Hi there!

Here's some irony for you. I'm under the weather with some yucky flu symptoms and thought as I laid "I'll just send today's message tomorrow - they'll even welcome the break probably."

Then I sat up abruptly and said to myself (for real!) - "today's message is on CONSISTENCY!!! How does it look me being INconsistent!?"

So here I am trying to walk the talk my friends

Today's request:

1) Review your writings and your various lists - circle all those things and people you have not released and forgiven.

2) Reflect on when you think you might be able and willing to do so

3) Write in dates

4) Choose one you can and will forgive TODAY

5) DO it!


And now the 5th of the Five BASIC Principles: Consistency

"With forgiveness, consistency is essential. You can’t just forgive one thing or just one person and then consider yourself a forgiving person, or, a person who “forgives.” To get this to be a reality you must consistently forgive, or at the very least, WANT to forgive.

You have to approach your life each day with an intention to forgive, deciding ahead of time that there WILL be forgiveness in your life.

A beautiful, wise lady, my Pastor’s wife…Mrs. Bernetta Evans, made this point crystal clear as we had lunch at Wegmans in New Jersey one Friday afternoon. “You’ve got to make up your mind, as you approach your day, to forgive whatever happens that day.” That’s smart...and so truly loving.

Forgiveness is a consistent state of mind and state of being. If you know that NOTHING will so rattle your nerves that it will be unforgivable…you gain a certain level of comfort about your interactions. You’ve basically decided to NOT be hurt by another person’s mistakes or errors in judgment. If you practice and prepare to practice consistent forgiveness, being hurt by others becomes almost impossible.

This place of peace requires tremendous discipline and intention:

Being led by your “higher” self…that part of you that is motivated by love, is the only way to ensure success, lasting success.

You’ll find that it is within your relatively easy grasp, to be benevolent in your forgiveness; to be honest and even accountable; to be creative with solutions and to get work done in your life. All of this can be done at one time or another and from time to time.

The key though, is CONSISTENCY. This is the principle that will separate you from those folks who are “trying” to change their life. When you consistently do a thing it becomes habitual. Good habits create good character. You become the thing you were trying to do. That’s mastery.

This is where you want to exist in order to reap the wonderful benefits of peace, joy and love. When peace, joy and love are experienced on a consistent basis, you can give it and spread it more consistently. And isn’t that the point of all of this?

What stops consistency…in forgiveness and in life?

You have to ask yourself this question and listen deeply, when you do. It’s not so mysterious. Not forgiving in the first place is definitely one answer!  Most of the answers you’ll come up with will point you back to fear.

However you work this out, please do, as the need for consistency in your forgiveness and in your life is huge. Whatever else you commit to (no matter how lofty) means nothing unless you commit to the principle and to the ACTION of consistency."

Wishing you love and light,
Julette
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