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Heavens Whispers...
Robin Walsh
It is often in the quietest of moments, we realize just how loud the answers to some of our prayers are spoken and the power of the words that lie within them. In my past I have been hurt by a person that was in my life. Things happen along our journey that causes relationships to end, friendships to be broken and trust severed. This person at one time in my life was a key element in my extended family. Divorce caused anger, hatred and hostility to become an evil thread in a web of constant anger and ill feelings.
The price we often pay for divorce is never ending. People you once loved and trusted turn on you for no reason and leave you often question if there ever was love in those relationships. The healing process is sometimes never ending. At that time, I thought I had been he
As my life took a different route and led me on a path of discovery within myself, I slowly learned that anger constantly followed me. I remember talking to a friend and sharing my struggle of wanting to hate and at the same time I knew it wasn't in me to hate anyone no matter how badly they may have hurt me. That bitterness and anger was buried deep inside like a splinter that often tried to surface on its own and be expelled.
Sometimes, friends like to shoot it to you straight, even when we think we don’t want to hear it. I was told if I carried that bitterness I was giving that person control of my salvation. In holding anger in for others, we give them the power to keep us from entering in the kingdom of heaven should we die with a bitter heart of unforgiveness. Who are we to not forgive others if Christ died for our sins and forgave us?
At that moment I decided to choose forgiveness. I decided to take control of my heart and let the anger go. The peace I felt in that moment was unbelievable. I knew I had let the anger and pain go. The freedom from the thoughts I had of resentment, anger, bitterness and ill-will, was lifted in that very moment. So, at least I though it had.
Recently this person was battling cancer. My heart ached knowing that it was a suffering no one should have to bare. As I prayed everyday for him my heart began to heal even when I thought those old wounds were gone, I felt that anger begin to surface again. I knew God still had some work to do within me.
One afternoon, I lay under my favorite tree at work, I closed my eyes and began to pray. I prayed for healing, I prayed for peace for his entire family, I praised God that my heart was tender and that my gift of compassion was so prevalent as I prayed for him.
My prayer sounded like this, Lord don't let him suffer, I have forgiven him completely, I surrender the anger to you because you have forgiven me so often. Please let him know that I have forgiven him. Then I ended it with, "Lord, let your will be done!" Amen.
At that moment I continued to lay there in silence. The air was humid and still. No sounds were around me. In that moment, I opened my eyes and the branches above me were softly swaying and it was though they were talking to me. I remember thinking...Heavens whispers! I felt such peace and comfort in my heart. As I looked at my watch knowing it was probably time to go back to work, I recalled the time as 1:29 pm. I went about my day as usual, finished up my work and was driving home. What happened next is truly a confirmation that God is miraculous.
I decided to call and ask he was doing, it was then that I learned he had passed away. He had finally been called to his seat at the table with God. His time of death was 1:30 pm. I knew at that very second the whispers I heard in the tree were his angel wings softly flying over.
I believe he was allowed to leave that whisper in my ear and softly say, "thank you" for your forgiveness. I have never felt such a peace like that come over me in a long time. God had my day unravel like a beautiful song as the words, and the melody in the wind all came together. My soul was free, my heart light and my spirit grew even more, all because of the power of forgiveness!
For if you forgive other their trespasses, your Heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses
(Matthew 6:14-15 ESV)
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