Bev to Heavenletters:

In my God writing last night, God said that I have been thinking that a big transition in my life meant into the unknown, that I was wary of it and resisting. He said it would be just the opposite — it would all be very familiar to me. Like coming home.

Gloria to God:

Dear God, would You please comment on transition? I know I feel it must be something like a rift in the earth or some big chasm to get across. I have feared change as upheaval.

God:

The only thing that makes transition tumultuous is your fear and your holding to what has been, even if it isn't wonderful, holding on for the sake of holding on to what is in your hand, even if you don't want it, or all of it.

You call what is ahead as the Unknown, yet all is familiar to you, to all. There is no unknown. There is nothing unknown. All is known.

But there is the averted. You, My children, turn away from what is not directly in front of you. You want what you can see and touch. And that is your control.

Yet, of course, you are divided. You want the palace, but it means moving. It means getting rid of stuff. It means learning where the light switches are in the new place.

You want growth. You say you want growth. And yet, kicking and screaming, to varying degrees, you hold onto staying exactly where you are exactly as you are, as if you wanted your life in a still photo. Some of you, not all of you, don't want to budge an inch, yet you want your surroundings to change. Some of you, not all, want to sit in your comfortable chair and wait for Me or someone else to give you more of the same or something else. Some, but not all, would rather sit and stew and rail against life or Me and have your life prove that there is no God, or, at least, not a loving One. See, your life proves it. Some few of you would rather be right and prove Me wrong and continue suffering rather than to change your perception. Somehow it's worth it to you.

Change will come willy-nilly. It will come.

Life is easier for you when you welcome change. That is being friendly. And friendly attracts friendly.

Do you know what welcoming change is equivalent to? Do you know what welcoming change is without? Do you know what makes it simple to welcome change?

I will whisper it to you: It is letting go of control. That's what you don't want to let go of. But that is precisely what you are learning. Life teaches you to let go of control. When you learn it (rather unlearn control), life manages itself.

As you loosen the reins of control, everything becomes easier. You breathe better. Your hands relax. You allow life to flow. Change is not momentous. It becomes nothing but a turn in the creek and another view in sight.

Control is a form of hiding.

And you have nothing behind you to hide. You have nothing ahead of you to hide from. Get out from hiding. You are seen anyway.

I, God, tell you that you have nothing to hide, nothing to fear. Trust is essential to your well-being. Why are children usually happier than adults? Children do not hide themselves. They reveal themselves. They are not hiding. They are being, not controlling.

When you let go of control, you can explore. What is you explore? Why, yourself. And that is the same as exploring Heaven.

Trust makes you seem brave.

Some Heavenreaders are hesitant to have even their first name seen in Heaven. Some others put their full names in Heavenletters. No one asked them to. It was their volition. They are not breaking boundaries. They have none. They make no fuss. Why not? They did not just say Yes, they initiated Yes. They are not brave. They are honest. There is nothing to hide anyway.

Initiate Yes.

Your past is behind you. Your future is ahead. The present is now. Unleash the present. Be in it. I give it to you. Be in peace.

Peace is absence of control.