Risk To Be Healed

Thought for the Day:  It is sometimes a great risk to involve ourselves in the process of healing (and I use the term healing in relation to any desired need). What may heal us can be very frightening, life altering, and behavior changing. We all say we WANT to have those things in our lives that will bring us fulfillment, but what we are often really saying is that we want the end result without the ACTION required to achieve it.

When we pray for something, we need be mindful of the prayer. Source registers the prayer, and often the agents of healing related to the prayer appear. The problem is, although we may recognize the possibility, we haven't prepared ourselves to make the journey required. So perhaps prayer should be for the ability to be ready FOR the healing, rather than for the healing itself. In other words, "Help me to prepare myself as needed to receive......" "Help me to recognize the gift of ......in request to my needs." "Help me to have the courage needed to be healed." "Help me to have the courage to take the first steps in relation to my prayer."

And as a good healer acquaintance once said, "When all else fails, use the prayer of the moment - one of my favorites because of its direct simplicity."  Curious, I asked, "What is that?"

He smiled. "It's a one word prayer that gets the point across, and that one word is HELP!"

Whatever the need, whatever the desired outcome, remember the necessity of asking for the ABILITY to recognize the gift that is given, AND the ability to receive it!

KJ