Carry the Love
In a vision during a Channeled Grace Healing Circle I found myself once again at the foot of the cross just after Jesus’ crucifixion. A silent conversation ensued between Jesus and I where Jesus asked, Do you have the strength to carry the love? Pursuant to our conversation, he meant did I have the strength to carry the kind of love he carried into the world. He told me it is a lot easier to carry anger. It is a lot easier to go through life feeling justified in one’s point of view than to have the humility to carry the deep love he carried. It takes courage and strength to carry his kind of love.
All of us can carry the deep, unconditional love in meditation or in a healing circle especially when we are unified with a Divine source, but do we have the strength, courage and humility to love so deeply that we would willingly die for people we don’t know?
It was seven days before Christmas when Jesus asked, “Do you have the strength to carry the love?” and I spent everyone of those days repeating it to myself with the realization that perhaps I didn’t have that kind of strength. I asked myself, “Am I strong enough to love people I don’t like? Am I strong enough to love unconditionally? Can I love you, whom I have never met?” On Christmas morning I finally realized that I am only strong enough to try and that will have to be my first step. I don’t see how I can accomplish the herculean effort of carrying Jesus’ kind of love into the world, but maybe with God’s grace I will succeed. Jesus showed me that it is a lot easier to carry anger and self-justification than it is to carry unconditional love. It is a lot easier to carry a set of yardsticks to measure others than to embrace others in unconditional love. Jesus’ timing was impeccable. I had a lot of practice with all the family gatherings over the holidays.
If you want to give this a try, simply start by asking yourself the question, “Do you have the strength to carry the love?” then over the course of one full day, try to love everyone you encounter unconditionally. Don’t judge them. Don’t justify your anger at them. Just love them and let us know how you are doing.
Sending you love,
Theresa
pamela
That’s beautiful! I will try!
Theresa Joseph
Thank you Pamela, that is our best first step!
Love,
Theresa
Michele Perri
Beautiful Theresa, really beautiful… I will carry the LOVE… xo Michele
Theresa Joseph
Thank you Michelle. I am sending you love in support of your effort.
Love,
Theresa
Hope
Hi Theresa, what a beautiful post. I carry your challenge and say yes
It is possible. When I see everyone else as myself in essence it becomes
An almost inevitable result. Thank you for your image and the reminder
With Love , Hope
Theresa Joseph
Thank you for the reminder to see everyone else as ourselves…and to love ourselves unconditionally. Thank you for saying yes to the challenge.
Love,
Theresa
Heidi manning
I LOVED your message. I will try …
Theresa Joseph
I know you will succeed Heidi!
Love,
Theresa
Noreen keegan
Thank you. HAve a blessed. New year
Theresa Joseph
You’re welcome. May your new year be blessed with Love.
Love,
Theresa
Dorina
Amen, Theresa and Linda. Yes, it’s much harder to love unconditionally than to just hold a grudge or be angry with someone for our difference, isn’t it? As I move forward on this path, I have come across some resistance from those who judge me, and I know in my heart these people are in my life for a reason. They are there to show me what it is about my own self that needs to be changed. So, rather than get angry in the midst of conflict, I reflect on what it is about myself that I need to learn. During conflict is always a good time to look in the mirror and address all that needs to be released in order to fully ascend to the higher dimensions. Of course, all of this is easier said than done, and sometimes it takes me a few days to move through a lesson, but onward I go!
Theresa Joseph
Great reminder on how to deal with being judged ourselves. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and strategies as I know they will be helpful to many of our readers.
Love,
Theresa
Patricia Schantz
This message was surely sent by providence. On this last day of Christmas, 2013, Three Kings day, when the magi presented their gifts to the new-born king, I am invited to accept this message and wholeheartedly nurture love for all, unconditionally. May I rekindle it day by day, moment by moment.
I can be strong, with help from the divine source. Thank you for the reminder, with much love.
Theresa Joseph
Well, there are no coincidences Patricia! I had no idea I was posting the blog on the last day of Christmas. I can now see that there was a reason for the timing, which I thought was just delayed on my end! Thank you for carrying the Love.
Love,
Theresa
Annabel Monaghan
Talk about a New Years challenge! Okay, I’m going to start now.
Theresa Joseph
Good luck, Annabel. I wasn’t thinking of it as a new year’s challenge, but it most certainly is turning out to be one! Let us know how you are doing with it.
Love,
Theresa
Maria Guarnieri
I’m going to give it a try, I’m going to “put away my yardstick ” and try to view everyone I meet a a blank page waiting for loving words to be written on it. Wish me luck!
Theresa Joseph
I love that expression Maria, “putting away my yardstick.” What a clear picture that gives me and our readers about how to go about this task.
I’d love to know how that goes for you.
Love,
Theresa
Jeanne
Beautifully written and timed, Theresa! It does seem to be a matter of courage, strength and humility. In order to maintain our “right” point of view, we have to tell the story over and over again to keep it fresh and justified. And that’s exhausting. This God-centered challenge could not have come on a better day. Thank you, as always, for inviting us to move forward into a more current and generous story. Blessings for a Happy New Year and many more. xxx
Theresa Joseph
Thank you for reminding us about how our story entrenches our point of view and justifies our anger. Loosing the story does take courage, strength and humility. It can be embarrassing to one day step back and stop the judging…what might people think? Have you gone soft? Where is your edge? Maybe you become the judged as opposed to the judge…that can be humiliating. It is much safer to stay with the story, but it is much braver to stop, and say “I Love you” with our lack of anger and lack of judgement. Not an easy thing to do but as you say, it is a more generous story. May your new year be filled with Love.
Love,
Theresa
Kim
Thank you Theresa for this message and challenge.
Through meditation, thought, and prayer I am willing to take this challenge.
I too have had similar nudgings and your message confirmed that there is power in the collective.
Many thanks, Love and Light, Kim
Theresa Joseph
Thank your for taking the challenge Kim. And, it sounds as though you have heard this before. You correctly point out that there is power in the collective. There is a ripple set in motion when many people are embodying the vibration of Love. That energetic vibration will make it easier for everyone accepting this challenge to accomplish it. It will also help shift the world to be a more loving place overall. There is no one grand plan to save the world. It comes down to each one of us doing our individual best to embody unconditional love, of all, for all. Thank you for doing your part, Kim.
Love,
Theresa
Ann F
Such perfect timing Theresa! I have been reviewing and renewing my intentions for the new year and was thinking about a similar Christmas message that we are “the arms and legs of God” here to do his work. To me this message also implies that we are here to carry the love, the grace, and the help through our bodies. Our actions as well as our thoughts. Maybe the trick is that we carry the Love to ourselves first (putting the yardsticks away) so that we’re overflowing with it when we encounter people and circumstances that trigger us. I will try. One step at a time. Love, Ann
Theresa Joseph
I love that imagery Ann and I agree that we need to learn to love ourselves unconditionally first. That is what seems to be so hard to do, but once we become conscious of the need for self-love, it becomes easier and easier. I think you are right that once we love ourselves unconditionally that the love will be there for others, effortlessly.
Love to you,
Theresa
Nancy Serkes
Only with GODs help and Grace can this be accomplished. I will ask for HIS help with this teaching and revelation! Am sure it can be accomplished if HE is doing the Loving thru me.
Thank you T , for this pure, spiritual and energetic food for growth!
Wishing you continued Love and Light for 2014
Theresa Joseph
Thanks Nancy, I know you will succeed!
Love to all of you,
Theresa
Martha Green
A worthy, beautiful aspiration for 2014.
Theresa Joseph
Thank you Martha. We are all trying to be brave enough to do this!
Love,
Theresa
Jen Griffiths
SImply trying is courageous! I read this a couple days ago and can’t stop thinking about it. It is not easy to do. I was traveling home through many cities and airports during the air travel chaos. Talk about challenging! I found that it was helpful to imagine the person as an infant child. In doing so, I was able to clearly love the soul – before life and labels complicate and muddle things. I realized that we also have to reevaluate why we so easily love certain people because in doing so many times we are judging them based on qualities that we deem lovable. I may sound crazy but that is equally challenging. For example, a friend who is loyal. Is that why we love? Would be a great workshop topic 🙂 Love to all, Jen
Theresa Joseph
You are making excellent points, Jen. I love the idea of seeing the person as an infant…their pre-ego self. And you are so right about why we love certain people so easily…it is usually because they agree with us on so many fronts. You have given us a lot to think about. Thank you!
Love,
Theresa