“On
this day of your life, it’s important for you to know that you are a pure child
of God, beautiful in your innocence -- and that this is true no matter what you
may have done.
There
is no offense you could ever commit that can rob you of your magnificence, or
of the wonder of who you are. Who
among
us hasn't fallen from the path, betrayed another, acted unwisely, fallen prey
to temptation, given in to a craving or addiction?
All
of us are human. And in God's eyes that makes us perfect.
Really.
Just the way we are. Like 3-year-olds, looking anxiously up at some elder,
wondering with quivering lips whether we'll get a spanking for breaking the
rules...
The
3-year-old is beautiful in her/his innocence. She/he is pure as snow, and there
is simply something that has not been totally understood, or fully integrated
into behavior yet.
It's
okay. We don't mean to be "bad." And in truth, we aren't. Not any one
of us. We're simply, sometimes, mistaken. And God loves us anyway.
Immensely.
Completely. Eternally.
Just
as we are.”
~ Neale Donald Walsch.
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