Judith to God:
Dear God, it is interesting that Gloria thought of the name "Dear God" for an alternative title of the book. It caused me to remember that when I was a child and alone in some quandry, I would sit down and write a letter to You. It was very personal and intimate, revealing my heart to You. I always tore my letters up to make sure no one would see them and ridicule me. Writing to God was somehow embarrassing and stupid in the eyes of others.
I think this title is a good one, because I think everyone does talk, pray, or write to You — even the best cynics and atheists. Everyone has a heart, and so You can be contacted at the deepest level where the heart can be heard. I say, "Hear, hear!" to this title!
God to Judith:
I say, "Hear, hear!" to communicating with Me. Why waste time? Let's get on with it, do you agree?
I like what you say, dear Judith. And I see great easing in you. Do you hear the wisdom and love you just spoke? "Everyone has a heart, and so God can be contacted at the deepest level where the heart can be heard." What more is there for Me to say when you have said it so well?
Yet I will go further. The mind cannot find Me. The mind is too small. It can only grasp what is before its eyes, but a heart is vast and can go everywhere and back to itself and know the love that resides there within.
When you were a child, the world's mind slapped your hands for writing to Me, your precious letters to Me. That is what happens. My children believe the world more than their own heart. The world mind vanquished your heart. But only for a little time. And now you trust Me enough to take your pen to paper and your heart to Me.
We shall walk down many streets together, dear daughter Judith. You do not know where you have been or where you are going, but you do know that you are walking with Me. "Dear Judith" might be a book some day. "Dear Judith of God's Heart". "Dear Judith Who Walks with God". "Dear Judith Who Exchanges Love with God". "Dear Judith, An Exclaimer of God". "Dear Judith, A Holder and Beholder of God". "Dear Judith, A God Instrument". "Dear Judith, A God Press Correspondent".
The point is that you have title to Me, dear Judith. You are entitled. Now that your heart has dared look inside and has come upon Me, keep on knowing that that is where I am, in your unbounded heart, and that is where I like to be. I have been discovered and uncovered in a cove of your heart for all the world to see.
Travel with Me.
Gloria to God:
Dear God, many people and children were aware of You firsthand like Judith, people who were strong in searching You out, and I had no such awareness. I never was against You, dear God, but I was not for You. I cannot remember Your even occurring to me, God, in my youth.
God:
And yet…and yet…
Gloria:
And yet when my daughter was born, I knew she was "fresh from God". And I did talk a little to her about You. How You searched far and wide for a little girl just like her to give to me and things like that. I kind of feel right now with You like someone who meets a true love and asks them where have they been all their life.
God, where have You been all my life?
God:
Right here with you. I have been here all the time. This is where the mind comes in. Your mind never confirmed Me, dear Gloria. Not until you opened your eyes and saw what was to be seen all along. But I was deep in your heart.
Gloria:
Last night I was thinking about You, and how it is possible to never be alone because You are always with us. And yet I forget about You so much during the day. I know thinking of You is not a mental exercise to be required or acquired, but I want to know how to keep awareness of You all the time.
God:
I am the leap of your heart when you are reminded of Me, Me as Godness that surrounds you, for I am on all sides, in front and back, above and below, side to side, and all the possible oblique angles. Wherever you are, am I. So I am inside you as well. You cannot escape Me. You can only stumble on Me. I sit on your left, and I sit on your right. I am before you and behind you. I am beneath you, for it is I that holds your chair up.
I waved a magic wand and created the universe and all that goes with it. Who could have created all this beauty except Me? I created you along with the universe. You go with it. I go with it. I am with everything. More and more you will come to see that. I am on TV. I am in nature. I am in people. I AM.
So, you see, there is nothing to search for. You already have Me. What you seek is awareness of Me and the finding of yourSelf.