Forgive With Gratitude!

Debra (Debi) Yvonne Simmons
4 min readApr 9, 2022

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And do not let anyone convince you that you cannot hear the Holy Spirit.

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Forgive the original error with gratitude.

We like to forgive with lots of hidden agendas.

We forgive because we are sinners which is NOT forgiveness; it is more like conspiracy.

We forgive and want to hold on to just how difficult it really was to do so making us the martyr and getting our reward by that ‘fix’.

I WAS GUILTY OF THESE for decades until I accepted the Atonement in late 2019, early 2020!

I chose to forgive the original error of belief in separation from God and I do it with great thankfulness in my heart because it gives me a lightness and a childlike approach to life.

To eternal life, really.

Once you have forgiven that error, eternal life is the only kind of life there can be. Eternal life in the Mind of God. Where could one be happier or safer and still have the ability to create and explore? And bear the sorrow that still remains on earth?

Use learning to shed light on current events.

Learning comes from everywhere. All of your experiences, struggles and celebrations are teaching moments. Use what the Holy Spirit has taught you about those moments to move into a truer state of mind. Even a state of true perception that can only come from the Holy Spirit.

A clearer state of mind to reassess events of the day.

Do not take others opinions as your own.

You need a foundation to stand on to begin with but let the Holy Spirit take that foundation away from you and place yourself in His hands and you will see some incredible things happen.

I did this over the years. Raising my children, going through my share of lifes challenges. Learning the hard way where I needed to center my trust and who had the answers.

Would you believe it was me or at least, within me?

You have access to that same resource and you can come to a place of knowledge that surpasses anything that the world can give if you are willing to move forward and have an eye single to the glory of God.

I did that for decades and I have come to a place where I resonate within the glory of God as His Son worthy of all that the Father has because I am His Son. And so are you!

I guarantee there are answers to every single question you could come up with. Get to know the Holy Spirit if you do not as yet and do not let anyone tell you it is impossible. You only have to allow yourself to will it to be.

Depression is not the same as the sadness that we live with here where we believe in separation.

There is something that I think really needs to be cleared up.

Depression from the challenges and dead ends of the ego or false self that we have made is not the same as the sadness and frustration that we feel because we are still functioning as a separated Mind.

As Christ we have One Mind and that Mind is bountiful, extending, abundant, united, carefree, creative.

It has a strength which is shared, that it may bring to all the miracle in which they will unite in purpose and forgiveness and in love.

We crave this. We know this is our heritage as the Son of God.

Do not try to get rid of it. Do not try to medicate it away.

Use the discomfort as a stimulation to get you to accept the Atonement and embrace the oneness that we are and have through our united Father in Heaven to create a better world.

God does not force anything. He does not have to. He just IS.

It is really not that difficult.

Do not be afraid to stand alone.

You have to be willing to take your place in the Atonement and no one else can do it for you.

No one else can go there with you but once you go there you will never be alone again. You will wonder how you thought it was ever possible to be alone in the first place.

You just have to decide it is worth doing.

What would you do to win the lottery?

This is better than that could ever be but you will not be forced to do it.

"Whenever what the Holy Spirit tells you appears to be coercive, it is only because you do not recognize your own will.” T10B10 HLCM, ACIM

You must accept it willingly by recognizing your own will as God’s Will.

And what will it feel like once you do?

  1. You will feel like you have super powers.
  2. You will go through some challenges to prove that to yourself.
  3. You will have peace and joy that cannot be touched by anything that happens in this life. That does not mean you won’t experince sorrow, it means that peace and joy come from someplace and someone not of the ego.
  4. You won’t be sorry you did.

And do not worry about the ones who seem to be outside the lifeboat of the Atonement.

We are assured that God’s Will does get done and everyone will find their way.

Your light will be their guide.

Thank you for reading.

Till next time, God bless, amen.

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Debra (Debi) Yvonne Simmons
Debra (Debi) Yvonne Simmons

Written by Debra (Debi) Yvonne Simmons

Atonement, His (Christ’s) Story, Three Temptations: Addiction, Power-Hunger, and Depression, “Seeing” Truth in the “Unseen”, Living Above the Chaos C U there :)

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