimate Release.”
this is so true. sometimes, we just have to let go of our pains.. its like the article in my blog, sands and stone. the other friend wrote his hurt in sands so it will be washed away.
Dont worry, in time, God will reveal to you the right person in the right circumstances as well.
By: equilibrium2008 on May 21, 2008
at 7:47 am
You didn’t click on Mark Shaw’s Thomas Merton link, did you?
Sometimes I think God keeps me bitter because I make him laugh. We’re friends like that.
By: How You Doin Blondie on May 21, 2008
at 8:21 am
Uhhhhh, wuzzun’t me…
By: Tim on May 21, 2008
at 8:29 am
I was joking, Mr. Shaw left what I think was a spam post about this man Thomas Merton…you were sounding a little Merton-ish, so I had to ask.
By: How You Doin Blondie on May 21, 2008
at 8:40 am
Whew.
Now, how about you and all the others reading this stepping up to the plate. Isn’t the wet blanket you’re carrying around heavy enough ir shall we pour more tears on it to make it heavier…?
By: Tim on May 21, 2008
at 8:50 am
It’s quite heavy enough already, thanks, but I’ve become quite attatched to it over the years. Call me Linus
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By: How You Doin Blondie on May 21, 2008
at 9:22 am
I can sense that love is in the air now…
By: equilibrium2008 on May 21, 2008
at 10:31 am
Love? Who? Where? Huh?
By: Tim on May 21, 2008
at 6:31 pm
hmmm I sent you who she is
…
I miss your comments in my blogs though..
By: equilibrium2008 on May 22, 2008
at 7:16 am
I did this in a religious retreat (I’m sorry if that’s not the correct word, hard to translate) in my church a couple of years ago, we included also burdens and situations, and like you said, I felt like a new person!
Will be reading you on blog surfer, blessings!
By: narami on May 22, 2008
at 12:08 pm
Hi narami,
Nice to hear from you! Letting go really does help. I like your blog!
By: Tim on May 22, 2008
at 8:05 pm
That is some powerful stuff! Thanks for sharing that.
By: HW on May 23, 2008
at 10:17 pm
Thanks!
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By: narami on May 25, 2008
at 12:15 pm
Hi Tim! Thanks for visiting me at savingcymbria.wordpress.com
Isn’t it amazing how much power you can give a prayer when you have the courage to say it out loud.
ps. don’t forget to forgive yourself as part of the process!
By: cymbria on May 27, 2008
at 12:17 am