Desiring To Know Forgiveness
That place where we came from is beautiful. There we are all many spirits that combine to make one loving spirit. Creator is there and everything is pure, intimate, and beautiful. It was love personified.
One day, Creator was sitting in the garden, thinking about how much he loved every spirit, all beings, and a little spirit came up to him, “Father, I want to go down to earth and be a human being.”
Creator looked at this sweet little spirit that he loved, and looked at him, concerned, “Why would you want to leave this perfect place where you are loved unconditionally, where everything and all things are perfect? It is hard down there. Why would you want to go down there?”
The little spirit, leaned over on to Creator’s knee and looked up, “But, father, I want to learn about forgiveness.”
“But little one, I love you so, why would you want to learn about something we have no need of in this place?”
“I heard about the gift of forgiveness and I want to go and learn more about it,” replied the adored little spirit.
Creator looked down, sadly, “But you would leave me? You would leave this perfect place and go down where it is hard and to learn hard lessons?”
“Yes, please Father,” begged the little spirit.
Creator looked down at his earth. He knew it was a hard place of trials and tests. He loved the little one so much, he could not bear to have him go. “I can not let you go down there by yourself,” and he hugged the little spirit to him.
An older spirit had wandered into the garden and heard the conversation. He, too, loved the little spirit. He did not want him to go, but if he was to go, he would go too. “Father, if he really wants to go to learn this gift, I will go with him.”
Creator looked at the older spirit, “But, I love you too much to let you go. Why would you leave me and this beautiful place?”
“Because I love this little spirit so much,” was his reply.
Creator thought and thought, and sorrowed at the thought of losing them and what they would go through. “Ok, I will let you go, but you must promise me one thing.”
Both the older spirit and the little spirit nodded. “What is it, Father?” they asked.
He gathered them to him, his eye streamed with tears at the thought them going down to that hard place, so far from him. “When I send you more than you can bear, more than you think you can stand, things so horrible and awful that you can not imagine…,” he paused, “I want you to promise me this one thing.”
“But what is it, Father? Anything, we love you so much. We will do anything,” They both replied.
He looked them both in the eyes and said, slowly and sorrowfully, “Even though I send you the hard things you will learn forgiveness from, you will remember that I love you!”
Very Beautiful.
Thank you. It is a story that came in the teachings this evening.