The following was written during the May 21, 2000 Godshop (Ask God Workshop) and published on June 12, 2000:
Gloria:
Dear God, I am so happy when I Godwrite, but I may even be happier when I do a workshop.
I know You really do it, God, but it is so wonderful to see You so easily reflected in others' eyes.
I am so touched how You trust in Me to help others learn to Godwrite. If You can have so much trust in me, why can't I have more trust in You?
God:
Why not indeed?
If I asked You to sail away with Me on a silver ship, would you come with Me?
Gloria:
Yes!
God:
If I asked you to come sail away with Me on a golden ship, would you come with Me?
Gloria:
Would I ever!
God:
If I asked you to sail away with Me on no ship, would You come?
Your answer will be Yes, but with some doubt, a twinge of fear would clutch your heart and twist it.
On what do you rely, dear one? You rely on the ship more than you rely on Me, is that not so?
Gloria:
I have that tendency.
God:
But a ship is nothing. I am everything. Rely on Me more than a boat.
Gloria:
I want to. I sure want to. This is that leap of faith I hear about.
God:
It is no leap at all. It is just recognizing where you are.
Later during the Godshop…
Gloria:
Dear God, I have the sense that Annette can speak Godwriting. I do not know the words for what I sense about Abby. Will you tell me?
God:
You sense her precociousness.
Gloria:
Do You mean precocious or precious?
God:
Both. Abby is precocious in seeking Me. She has Me well-established in her heart. I steep there. Watch out for when Abby lets go.
Gloria:
Will You tell me more about Annette?
God:
Annette and I are old friends. We go back a long way.
Annette is beginning a new period in her life.
These two are rowing a boat across Heaven.
There is no accident who comes to the workshop and who attend together.
There are three people here, and a host of angels, and I am here.
What happens to you here happens to those who are not here. It is felt. It reaches them.
You are settling restless minds.
You are underlining God.
You are wafting Me around in your town.
I am well-pleased. Well-pleased, My children, children of God.
Later during the Godshop…
Gloria:
Dear God, what should I eat?
God:
Simple food.
Gloria:
Meat?
God:
Little amounts.
Gloria:
What about my swollen ankles?
God:
What do you feel you are drowning in?
Gloria:
Self-consciousness? Ego?
God:
What else?
Gloria:
Self-thoughts. Pity.
God:
What is another name for pity?
Gloria:
Sorrow?
God:
What does sorrow come from?
Gloria:
Fear?
God:
What is your fear?
Gloria:
Fear that I will fail you. Fear that I am submerged in the past and the world. That I will never get out. That my life will be spent without All of You.
God:
Step out of that fear. I, not fear, am supreme. Step higher. Lift your feet and life higher. Leap to Me. Do not drag yourself to Me.
Remember you are made of light, not water.
And you need no ship, Gloria.
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Ruth to God:
Dear God, thank you so much for your answer about my son and his life span. Of course I do know that no one can nor should know about the time of one's own or another's death, and I am actually not afraid of death at all, not even of my son's. As You said, he will find his way back to You in his own way, whatever that is. I wasn't even aware of any fear in me about this issue, and often I am not really aware of my feelings, but I am trying to learn to be.
God to Ruth:
Your loving God hears you.
Fear likes to hide.
Perhaps it is enough to be aware of your feelings for Me and Mine for you. In fact it is enough.
Gloria:
Dear God, I too am trying to be more in touch with my feelings. Wouldn't the world be ahead if we knew what we felt? And if we expressed what we felt instead of not expressing or expressing something we don't feel. That may be the story of my life.
God:
If the world did not distract itself from truth, there would be honesty.
There is no need to dissemble. There is no need to hide yourself from yourself.
There is need to know Me. From that, all else falls into place, and words of truth are spoken, and denial is not, pretense is not, effort is not. Simple Oneness is.
It is all right to feel what you feel, be where you are, and to want more. Indeed, you must want more because it is natural to be drawn to Me. What illusion replaces truth in the heart?
None that I know of.
A day of truth. A national day of truth. Oh, My, what a relaxing day that would be.
Let today be your day of truth. Simple quiet truth. It does not always have to be spoken, though it may well be spoken, but primarily allow yourself to sink into it, into truth, into My being.
Heaven is so relaxing, so easing, because truth is spoken here. Heavenletters is the language of truth.
Love Me well.
Gloria:
Thank You, God.