Good Morning Holy Spirit—
You have awakened me with your voice; “Come away, come away!”


Open my ears to hear your truth. Open my heart to more understanding.


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I have a gift for you today. It is the gift of absolution. You have held on for too long. Let go of the obligation that you have felt; to hold things together. Release it all to me. The past obligations, the present obligations and the ones in the future need to be released to me. Your healing will quickly appear.
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Wow! Holy Spirit is amazing. I love my kingdom life!

I feel I should give a little background at this point in writing of this sweet encounter. I have been experiencing a condition called gastritis. It is an inflammation of the stomach lining. I have had this condition for about 5 years, but it has become acute in the past few months. I experience nausea and burning in my stomach, and my appetite is very poor. I recently underwent tests and they concurred with a previous diagnosis of gastritis. I have been seeking the LORD for my healing and have felt very strongly that it was coming, as there is not a significant way to get relief from this.

So, after a not so great night of nausea and the like, I am awakened by a familiar voice beckoning me to come away.

He said, “A gift of absolution.“ My first thought is, “What could you mean?’ So, I grab the Webster’s dictionary and look the word up. I was raised Catholic and had some understanding of what it means to be absolved.

Absolution: To loosen from. a formal freeing from guilt or obligation.

Immediately, I have understanding into what is being said to me by Holy Spirit. To be absolved from something implies a setting free from responsibilities or obligations. I am a peacemaker. I have always been active in conflict resolution. I have been this way from the time I was old enough to speak. I take on things I have no business taking on. One of those things was not my doing though. It was spoken over me at conception and was repeated time and time again.

I was born to middle aged parents in 1959. They were not excited about a sixth child. But of course being Catholic they would go through with the pregnancy. My mom went to her priest to discuss her unenthusiastic discovery. She was with child at the age of thirty-nine. The Priest told her, “She may be the very one who takes care of you in your old age.” That statement in itself isn’t damaging, and I wouldn’t say it was a curse, but it became a chain around my neck. It was spoken over me many times over the years. I think it is called manipulation. So, unknowingly I took this obligation to heart. I carried it for many years. My husband and I even moved in with my parents in their elderly years and cared for them. I am not saying that caring for your aging parents is a bad thing. It is good as long as you are doing it from a heart of love. I loved my parents, but I think I was operating from an obligation spoken over me.

So, getting back to this morning and the encounter with Holy Spirit; I began to pray. I released any preconceived, self-imposed obligations from my past; releasing all guilt for falling short in loving from a pure heart and a pure motive. I broke free from those words spoken over me many years ago. I did all of this in the authority given in Jesus Name. I also dealt with the present, because unhealthy lifestyles are repeated and repeated for generations. I don’t want this to go any further. I submitted all future dealings with people to Holy Spirit. He is able to teach me how to love without being obliged in any area.

I love the people of God and do not in any way think it’s a burden to serve. Please hear my heart on this subject. There is healthy service, bearing one another’s burdens, being Christ to them. This is good! What Holy Spirit was addressing in me was something I unknowingly took upon myself. This was not good. I was in bondage. This was slavery!

Galatians 5:1
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

Wow! I am so thankful for Jesus! He is faithful to his children, and will not let us stay in our old mindsets. I spent a few hours this morning listening, releasing, and appropriating. The result is freedom in Christ.

John 8:31-36
To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” They answered him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?” Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.”

We are sons and daughters of the King if we have believed in Jesus. I no longer want to live in any form of slavery! Some forms of slavery I have willingly walked in to; others I have unknowingly found myself in. Holy Spirit knows all things and is our advocate. He promises to lead us into all truth! I am so thankful!

Psalm 107:1-2
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever. Let the redeemed of the LORD say this, those he redeemed from the hand of the foe!

So, after appropriating what Holy Spirit was saying to me; I remembered he said, “My healing would quickly appear.”

Isaiah 58:6-9
Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen; to loose the chains of the injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter, when you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away form your own flesh and blood? Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and glory of the LORD will be your rear guard. Then you will call, and the LORD will answer.

The above passage of scripture says it all. This is the heart of our Father and because I am made in his image and I desire to do what He says, it is likewise my heart!

I am excited about walking in good health! Presently, I am feeling none of the symptoms of gastritis! I plan on walking in this healing.