Don't Hug a Thistle!
Part 2

Some conscientious persons feel that it is their right and duty to be unwilling to forgive certain wrongs, and that they are in some way getting even with the wrongdoer by carrying around the thistle of unforgiveness. This is shortsightedness.

If a person has done wrong, we should let the error stop there, and not perpetuate it by feeding it mentally. There is an old saying, "Do not cut off your nose to spite your face," and if I persist in hurting myself in order to harm someone else, I am figuratively cutting off my nose to spite my face.

Only forgiving in a human way is good, but more is needed. To forgive in a mental or human way is restful, but to put the whole unpleasant matter into God's hands and let the love of God go forth from you to the erring one is healing. You can pour a healing balm upon your own soul and body by sending your love out to the one who has been under condemnation. This healing balm will heal you while you are sending it out.

As you radiate love and forgiveness you are unstopping the channels of God's impulses in yourself, so that His divine love and life may flow more freely through you and your affairs. The ideal state of existence is freedom, and this freedom means freedom of circulation. The air is fresh when it circulates; water is pure when it circulates; ideas are stimulating when they circulate; love is healing when it circulates, likewise the divine attributes of God are made manifest in you as they circulate through your mind and heart. (Adapted from: Things To Be Remembered by Lowell Fillmore) - Lovingly, Rev. John

Bytes of Wisdom. . .

When you desire anything, know that the desire is God-given and that He Who gave the desire will give the embodiment or expressions of it. - Ervin Seale

Horse sense means seeing things two ways - how you want them to be and how they have to be. - June Smith

No one can persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. - Marvyn Ferguses

As we must plant a seed before we can reap a harvest, so we must believe before our prayers can be answered. Prayer should reach a point of acceptance, an unqualified and undisputed place of agreement. - Ernest Holmes

A little humor. . .

There was the cook who wanted to double the recipe, but the oven wouldn't go to 700 degrees. - Jay Trachman

At a defensive-driving course I attended, our $100 traffic fines were forgiven because of our participation in the class. The instructor, an off-duty police officer, asked us what we might buy with the money we were saving. "A new outfit" and "a night out on the town" were some suggestions. My favorite response, though, came from a participant who said: "A radar detector!" - James G. Fox

Sociologists say that going to the movies is a bonding experience. It probably has something to do with the way your feet stick to the floor. - Robert Orben

In the mail. . .

Thankful for Prayers! - I am so thankful for your prayers. The good news is, I will no longer need to sue my renters, my mother received a good report from her doctor, I had a very good inspection of my home, and I was able to completely clean out my basement. Also, my health has improved along with my financial income. I am so grateful! - W. R. - Ohio

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