Abby to Heavenletters:
Dear Gloria, I was touched when I read the May 10 Heaven letter, that you see my questions as without judgment. I never thought about them that way. I guess when I write to God, my focus is on God and I can be non-judgmental then. But I look at myself in my daily life, and I see a very judgmental person. I frequently ask God to take away my judgment though.
In any case, thank you very much! What a heartwarming letter that was.
I'm looking forward to the Ask God workshop May 21!
Abby to God:
Dear God, thank You once again for Your answer! I just read it this morning, though I had a Bible study with my friends last night. I feel that I have done my best to explain to them where I'm coming from on this, and I certainly hope I didn't seem like I was trying to persuade them.
However, they asked me to tell them my position and to explain it to them so that they could understand. They still don't understand, but when I told them some of the things You have told me in Heavenletters, they said they believed those things.
I enjoyed the whole thing tremendously. These girls are so wonderful! They are very sweet and loving about everything. They don't get angry or indignant when I say things that they don't believe, which makes me so glad. And even though I have so far refused to believe every word in the Bible without doubt, they are all happy that I am reading it at all, even if they don't think I will get anything from studying something I don't believe.
There are some passages from the Bible that I would very much like to ask You about.
I have told one of the girls that I would show her my Heaven letters if she liked and she said she would like that. I look forward to it. I don't expect she will be persuaded and I don't mind about that. All I want is to share with her the beauty of the things You say to me. What she said when she prayed for us all last night was beautiful too. One part was: "Thank You for taking care of us."
It amazes me that You can take time to do something as simple as making my heart constantly beat and at the same take care of an endless number of other, bigger tasks.
Thank You!
God to Abby:
You are doing very well. I think you did indeed radiate to your friends. I could not have done it better.
It is my pleasure to take care of you.
One comment, dear one. You cannot refuse to believe or decide to believe. Belief comes and goes on its own and cannot be willed into existence or non-existence.
I look forward to the workshop with you.
Your loving God
Gloria:
Dear God, I had the unasked-for thought: Not having enough faith in You is controlling the amount of my love.
God:
Withholding. Daring how much.
Someone offers you a billion dollars and you hem and haw and will accept only some. Gold bullion and you will only shave off a piece or a little at a time. Or a beautiful cake and you take a crumb and then maybe another.
Receiving and giving of love are the same. Do you see?
Do not be concerned with how much you love Me. Attend to how much of My love you will accept. Or recognize. Or allow. Or taste.
You put only your toe in the water. I say, Come in and swim. What delights await you.
There is a bounty of My love. It is yours. Be a bounty-hunter. Don't be a bounty-shirker.
Picture yourself right now accepting torrents of My love, filling buckets with it.
Picture yourself digging up the gold of my love and filling your pockets.
Picture yourself sailing on a sea of my love and how blithesome that is.
Picture yourself drinking My love and how it immerses itself in every cell. The golden light of My love is radio-active in you.
See yourself as radiating light. Stop looking at the skin and pores and itches and look at the golden fountain of My love that pours through you.
The truth is you are not that physical entity.
You are My pure golden love. Don't paint over it.
You are the light of My love.
Light shines.
Love reveals.
Love opens.
Let the floodgates open.
Feel My light.
It showers down upon you from Heaven.
There is no border to you.
There is no outline.
Only golden light that ends nowhere.
You are not finite.
You are infinite.
There is no edge to you.
No edge and no edging off.
No dispersing.
No lessening.
Only the light of the Light.
Full bloom of light.
Full blossoming of My Will.
Emanation of My light.
Gloria:
Dear God, You make me feel at this moment as though I am exactly how I am meant to be.
God:
Continue to stand in My light.
That is how you are meant to be.
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Sandra to Heavenletters:
The May 10 Heavenletter dealing with fear meant a lot to me. I feel as if I have lived with fear all my life in some form (trying to always be liked or afraid of saying or doing the wrong thing). I've printed it and will reread.
Jon W. to Heavenletters:
Dearest Gloria, another year of God's wisdom, compassion, guidance and love. I can't wait.
You know how important Heavenletters is to me. My day begins reading and realigning my heart and mind with God's.
Thanks for your commitment! We all appreciate it.
Check enclosed. Love you.
Marianne to Heavenletters:
Hi, Gloria, I agree with Diane that it's wonderful when readers of Heavenletters share their questions, or their reactions to various parts of Heavenletters.
Like Diane, I write down my favorite lines of Heavenletters (on some stationary that used to be my mother's — she died in 1995), and I re-read them throughout the day. So I appreciate John M.'s comments, and I agree with Diane that a summary list of Heavenletters' main points agreed on by the majority, or something like that, is probably not necessary. It's nice John M. got me thinking about that — thanks.