Gloria to God:
Dear God, W., the gentleman who has been out of work, wrote back to say how much he appreciated Your message. On that very day, he got a surprise call from a prospective employer. I think he may have attributed that to something else, but I believe it was You.
God:
It is only from Me. I am the Giver of Everything. There are helpers and messengers along the way. It is good to remember the Source of All, and then you are not waylaid by secondary Gods. There is one God, and I am yours. I am W.'s, and I am yours.
Gloria:
Karen keeps telling me to have my faith in You and not so much in her.
God:
Faith is God, Gloria. Turning to Me means just that.
Gloria:
Dear God, while I was going through my emotional stuff, Bev silently gave me sweet comfort with her eyes and a hug. I thanked her, of course, but I was aware that my greater thanks goes to You.
God:
It was I Who comforted you.
Gloria:
Yes. I wonder if you will comment on something else that W. wrote. He said:
"It's unclear to me what you're doing in your conversation with God. Are you (1) cognizing God, (2) channeling His words, or (3) intuiting what you in deep faith believe He would say? Please understand if I view this with a bit of skepticism."
God:
My friend W. must always analyze!
We know that it is not number three. You are learning how I think, but you do not yet know. As you learn, your thinking becomes more aligned with Mine, but My words are not from your individuality nor faith. You know that very well because what I say is often not at all what you thought I would say.
I am the Higher Power, and I reside in everyone, and anyone can hear Me if they choose. I whisper messages of love all the time. All I say is love.
As to number one and number two, I'm not sure what the difference is between "cognize" and "channel".
I use the word "hear". You hear My words. My meaning comes through the words. You merely take down what you hear and then, just like Heavenreaders, you discover My meaning after the words.
In addition to "hear", you could also say "know", which means the same as "cognize". You certainly get to know Me. We could say you "get" Me; you fathom; you receive; you accept; you take; you winnow; you drink.
My words are healing balms. The word you use to name how they arrive is immaterial. That they arrive is material.
Gloria:
Ulrike in Germany wrote yesterday: "I listen to dear God through Heavenletters… He has a way, with a few master strokes, of getting our distorted picture back into focus…"
God:
Getting your distorted picture back into focus is aligning your thinking with Mine.
I am not big into the periphery. I am big into love. Love is always the answer and the focus. The details are not the focus.
My answer to you is always the same: Get your thinking out of the boundaries into Heaven.
W. thinks a lot about boundaries and sorting them. I suggest he unsort them, cease analyzing, cease comparing, cease planning, and start enjoying.
Planning holds on so tight. Life is not to be predicted or corralled. Have your ideas, but don't make your life conform to them. (W., I wish to point out that Gloria had no idea whatsoever that I was going to say what I just did!)
These impulses of Mine that come out in words are available to everyone, not just a few, not some, but all. Gloria is a messenger to bring that out. That is My message to you through Gloria.
I say to all of My children: "Come and listen to Me too. You have a Great Friend that you keep forgetting about. Start remembering. Start remembering by listening."
Gloria:
When W., for example, starts hearing and writing Your words, they won't be identical to Bev's or Caroline's or Johanna's or Jon's or Jacqueline's or Lauren's or Julie's or Mary's or Joyce's…
God:
Ice cream is ice cream. It comes in different flavors.
Gloria:
Bev once got a message from You in which You said that asking a question of You heals.
God:
Asking Me a question is turning to Me. Already knowing the answers is bypassing Me.
The sun shines forever. A flashlight runs out. When you look to the flashlight within you, you get tired. When you look to the flashlight of others, they get tired.
So look to the Sun and not the flashlight.