forgiveness/ascendance--Claudia

[Guest guest]

Claudia, I feel that in every bad there is good, for every negative there is

positive! My philosophy is that things happen for a reason in the lesson of

life.

 

Love,

Katherine

 

 

 

Claudia Lambright <newtfoodbowl

 

Tuesday, May 29, 2007 12:56:33 PM

Re: forgiveness/ascendance

 

Wow, Kat, I'm so glad that you were able to use that

sad story for something positive.

 

Love, Claudia

 

--- Katherine Miller <katsam19 > wrote:

 

> Oh, dear Claudia, that story is so sad yet so

> inspiring! I read it to Sam and told him to use it

> as a lesson that there is a God. Although he

> believes there is, I told him sometimes in life

> things happen to make you question His existence so

> it is left up to him to build his faith in God and

> know that no matter what never forget God exists.

> Thank you so much, many lessons to be learned from

> this!

>

> Love,

> Katherine

>

>

>

> Claudia Lambright <newtfoodbowl@ >

> Kundalini-Awakening -Systems- 1

> Tuesday, May 29, 2007 11:21:28 AM

> Re: [Kundalini-Awakenin g-Systems- 1]

> forgiveness/ ascendance

>

> My 21-year-old nephew (Kenny) and his roommate/best

> friend (Thomas) were murdered in a robbery attempt

> in

> their home 5 years ago July 26. Another friend

> (John)

> was staying at the house at the time, and he

> narrowly

> escaped being shot. The three of them had walked to

> a

> nearby convenience store to get some beer; in the

> convenience store, a friendly conversation had

> started

> up with some other boys there. The five young men

> left the store together, and Kenny and Thomas

> invited

> the strangers to their house, where they sat on the

> porch and drank a beer. The strangers left, and

> eventually Kenny, Thomas & John went to sleep.

> Around

> 2 a.m., the strangers came back, broke into their

> house, and ordered then to sit on the porch while

> they

> helped themselves to their belongings. They took $20

> from one of the boys, which was all the cash the

> three

> of them had. They came upon Kenny's DVD player and

> Kenny heard them talking about it from the porch. He

> walked into the house and asked them not to take his

> DVD player. One of the strangers lost it and shot

> Kenny. Thomas ran in to check on his best friend

> when

> he heard the shots and the strangers shot him. John

> dove behind the sofa as more shots were fired while

> the strangers were running out of the house. John

> went to Kenny and Thomas; Kenny was already dead and

> Thomas died shortly thereafter.

>

> The strangers were caught and identified by John;

> they

> are now in prison for life...one was 21 and the

> other,

> the shooter, was 17. They killed two young men for

> $20.

>

> Kenny was an absolute angel. He was easy going and

> friendly and loved to laugh. He made friends easily

> and always had a smile on his face. He was the kind

> of kid who would hug his parents and aunts and tell

> them that he loved them. He is missed so much!

>

> Kenny had been talking a lot to his mother before

> his

> death about God and had started to go to church with

> her. The day before Kenny died, his mother prayed

> that God would give Kenny some sort of confirmation

> that He is real. Kenny appeared to his mother the

> day

> after he died and told her 'There IS a God! This

> place is awesome!' He told her that he was fine and

> that he had forgiven the killer. His mother had some

> terrifying thoughts right after he was killed that

> she

> had somehow invited God to take Kenny in order to

> answer her prayer, but of course, that is not the

> case. She accepts his death and tells me that she

> speaks with him often. My brother, Kenny's father,

> had a terribly hard time with Kenny's death...he was

> their youngest. But he told the judge in the murder

> trial that he was not in favor of the shooter

> getting

> the death sentence.

>

> Forgiveness can be an excruiciating challenge. But

> it

> is absolutely necessary if we are to be spiritually

> free, IMHO. For me, the fact that Kenny was able

> immediately to forgive the person who so

> thoughtlessly

> took his young life speaks volumes about ascendance.

>

>

> God bless you, Ron.

>

> Blessings & love,

> Claudia

>

> --- Katherine Miller <katsam19 > wrote:

>

> > Rod, I know where you are coming from. My son was

> > hit when he was 4 years old and although it was

> not

> > intentional, what upset me the most is that the

> guy

> > used his past position as a police officer to

> excuse

> > his driving. He was going 45 in a 15 mph speed

> zone.

> > After hitting my child he stopped the vehicle and

> go

> > out screaming, I wasn't speeding I am an ex-police

> > officer and I wouldn't speed over and over again.

> He

> > was more concerned with letting people know that

> > rather than worrying about my 4 year old laying in

> > the road. Then a couple of weeks later I was out

> in

> > the yard and I saw this same guy speeding down the

> > road once again, clearly not going the speed

> limit.

> > Anyway, it is hard to forgive and especially if

> you

> > know that person did something on purpose to hurt

> > someone you love, but you are strong and better

> than

> > that person. Look deep within you and allow

> yourself

> > to let it go so that you can forgive him. May

> peace

> > be with you and your wife!

> >

> > Love,

> > Katherine

> >

> >

> >

> > rodneyderbyshire

> > <rodneyderbyshire@ .co. uk>

> > Kundalini-Awakening -Systems- 1 (AT) (DOT)

> com

> > Monday, May 28, 2007 7:37:17 PM

> > [Kundalini-Awakenin g-Systems- 1]

> forgiveness

> >

> > Hi group

> > I am struggling with forgiving,I have gone back

> > through my life

> > and forgiven everything that needs forgiving.

> > My problem is that I can forgive now this minute

> and

> > really mean

> > it.Tomorrow I will think of one particular

> incident,

> > and I will get

> > angry and want revenge or justice.Briefly, my wife

> > was run down by two

> > car thieves as they were getting away.These things

> > happen aqnd I can

> > forgive them.What I struggle with is, the owner of

> > the car was on his

> > car phone when they dragged him out,and his boss

> > taped their

> > conversation as they drove away.The thief who was

> > driving laughingly

> > admitted to his partner that he ran her down on

> > purpose.This is

> > difficult to forgive.I ask myself what will my

> > reactions be if I EVER

> > FIND OUT WHO THEY ARE.I would like to think that I

> > would tell them

> > that we forgive them,genuinly.

> > When I see her limping,I think bad thoughts.

> >

> > Love

> > Rod

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

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