What You Believe You Manifest


“What you have believed, let it be done for you.”
Jesus Christ, Matthew 8

Ralph Waldo Emerson said every person is a doorway through which the Infinite passes into the finite. If this is true, and it sounds reasonable to me, then it sheds light on the above words of Jesus. We are all doorways and God flows through each of us into the world. As such, what we believe is crucial. If we believe in spiritual healing, our belief opens our inner-door and allows the power of God to bring healing to us. Thus what we believe is done for us— by God.

If we believe we are worthwhile, lovable, attractive and capable people, it will be done for us. If we believe we deserve the best in life, it will be done for us. Likewise, if we believe we deserve to have the dark, wounded places healed within us, it will be done for us.

Is this magic? No. If we believe we are worthy of all that is good, we will attract what we need to make our lives better. For example, if we have deep inner-wounds, we can’t expect that—if we just pray hard enough-- God is going to magically make them all go away. But by praying and believing that we deserve to be healed of these wounds, we will attract all that is necessary to heal them, like the grace of God’s love, the grace of finding the right therapist or psychiatrist to help us, and the grace of finding the support of caring people who can relate to our painful past.

Believing we are worthy opens our eyes. We become more aware of all the great options that are available to us, of all of the wonderful ways in which we can learn to help ourselves, and of all of the support that is available to us.

But more importantly, believing opens our eyes to how wonderfully made we each are in the eyes of God. We are doorways through which God is made manifest in the world around us today. As such we are all unique reflections of the image and likeness of God. What could be more beautiful?

Believe you are precious and it will be done for you. Believe you are worthy and it will be done for you. Believe you deserve to be loved and it will be done for you. Believe and you will start the miracle in motion by learning to first love yourself.

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  1. E.S. KraayJuly 19, 2012 at 10:59 AM

    Even the Buddha says, "We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts." I believe this is a universal truth.

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