Posted on Saturday, 5th June 2010 by Tera
How can we teach our children to manifest their desires? To create the life of their dreams? My 5-year-old daughter loves rainbows. Her nightly prayers included a rainbow request. The next morning she’d search the sky. ”It hasn’t come yet.” She announced.
This opportunity was the perfect time to teach this lesson about manifesting our desires. The movie The Secret popularized this universal law as the Law of Attraction: what we send out comes back to us. It is also called the Law of Vibration. It can be summed up as “our thoughts create our reality.” In Genesis we read about this law in the story of Creation, so it is appropriately called the Law of Creation. When the Lord created the heavens and the earth, he created first by his Word, and then it was so. Everything was created spiritually before it was created temporally. There was a Divine Plan before it was manifested in reality.
As God’s children, we can aspire to do as He does: to create things spiritually in our minds, to ask, believe, and receive. First we decide what we want and desire. One caveat is that our desires must be aligned with God’s desires. A lily does not desire to be an orchid, but to fulfill its mission of lily-ness. While admittedly we possess a greater consciousness to desire many things, we are directed to seek God’s will. Sometimes people confuse this warning by shrinking from desiring wealth and things. But we are only told: seek after riches only after seeking to build up God’s kingdom.
Here is the formula I taught to my daughter: First, we ask for what we desire. She asked for a rainbow. Then, we imagine the rainbow as if it already there. We feel the spectrum of emotions in our fulfilled request. She closed her eyes and imagined her delight in discovery a rainbow blazing across the sky. Then, we express our thanks to God as if it has already happened. And we continue to believe and remain confident that the rainbow will appear.
One very bleak morning, I rounded up the kids for school. My heart ached with grief. I miscarried the night before, and my husband was away on a business trip. Our whole family had wanted this child, and now this pregnant possibility was temporarily suspended. In the car we drove in silence with only my occasional sobs. But as we ascended a hill, we saw a rainbow in the distance. It was in fact, a double rainbow. My heart lightened, and I wept. My daughter’s prayer had been answered. And though it had taken several weeks for her request to be manifested, what a perfect time for the fulfillment of this request: to bask in our Father’s Love. We thanked Him again for this miracle. It was a perfect lesson on manifesting and the Law of Attraction.
Tags: Creation, Law of Attraction, Law of Vibration, miscarriage, Prosperity Parenting, rainbows, teaching children, The Secret
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June 10th, 2010 at 11:21 pm
Beautifully written! You are a gifted writer, Tera. Thanks for sharing this precious moment with us. I hope you are doing well! Love to you and yours!
June 11th, 2010 at 11:35 am
Fabulous and heart warming story. As a mother, I always look to teach my children spiritual lessons through practical circumstances.
While it was not an easy time for you, I am grateful you shared how such a real experience can bring out a beautiful lesson.
Thank you and my God bless you and your family.
♥ Jo
June 11th, 2010 at 12:14 pm
I’m glad you appreciated it. I really liked your latest newsletter BTW as I’m getting ready for summer home with kids while balancing work. It was inspiring.
June 11th, 2010 at 12:15 pm
Thanks Trudy. You are always a light in my life.
Love,
Tera
June 11th, 2010 at 2:02 pm
Tera. What a beautiful site with a beautiful reminder to have faith, believe and trust and most importantly to teach these truths to our precious children. You are an amazing writer, mother and healer.
Much love!