HEAVEN #2297 Encompass the Universe March 10, 2007
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HEAVEN #2297 Encompass the Universe March 10, 2007
God said:
How beautiful is life when you love. That is enough, just to love, to radiate it, to let love go, soar, encompass the Universe. And yet, when you give love, it has already come back to you. It is done. The love you give will inevitably come back to you, and, yes, a thousandfold. You may protest that is not the case for you, but wait, beloveds, wait. All the love you have given is winding its way back to you, and it will reach you.
Anticipation for a return for your love given is not a reason to give love. Give love innocently. Give it for the joy of itself. It is ultimately for your own heart that you give. Give only according to your joy. Giving from sense of duty is wrapping ties around another. Love is not meant to be sacrifice by any measure. Sacrifice diminishes the one you sacrifice for, and it diminishes you. You may think it raises you to a high level, but sacrifice – a sense of sacrifice -- is not sacred. It is not holy.
To love is a privilege. It is natural, and still it is a privilege. That which you call sacrifice is not love. Ego would tell you that sacrifice is love, but ego doesn’t know what it is talking about. Ego doesn’t have to know, nor does ego care what it tells you. But you care, beloved, and I care. We care with all Our heart. From Our heart comes caring about the well-being of another. Their well-being is the same as Our own. This is not a sacrifice.
The mother who cares for her baby would not have it any other way. She knows she is privileged to have this baby, privileged to be the baby’s mother. She may not love having to get up in the middle of the night, yet she would love to give succor to her baby more. It is automatic to respond to the baby that needs your care. The baby already loves his mother. The baby, fresh from Heaven, came into the world with great love. Caring for your baby brings you back to Heaven. It stirs the Heaven in you.
To receive love is a great gift, but nor are you to receive love as a sacrifice any more than you are to give it as a sacrifice. When there is sacrifice, there is obligation. Neither you nor another is obliged. Obligation does not come from the same place that love does. Fulfilling a sense of obligation may feel virtuous. I have noticed, however, that obligation does not usually work out well. Obligation holds you and another on a leash.
Now, love may be commitment, but commitment is not obligation. Commitment is commitment. When you are committed to something, it is your choice, and you do it graciously. To do it unwillingly is an offense. To do it from the commitment of willingness is another story. What you do is what you do. How you look at it makes all the difference in the world.
Never be begrudging. Do not drag your feet. Be happy to give where it is yours to give. Be happy to give what is within you to give. Give from fullness of heart. Anything less is taking, not giving. When you give from obligation, you take away the other’s sense of freedom, and you are indebting them to you. Do you feel the difference in your heart? Do from love. Doing from love is the same as following My Will, beloveds.
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HEAVEN #2297 Encompass the Universe March 10, 2007
This is a tough one for me, especially in this moment. If I take out obligation and the sense of duty from my life, there's very little left. Maybe just the spiritual translations and the communion with Nature.
A couple of days ago, our dog was operated of a lump in the breast. For two nights, I haven't slept almost at all. Our guinea pig has been sick, and I've been to the vet's already ten times. My son has a tendinitis and I have to drive him where he needs to go. Sure, I love them all, but I feel that some of these things I do only because of my sense of duty and obligation, not with a full heart. So, what does God say about that? Am I doing something wrong, when I do these things without being completely loving?
Paula
Beloved Paula
Dearest Paula, God would never want you to feel regret. Never ever. God has said so many times that he loves us as we are.
You certainly have been surrounded with trips to the vet etc.
Paula, will you kindly write your question to God? Begin Dear God, and sign it With love, Paula, or however you would like to. Post it here, if you will. And we'll see what God says.
HEAVEN #2297 Encompass the Universe March 10, 2007
Dear God,
in HEAVEN #2297 Encompass the Universe March 10, 2007, You say:
When there is sacrifice, there is obligation. Neither you nor another is obliged. Obligation does not come from the same place that love does. Fulfilling a sense of obligation may feel virtuous. I have noticed, however, that obligation does not usually work out well. Obligation holds you and another on a leash.
Now, love may be commitment, but commitment is not obligation. Commitment is commitment. When you are committed to something, it is your choice, and you do it graciously. To do it unwillingly is an offense. To do it from the commitment of willingness is another story. What you do is what you do. How you look at it makes all the difference in the world.
I'm sure You know that almost everything I do in my daily life, I do from an obligation and from commitment. Sometimes, I manage to do it willingly, but often unwillingly. You know how heavy life can get on Earth, but even in my darkest moments, I keep doing what is necessary out of my sense of duty. I even told You that You can always count on that. So, are You now saying that if I can't do things willingly and with love, I shouldn't do them at all? Are you saying that with this I'm offending those (people, animals, plants) around me?
With LOVE,
Paula
God to Paula
God to Paula:
My most beloved Paula, you set very high standards for yourself.
Who on Earth jumps for joy going to the vet ten times?
Who loves troubles?
What is going on with you is that you do not feel free.
If you felt free, you would still take care of your beloved ones, but it would feel lighter.
Instead of feeling that you have no choice, begin to feel you have choice. Then you will recognize more of the love that your heart is full of.
Let’s go back. This is what unwilling would look like: You would swear at your guinea pig for getting sick. You would slam doors and kick the cage. That is what unwilling looks like.
You would never be like that.
Sometimes you go through motions, beloved. That is not a sin. You are good, Paula.
With your family, perhaps you take on too much responsibility. Certainly you can use more appreciation. And so you feel some begrudging and resentment. Of course, you don’t love to clean up after others and so on. It’s possible you do more than you have to do. Perhaps you have given up trying to express yourself. One way or another, beloved, you do express yourself.
If you get tired of taking care of plants, you don’t have to have plants.
If you feel burdened, perhaps there is a way to simplify.
Commitment is different from obligation because you know it is a decision you make and not one foisted on you.
Tell Me if this helps, beloved beloved.
HEAVEN #2297 Encompass the Universe March 10, 2007
Dearest Paula,
I send you all my love and understanding.
God's answer is so loving and true:
you set very high standards on yourself, you expect very much of yourself and if you don't fullfil these standards maybe you don't feel ok. Dear Paula, you are divine but you are also human. just the difficulties in our earthly life make human in a lovely way. When we don't love ourselves much because we think we should do more or differently ecc. I think that God loves us most in those moments.
You are doing the best you can, and that is ok, don't judge yourself if the best you are doing now is not perfection itself or if you should do more or better. God doesn't judge you, He is a God of love.
I think it's ok to be tired, it's ok to want a break, it's ok to want a moment of rest for yourself. you are a wonderful loving angel of God, you are His daughter, and He loves you most and smiles at you. Look at His smile!
HEAVEN #2297 Encompass the Universe March 10, 2007
Thank you God and thank you Gloria!
Your loving answer helps in the sense that it's always a relief to know that someone knows how I'm feeling.
You are right, I stopped trying to express myself, because I feel it's useless. Nobody will listen anyway, or they will misunderstand.
And You are right when You say that I'm not feeling free. But if You know this, You will also know WHY I don't feel free. And I really can't see any choice, except a choice so drastic, that I haven't got the courage to make it.
Your answer also helped me see that I'm still trying to be perfect in order to deserve Your love. From what You said in Heavenletter #2297, I thought that if I don't do all my tasks with joy and love, I'm not doing them right. This makes me feel guilty, and I feel guilty because of the guilt, as You say that it's not good either. I know, I know, You love me anyway. But this is an ancient belief, deeply ingrained within me. I surrender it to you now, God. Maybe You can help me release it?
I wish to thank You for Life! I wish to thank You for the birth of all the life in this springtime! I thank You for all the flowering meadows and trees, for all the birds singing through day and night, for the smell of spring in the air and for the SUN, which I missed and love so much.
With all my love,
Paula
HEAVEN #2297 Encompass the Universe March 10, 2007
God to Paula:
Most beloved Paula,
External circumstances are external circumstances. What you feel is what you feel. Perhaps you do not know WHY you don’t feel free.
Beloved, perhaps you are seeing in black and white. Perhaps you are seeing a single choice between drastic change or everything staying the same, as if no other choices exist for you. This is fatalistic thinking. There is a string of choices. Infinite choices. Situations are not the determiner of you. You are the determiner of you.
Everything outside you can stay the same, and yet you can choose greater happiness. My desire for you is that you choose greater happiness. You deserve to be happy. From whence does your happiness come?
Rather than choosing guilt, choose responsibility. Guilt is a stalemate. Responsibility is seeing from a greater perspective. You can like your life better right now. Even I do not have the say for your happiness. As much as I want you to have happiness, I cannot decide for you. You are the determiner of your happiness. No one else is.
What if you were playing a character in a movie? She lives where you live. She has the exact situation you have. She looks like you. She thinks like you. You are the writer of this script. How many possible versions are there for this story? A thousand? As writer, you can make anything happen.
Will you do Me a favor? You have already started. You wrote down some of the beautiful things you are glad about. What else in your present situation is there that you are glad for? Write these down too. Never mind what you don’t like. I imagine there are more than ten things you will think of to write down. More than twenty. Keep going. You can add more during the day as the day unfolds. What in your life now is there that you can feel good about? Maybe there is even a cup you like. Write that down.
I will tell you, most beloved Paula, that you are destined for great happiness. It is yours for the asking, and it is yours for the giving. Give it to yourself. You are not a prisoner. You are free. Breathe the spring air, beloved.
The answer I gave you before is more profound than you presently see. Begin to see. It is all contained there.
Look up, dear Paula. Look up.
I AM God with great love for you. You are My beloved daughter. Let’s love.