2010-08-16-Mistakes

Session

Lesson

Teacher: “Children behave differently when they are starting to walk. Some progress rapidly when they have the support of their parents or their siblings. Others are more careful and take longer to learn. And there are those who fall down, get hurt, and the temporary pain they feel cause them such fear that they decide not to try again. These children are the ones that need more attention in order for them to learn to walk.

“This also happens in mortal life, when someone attempts to start walking the path of our Father’s will. Sometimes, after falling down, a person decides that he or she cannot achieve the goal and abandons the endeavor altogether, limiting his or her progress in this way.

“Even when the analogy of walking for the little ones among you is valid, the trauma of those who fall down during the task of learning to live the Father’s will might be very hard to overcome. I am talking about those who have committed crimes, who have caused great suffering to others. These persons are frequently rejected by others, and they believe that their evil is so great that they don’t deserve to even try to turn their gaze to the Creator.

“It is they who should be reminded of the unconditional love of our Father towards all. There is no sin so great that our Father will not forgive. When a human being sincerely searches for the Father within his or her heart, the Father has already forgiven any mistakes from the past and tries to reach the soul of that lost child without condition, without restriction, just like He would do with the most ‘holy’ among you.

“To those who have marginalized themselves under the weight of their own guilt, know that you only have to wish to enter the universal family to be accepted, and the only price you have to pay is forgiveness: to forgive yourselves. Some mistakes will not determine your eternal destiny. If our Father has forgiven you, who are you to not do so? See how your inner light starts to shine with increasing glow. The gates of the Father’s house are never closed, but it is each one of you who must decide to enter.”