“It is difficult to believe when you are in pain and suffering, that you would willingly go deeper and experience more pain and more suffering. Yet I promise you that if you dig deeper now, you won’t have to do it again. Once the root is pulled, there is nothing left to go back to. There will be other issues. There will be other pain and sorrow, other wounds. But there will also be great joy because of how deeply you have dug. And rapture, and ecstasy.

So it is very worthwhile to dig deep. Do not be afraid. Yours are not the only hands upon the  shovel. Trust Me when I tell you that if you have to shovel shit, I will shovel it with you. There is nothing pleasurable about shoveling it. But at least if you’re shoveling with someone, it’s much easier to handle the shit that comes up. But you have to ask for help. And you can tell Me that you can only handle so much shit at one time and we will stop. You don’t have to do it all at once. I’m OK with that, if that’s what you need. We’ll go at your pace.

I’m fine with you stopping to take a break too, but don’t stop because you’re afraid. Stop because you need a rest. Rejuvenate, revitalize, get your energy back and your willpower and then go at it again. Pick up the shovel and unearth more shit. After all, what is shit? It’s fertilizer! And what does fertilizer do? It makes things grow bigger and better! So think about that. Don’t think about digging up the shit. Think about plunging that shovel into the fertilizer of your soul! Think about who you’re growing into. Not who you are now or who you were before, but who you are becoming.

There is nothing sweet-smelling about the shit. But truly, if you think of it as fertilizer, think of what the fertilizer does for the plants. Think about the smell of a wonderful, ripe apple when you cut into it. The sweet tartness on your lips and your tongue when you bite into it. Think of all the health benefits from all of the nutrients in that apple. All because it was fertilized and tended and helped to grow. You are the apple. The apple of My eye! And you are being fertilized by the pain and suffering and the wounds, and also by the joy and pleasure and love that you experience here, in this lifetime. They are all meant to help you become more of who you came here to be.”

Channeled during a Healing Circle
Pittsburgh, PA