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Heaven #832
Posted September 28th, 2010 by
First paragraph:
It has been said that you need peace and quiet in order to commune with Me. That is incorrect. Commune with Me, and you will have peace and quiet. There is nothing you have to be in order to commune with Me except but what you already are, right in this moment. There is no need to dress up for Me. There is no need to lower the radio. Lights do not need to be turned on or off for me. If circumstances are not the making of you, they certainly are not the making of Me. No conditions are needed for Me to appear to you.
http://www.heavenletters.org/notice-god-today.html
Does one of the two, except or but, need to go?
You do not miss a trick,
You do not miss a trick, beloved Jochen!
This is what I think: Either except but is archaic from children's books or colloquial from where I grew up, or, in this case, God wanted it this way, OR I'm way out in left field. It certainly is not typical usage. I'll see if I can find out anything about it. My tendency is to let it be. The meaning is clear, yes?
Well, I can't seem to find
Well, I can't seem to find anything relevant to except but. I do find except for used in combination. Here is a made-up conversation using the old except but:
"You should have done the task this way...."
"Except but I didn't."
Is it an emphasis?
In this case, wouldn't one
In this case, wouldn't one usually say except that?
It doesn't seem to be the same case as in the quoted HL paragraph where except would work without any addition.
Yes, the meaning is clear,
Yes, the meaning is clear, it only looks a little like saying the same thing twice over. But if it is not a clear and simple typo, I think I like it.
And let it not make us overlook that paragraph itself. Isn't it just spectacular?
Ah, yes, the meaning! I
Ah, yes, the meaning! I forgot about that!
"No conditions are needed for Me to appear to you." That is so wonderful. If God couldn't love us without conditions, who could? And why would He be after us to not judge unless He, Himself, did not? How ingrained it is that we must perform a certain way.
What is ironic to me is, as God reveals His love for us, the more eager we are to be "better."