By Pam
Have you ever thought why it is easy to pray for someone you love?
It’s simple. It’s because we love them so deeply that we see only good in them and we want only the very best for them. Any maybe because we know how very special and wonderful they are, so good and kind and unselfish, that we can easily see how much they deserve our love and prayer.
And so, with a full heart of love, we reach out in our prayer to see their oneness with God, divine Mind, and acknowledge their right to perfection and harmony as the very loved ideas of a loving, all good God.
Isn’t that true?
We will even demand, right in the face of a loved one’s challenge or struggle, that they are good and deserve all good.
So now, love another as yourself, or love yourself as you love another?
How often do we think harshly of ourself? With criticism. Not good enough. Not prompt enough. Not strong enough. Don’t know enough.
The list of self judgment can get very long.
And truly loving ourselves as we love another, or as God who is Love itself, loves each and every one of us, seems almost impossible.
If you can truly love another without judgment or jury, what would you say to being and doing this great kindness to your view of yourself? What would you think about finding God’s unconditional love for you, for example, in each Lesson each week. Then you will see that as you love others, you, too, are very loved.
This brings freedom, health, and real happiness all round, every where, to each one, our loved ones, those we pray with, and ourselves as well.
Thank you for this so much! It hits home in many levels. Sometimes it is easier to pray for one you love and not for yourself because those critical thoughts seem to erode the thought that I am also the loved and good child of God. And I guess the next step is to pray for one who seems not so deserving and see that they, too, are loved, good and deserving
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Thank you for these ideas, Pam! When I read the phrase “without judgement or jury” a vivid picture flashed in my mind of me standing in front of a trial jury of 12 clones of me. I realized that the jury members are all me when I sit or stand in judgement and the “AHA!” moment came of what it feels like to let go of the need for the jury and stand free and clear in a state of true acceptance and love for myself. This self love allows me to love others because it feels like freedom. I understand this freedom as the transparency of universal love, which radiates supremely as and for all.
Thank you Pam for the reminder to include ourselves in prayer. I often find it easier to love and pray for others but no so much for myself. Let there be equality! We are all the beloved child of God! And I love Karen’s image of 12 Karen jurors sitting in judgement. That’s a very interesting image! And to let it go – how freeing! Lots of love – and thanks everyone for all the Blam entries.