Life Happened To Them, Too.
Recently, I was somewhat surprised and disappointed to see how unloving I can still be at times, despite praying for and receiving divine love for a number of years. What happened to make these negative attitudes so ingrained? The answer is that life happened, just as it did to those I’ve expressed intolerance towards. A life on earth that is far from God’s ideal for all of us.
We need to have compassion for ourselves and others. We rarely consciously set out to be who we become in life. Things happen and we can easily change in ways that are unloving, perhaps in small steps we don’t notice. We’re surrounded by examples of unloving behaviour that aren’t a good influence on us. Even after starting to receive divine love from our Creator, being full of love isn’t likely to be how we feel most of the time.
If we could experience on earth the loving environment we’re told exists in the spirit world, then I doubt we’d ever succumb to negativity in the first place. This is something to reflect on. Why should we let our environment play a detrimental role in determining who we are? The spiritual battleground is between mind and soul, which requires us to persevere in our prayers and be vigilant with regard to our thoughts. We should be a loving example to others and be a friend to all, even those who’ve chosen very different values to us in the precarious journey we all traverse through life.
The Padgett Messages - The Core Truths 