About those regrets... Surely you know they are forgiven? It would be wiser now, if you think of them at all to see them as stepping stones toward knowledge. It is a waste to think of them in any other way, for I turn all regrets into resources.
Have you thought of this? To emphasize your failures is actually to de-emphasize MY power! Also, it is to magnify your own significance -- especailly where the happiness of others is concerned. Child, I alone can bestow happiness for I AM the Source -- the very Fountain of Joy! Only insofar as a man chooses to drink from My waters of joy can he be truly happy. And all who do will find their joy full and complete, hardly challenged at all by the flaws and limitations of other mortals.
But understand. This is not to excuse or speak lightly of selfish behavior. Selfish acts are sin and sin cannot be simply excused. It must be forgiven and cleansed by the blood of My Son. Repentance is the only real solution for sin.
But this has not been the need in your case. You sorrow over sins long ago forgiven. The enemy tortures you. He tells you that your sins have caused the griefs and sins of others. It is a lie. For so long I have yearned to comfort you, to give you perspective -- a glimpse of it all as I see it. You have not been assigned to assure the happiness of anyone else. You have only one commission, and that is to trust in Me.
Will you choose to trust Me? Remember, trusting, like any other action, is a choice. And while you are making choices, why don't you also decide to make this one -- choose to FORGIVE YOURSELF. Self-inflicted punishment can do nothing to alter the past, and continuing remorse is of no value at all. Forgiveness means you are free from your yesterdays - forever! So will you simply enjoy My love again and go on sharing it with others?
Have you thought of this? To emphasize your failures is actually to de-emphasize MY power! Also, it is to magnify your own significance -- especailly where the happiness of others is concerned. Child, I alone can bestow happiness for I AM the Source -- the very Fountain of Joy! Only insofar as a man chooses to drink from My waters of joy can he be truly happy. And all who do will find their joy full and complete, hardly challenged at all by the flaws and limitations of other mortals.
But understand. This is not to excuse or speak lightly of selfish behavior. Selfish acts are sin and sin cannot be simply excused. It must be forgiven and cleansed by the blood of My Son. Repentance is the only real solution for sin.
But this has not been the need in your case. You sorrow over sins long ago forgiven. The enemy tortures you. He tells you that your sins have caused the griefs and sins of others. It is a lie. For so long I have yearned to comfort you, to give you perspective -- a glimpse of it all as I see it. You have not been assigned to assure the happiness of anyone else. You have only one commission, and that is to trust in Me.
Will you choose to trust Me? Remember, trusting, like any other action, is a choice. And while you are making choices, why don't you also decide to make this one -- choose to FORGIVE YOURSELF. Self-inflicted punishment can do nothing to alter the past, and continuing remorse is of no value at all. Forgiveness means you are free from your yesterdays - forever! So will you simply enjoy My love again and go on sharing it with others?