Is Healing From God or Satan?

My work in the spiritual healing realms presents a double edge sword sometimes. It  requires getting up close and personal with folks, which can open another door for additional work that is challenging to say the least, and is not much fun. I have just recently come through some of that not much fun work with one Catholic Christian, and am writing this for others that might come up against some of the same concerns.

For what this is worth, I was baptized as a Catholic Christian soon after birth, and attended a few years of Catholic grammar school. I loved Jesus and his teachings, but had mixed feelings when it came to God the Almighty Father, primarily because the nuns had me convinced that I was doomed to burn in hell before I even entered the fifth grade. In all fairness, I was not the normal good little Catholic girl – I absolutely detested being confined to school for 7-8 hours each day, and was a bit of a rebel. Needless to say, I severed my Catholic Christian ties, and began to explore other ways to reach God. It took a few decades before I came full circle, and was even willing to take another look at my roots. My journey away served in helping me to grow and change my perspective. I learned that fear based religions are not of God. I also learned not to waste any of my precious time on this earth battling over what religion or faith is allegedly the right one.

We all have to find our own way to God – what works for some does not work for all,  and I believe all was created for a reason that has very little to do with killing, fighting or debating with each other over who has the right God. Even within the Christian faith, there are thousands of sects to select from – some subscribe to reincarnation and others do not etc. Therefore, no human being can possibly know God’s plan, as that is “the mystery.” Not to mention – our Jesus was said to be a Jew long before man turned him into something to use to build the Catholic dynasty. His one primary message was to let all know there was only One God, and we were to follow this One God’s lead in all our actions. This message seems to be  a common thread in most every faith, and was at the very root of his own people’s faith. Furthermore, even the Christian bible reflects many names for this One God, and this One God’s healing ways do vary from one culture to the next.

However and unfortunately, the Catholic conscious and subconscious minds are conditioned to live in fear and be suspicious of just about everything, which was a man-made tool employed to maintain power and control over the people.  Fear keeps us in bondage with the dark side and manipulates us through doubt, and can prevent us from learning and growing, which is something God commands us to do. Learning to mind your thoughts sharpens a powerful tool that God can use as a light to establish unity – just as the dark side can use it against us to keep us away from this light so that we remain divided. United is the only way ALL God’s people can stand – divided we fall for man’s ways rather than God’s.

Being a healthy skeptic is a good thing, and “You will know them by their fruit” is something to keep in mind when it comes to anything remotely related to spirituality or spiritual healing. Folks do not need to spend an inordinate amount of time raking themselves or healing practitioners over the coals with their doubts, worries or questions about whether or not a practitioner’s ways are from God or from Satan. All you have to do is pray, and if you are still feeling guided to a particular practitioner then surrender and trust completely in God to lead the way.

In order to have an authentic relationship with God, we must be willing to move away from the conditioned bondage that we have become too comfortable with and journey into unfamiliar territories to confront our resistance to change – what we have been taught to believe etc. What is and what is not is something that you will know pretty much right out of the gate – if the fruit is good then you will link in deeper with God, period.  There is only one choice we have to make – live with trust or continue to live with fear? Trusting in God to lead us through the darkness within brings us out into the light on the other side where fear cannot maintain its forceful ruling grip over our lives. If we can open our minds then God will show us that there is no place, no thing, and no circumstance on this earth that can possibly exist without God right there in the middle of it.  Aho! May this be so!