Gloria to Mother Divine:

Dear Mother Divine, what would you like to tell me?

Mother Divine:

You arise with the day as a tide reaches the shore. Suddenly, you are there. Awakened by inner or outer, but it is the tide of day that wakes you.

"Arise," says the day.

Like your dogs who run up the stairs to wake you, the day enters your room and greets you with its newness.

Think of it. Each day a new one. Never one like it before. An original day nuzzling you to get up, come out and play.

The day calls you from the window. "Come play with me."

And you leap out of bed and run to your caller at the window.

A day is the lake you sail on.

A day is an overture.

A day is a piece of paper ready to be drawn on.

A day is a background. What color would you like your background to be today?

Gloria:

Rosy.

Mother Divine:

You can pick your brush. You can have a little yellow if you like. Some lavender. Paint your day. Other people will come to help you paint your day.

What word will you paint it?

Gloria:

Marvelous!

Mother Divine:

Any other?

Gloria:

Magnificent. Miraculous. Easy. Simple. Exquisite. Worthwhile. Fun. Timely!

Mother Divine:

What fruit would you make your day today?

Gloria:

A wonderful huge red papaya.

Mother Divine:

What vegetable?

Gloria:

A nice salad.

Mother Divine:

What bread?

Gloria:

Hearty rye.

Mother Divine:

What dessert?

Gloria:

Pumpkin pie with whipped cream.

Mother Divine:

What beverage?

Gloria:

Sweet lassi.

Mother Divine:

You can have the day you envision. Envision it. Ask for it. Anticipate it. Welcome it. Have a good day!

A Course in Miracles, Lesson 291:
"This is a day of stillness and peace…I do not know the way to You. But You are wholly certain. Father, guide Your Son along the quiet path that leads to You. Let my forgiveness be complete, and let the memory of You return to me."

Gloria to God:

Dear Father, in talking to Mother Divine, I did not remember to ask for You today, Your peace and Your vision. I asked for little things.

God:

I am in the little things. And I wish you to enjoy. It is in joy that the memory of Me returns to you. Don't feel remorse or guilt because you conjured a day of joy!

You have much stillness.

Gloria:

Yes, but not a whole lot of peace, inner peace, that is. I should be wishing for that.

God:

You should be wishing for what you wish for. I am not a God of denial. If My child wishes for a party, I do not say My child should be wishing for labor. If My child wants a set of trains, I do not say My child should be wishing for a set of books.

Gloria, you have had many books and much labor. I will for you the joy you will. I insist that you have a joyous day.

A day spent with Me is joyous. It is not a somber sit-in-a-chair sermon day. It is not a dress-up day of new shoes and serious faces.

It is a day of light and joy.

I say to you, Go dance today. Twirl your day. Delight it. Skip to-a-lou this day. If for you to have joy today, it means not thinking of Me, that I rejoice that you not think of Me today.

Not thinking of Me isn't the same as forgetting Me, Gloria.

You will for all good and peace and harmony. A day of joy for you is not at anyone's expense. A day of joy for you blesses the day for all.

You have been serious all your life. Time for you to be unserious.

I am not a God of heaviness and duty. I am a God of Light and Joy. You, Gloria, do not skim the surface of life. You write My words and you type them and you send them out. Is that labor for you?

Gloria:

No. I am grateful for the privilege…Well, sometimes the typing gets heavy. From the months at the beginning when I didn't know to type it and the months of typing that got lost on the computer.

God:

I experience through you. You are My experience. And I would love to experience joy. I urge you to have joy for Me. Consider that your duty. Consider that your obligation. I do not request My children to suffer nor sacrifice. I request that My child make joy and joy and joy.

I have a bad press in some ways, Gloria. It is said that I require penance and pain and boredom and be against the grain.

Once and for all, I am a God of Joy. What benefits the world in suffering? Has it not had enough?

The story of Christ is not in his crucifixion but in his light, his vision, and the love that was his. He reflected Me in his kindness and his healing ways.

It seems to Me that often I am seen as the Crucifier.

Gloria, I am not the Curtailer of Fun but the Encourager of it. I am the Blessor of it. I am the Creator of it.

I am the Synthesizer of it. I am the Peddler of it. I am It.

The closer to joy are you, the closer to Me are you. You want to be closer to Me? Then make more joy.

Throw off that cloak of decorum. Throw off that picture of Me as grimness. See Me as I am, a Joy Maker, the Maker of you.

Serve Me today with joy. That is My request. Serve Me joy today.

Holding on is not joy. Letting go is joy.

Be a messenger of joy for Me. Write joy on hearts, most especially your own. Write joy all over your walls and ceilings and floors. Write it on your hand so you will remember what My Will is.

Whatever you do today, make it enjoyable. Is that a lot for Me to ask? So give Me what I want. Give Me joy today.

Later…

Gloria:

Dear Mother Divine, I am so cross and irritable. I don't what to do. Sunshine and Ginger are driving me crazy. I will never have a dog again unless it is trained. They're underfoot, demanding, and Ginger's barking makes me go up the wall. I know it's me. God willing, Lauren comes back tonight, and that will take some pressure off, but I have to wonder what's happened to my nerves.

Mother Divine:

They are stretched taut. It is temporary. I have told you that. Let your nerves be shot, and be with God as much as possible so you can be patient and kind.

Gloria:

Mother Divine, I used to be kind, and now I'm so tense.

Mother Divine:

You can be kind and tense, tense and kind. One does not have to remove the other.

It is especially important for you to be kind because, when you are not, it haunts you, is that so?

Gloria:

Yes.

Mother Divine:

Remember kindness first then. Do your meditation now, and before you do, ask God to calm you and restore your good nature.