Is it possible to have the same passion that Christ did? Perhaps that is our lesson.

Rev. Cheril Goodrich ©

The journey

            I have been on a journey all of my life, as we all have.  We all choose the road we will travel down.  Some choose the road to wealth and fame.  Others choose a road to poverty, although the road to poverty does not seem to be chosen.  It seems as though circumstances that are beyond our control lead us down this path.  What we are looking for is value.  A way to bring meaning to our lives that transcends our own interpretation of life’s meaning.  When the road we travel leads us to unhappiness, it would be easy to point a finger at the reasons why this has happened.  As I make my way down my own road, I begin to realize that the meaning I have given to the journey is all the value and meaning it ever had.  The things I did like and the things I did not like were filled with my passion.  Without this passion, I would be amiss to have these experiences in my life.

Physical passion

Passion, from a physical standpoint means that something has been learned from a physical experience that has taught me how to be passionate about being physical.  A learning experience that brings passion is how we step away from our eternal associations and learn how to be physical.  When we entered the physical realm we were spiritual beings having a physical experience.  Up to that point, our passion was spiritual.  Once our being begins to believe that the physical experience is real, we begin to believe we are the experience we are having.  We now have passion about being physical, but this passion is upside down and time dependent.  We now find ourselves in denial of our spirit and therefore in violation of our being.  The passion must be reassigned and placed in a proper perspective so that the meaning that has been chosen for the physical experience does not conflict with the spirit or the being.  Otherwise I will continue to try to “do” something with my body so I can “be” what God created.

The Christ

            Two thousand years ago, a man walked this earth.  What made this man’s life significant was something He introduced into time that had not been evident up until His Life and subsequent death.  What He introduced was so profound, and often overlooked because it is misunderstood.  We all now have the ability to tune into what He introduced into time.  The time has come and we have been invited to a banquet.  The banquet is my passion and because we have all been invited to this banquet, we are all invited to partake in the passion that was His.  The passion of Christ was His Love.  His Love was the gift He brought into time, and it was a part of The Plan of the restoration of mankind back into the fold of the rest of God’s Creation that seemed to have been lost at the time of the separation of Adam and Eve from their Creator.

            So profound was this Love that it had the ability to transcend the death experience.  Up until this point in the spiritual history of the world, this ability had not been in time.  Up until this point, those on the physical plane were God’s Children, but now God sent His Son into the world to save His innocent children.  Up until that point there was no hope of resurrection.  It was as the Bible says; whatever you can do, do it with all your might, for there is no hope in the grave, the place where you are going.   After the birth of Christ all of that changed.  A new commandment was given to His followers.  Christ said; I am giving you a new commandment, to love one another.  Think not that I came to add to the Law.  I came to fulfill it.  In order for Him to fulfill the Law, something had to be completed and something new had to begin.  The completion of living by a physical law ended and living by Spiritual Law began.

            How powerful He must have been.  How commanding was His Presence.  Within Jesus, was all of Heaven contained and given to the world.  One man was passionate enough to carry the Love of God from Heaven into time and give it to the world.  Up until His life, this kind of Love had not been known in time.  Up until this time those who dwelled in the physical realm did not have a hope of a resurrection, but now, because of His Passion, a new way of experiencing Love was given to time.  God’s Love now dwelled in time, and hope was restored to the world.  Now the restoration of paradise would begin.  Now God would set up His Kingdom, but not the way man wanted it to happen.  God has His Own Plan, but without His Love there would be no passion for His Plan.  So it is the passion of Christ that I look for.  Without this same passion I cannot achieve the same results that Christ did.  Without this passion, I cannot express Love in the true st sense of the word.  Without Love, all of my endeavors fall short of the promise of completion, because it is in His Love that I am complete.

The Puzzle

            The Old Testament was given to the Children of God so they could use a physical interpretation of Spiritual Law.  By using the Law in this way, they were able to come as close to a spiritual interpretation of God’s Law as they could without actually having actual access to the Love of God or Heaven.  After the birth of Christ, all of this changed.  Heaven entered time and a shift slowly began.  Slowly but surely, The Plan for the salvation of the world was put into motion.  In Heaven, this took no time at all.  In time it took 2000 years.  Each innocent child born into time entered with a piece of Heaven buried deep within their mind.  When their life was over, the puzzle piece that they came to give to the world remained.  The pieces are all in place.  It is time to put the puzzle together so a whole picture can emerge. 

            We are the ones that put the puzzle together.  The pieces are the innocence that has been scattered in time that we have come to gather.  Innocence is attracted to Love, so my passion is Love, but not love the way I understand it.  Love the way I have understood it is partial, so it is based on my perception.  In order for me to move past my own interpretation of it, I must learn to set aside everything I think I know about it and choose to allow another interpretation to fill my mind.  This is done one step at a time.  I know that the Love that was in the Christ is also in me, but I have covered it with falsehoods learned that hid my innocence.  I must uncover my innocence because this is how God can recognize me.  It is my innocence that proves to the world that protection from a physical source is unnecessary.  It is my innocence that will bring peace and harmony back into the world.  How many does it take to heal the world?  Just one person to recognize that they are totally innocent.  Their mission is to find this and only this.

            When we entered the physical realm, the Heavens proclaimed our birth, just like the Heavens proclaimed the Birth of Christ.  The exact moment of our entry is recorded in the stars.  The stars did not give us meaning, we came to give meaning to them.  What we chose was written and planned and we have the ability to choose to see our own Plan if we choose to look.  God did not send His Son into a world without a Plan.  So specific is His Plan that each person has an Advisor Team, that when accessed is able to direct and help lead individuals towards the ultimately goal of peace.  The world is not without Help.  God made sure that not one of His Creation would be lost.  The map for each one is written in the Heavens and in the palm of a hand.  The lessons are everywhere and they are lessons that when followed lead us to the piece of the puzzle that only we can supply.

The call

Do I have passion?  Yes, but it does not always seem to be so.  This physical experience has tried to steal my reality from me, but beneath the physical experience Love still exists.  Love calls to our innocent nature, but it is up to us to hear the call.  Taking one step at a time by realizing I have learned something that is not real is the first step to making a decision that will lead me Home.  I am not alone.  We are all in this together, and without your piece of the puzzle, I cannot fit my piece.  We will only be joined through a realization that you are me and I am you.  The anger and fear that I have learned in time are not real.  They are stealing my joy, but I can change my mind.  The greatest strength that we have is the ability to change our mind and make a new decision, but this decision is not made alone.  It includes all of Heaven.

We are upon the Easter season.  A time for realizing that true passion does not emanate from the body, but instead is given to time through grace.  Thank You God for this realization.  Thank You for Your Plan to bring about the salvation of the world.

Amen.