Serendipity or?
Are you finding a lot of coincidences lately?
Recently, there have been lots of small things. Quite small, but enough to make me wonder.
For instance, I was waiting somewhere and doing a crossword puzzle. I came across a clue -- Pink Floyd. I never had heard of Pink Floyd, but I caught on that it was the name of a rock group.
The same day I saw a flash about a movie called The Waking. That’s all, just the title.
None of this is a big deal. Certainly, I gave no thought to either of these until the next day when a dear friend sent me a story he had written. Will you believe what rock group and what movie are in his story? Yes, Pink Floyd and The Waking!
Then there are things like Beijo bags. My daughter is crazy about them. At first I wasn’t. They looked like ordinary plastic to me, but they’re actually made of the same polyvinyl that army boots are now made of. I would never have known about Beijo bags if it weren’t for my daughter. I refer you to The Story of Heavenletters (http://www.heavenletters.org/storyofhl.html) where you will note that orange is a favorite color of mine.
Saturday, I was at the Good Will in Iowa City. What was the first thing I spotted? A Beijo bag! What condition? Excellent. What color? Orange. What do Beijo bags usually cost? From $90.00 to $120.00. What did it cost me at the Good Will? $1.38. (Someone else there, like me, must have thought it was cheapo plastic!) But, I mean, really, what are the odds? Here’s a picture:
I will tell you one more incredible thing that happened today. Apart from one niece who subscribes to Heavenletters (and my daughter who has no choice!), no one in my family has the slightest interest in Heavenletters. No one even pretends. I’ve tried to get them to just even read Heaven News so they could know what’s happening with me, but no takers. It finally dawned on me that I never was the most respected person in my family, folks. My reputation wasn’t all that great. I suppose there was a lot of throwing hands up and “What is Gloria into now?
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Good morning, dear Gloria. I am smiling at this delightful post for a couple of reasons. One is, The sermon I am writing for this Sunday is on a gospel text that reports a similar thing happening to Jesus in his own hometown. (Mark 6:4, Jesus said: "A prophet has little honor in his hometown, among his relatives, on the streets he played in as a child.") I think I may use some form of your story as an example in my sermon. Also, I remember how happy I was a year or two ago when a cousin of mine got interested in Heavenletters--and how sad I was when he had to give them up to keep peace in his home. (A long story). And you know how delighted I continue to be (and really how amazed) that my husband appreciates them so much. And then I am smiling because I can so clearly picture your delight at the orange Beijo bag! Love, Margaret
Dearest Gloria,
My heart immediately went out to you when I read that most of your family seems to be uninterested in your work with Heavenletters. My own family and friends do not seem to care at all about spirituality, or Heavenletters, or my own amazing experiences with God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. This troubles my heart deeply because I love them and wish only the best for them. But I have learned that all I can do is pray for them and allow them to be exactly what they are. And I have to allow them to believe whatever they wish to believe. Concerning beliefs, what I have seen in this life is that most people do not know what they believe. They are not really sure what they believe, but they have accumulated beliefs anyway, by default, from the people they hang out with or the Churches they have attended. They have never questioned their own belief systems and most of what they do believe about God, or the seeming absence of God, is a huge jumbled mess of doubt and fear. As Socrates said at his trial, "The life which is unexamined is not worth living". While I disagree with Socrates that life may not be worth living in certain circumstances, I believe every life can be enriched by examining exactly what it is that we believe and how we came to believe it. By the way, my wife and I like to read your Heavenletters just before we fall asleep at night. It's like having a goose-down blanket of peace descend over us to keep us safe. I frequently have to dab the tears from my eyes as I read them because I have been overwhelmed with love and gratitude for God, for you, and the messages in the Heavenletters themselves. Please do not forget that in our house you are honored. All our love, David and Sheila
well....well.....ms. letters.....
far from being such an innocent pursuit as you'd have us believe, my sources (and very reliable ones i might add) have informed me that you are in the process of cornering the market on beijo bags.....and neglecting your heavenletter duties.....
i, for one, hope that it is not true at all or at least a gross exaggeration....
please keep your dedicated and devoted blog fans apprised of these most important matters.....
That orange Beijo bag just radiates light and love. My favourite colour is blue, and it just popped into my mind that maybe our favourite colours have something to do with our origin and our mission. Who knows.
My family thinks that I'm a little weird and sometimes they give me strange looks. My husband is an atheist and I'm always surprised by the fact that he doesn't make any questions about my translations or about the emails I receive. I can discuss these things with two of my many sisters and the others are curious, but sometimes it seems as if they were afraid to ask. And in one Heavenletter God told us not to impose our views on people unless we were asked, because if they didn't ask, they would not listen. - Of course, He's right as always.
The more I translate the Heavenletters, the more I love them. I realize that they contain the same profound wisdom of many complicated messages, but the love and wisdom are given with the greatest ease, so that one who reads them doesn't even realize to be absorbing such Truth. Heavenletters are unlike anything I've read and I've really read a lot.
With gratitude
Paula
Orange is a lovely colour and I love it too !!
The colour Orange is of great significance to certain people of spiritual persuasion, especially in the East.
Most of my friends are not spiritually inclined and would not understand my interest in Heavenletters, for some people God is so absent from their daily lives and not at all approachable, as for God being a friend ..... well !?!? I do not mention this part of my life in conversation with anyone, however, my immediate family knows of my interest in spirituality, but they are not interested. And as God says, we must not impose our spiritual views on anyone but I guess he's taking care of that !!!
I love the gentle and soft flow of his love through Heavenletters, it is so incredible easy to assimilate the profundity of his teachings - this is not a suprise - he has a magnificent way with words :) and of course he is the greatest charmer and he knows how to teach his children's hearts to open itself to love, to be loving, lovable and vulnerable - Heavenletters enriches me and it's a blessing that everyday I get a special gift from GOD on top of everything else.
Thank you GOD for the GRACE.
Beloved Gloria thank you for being you.
Much,much love
An Invitation. That is all that Spirit ever does - invite us continually to remember who we really are. Every synchronistic experience, serendipitous outcome, miraculous coincidence, are merely symbols used by the Voice of Spirit to gently invite us to the Truth - to remember with us that we are miracle workers. Spirit uses every person and event in our life to invite us to the Truth. The invitation is gentle, requiring only that we move our attention in a certain direction to accept the gift. HeavenLetters is the Voice of Spirit. Following Gloria's invitation is finding the Voice of Spirit within myself, and turning my awareness to it. How beautiful to have a daily reminder from Spirit in the guise of HeavenLetters!
Life is Love, in Light,
Brian
How beautiful indeed!
Brian, very beautifully stated.
Although this is not specifically about serendipity, I am always interested in those around us, often family or friends, who have no apparent interest in God or things of Spirit. I think most of us have that experience in some way or other.
I think sometimes, certainly at times in my own life, we let these experiences of non-interest or disparaging of what lights up our lives and not those close to us color our perception of if or how we should present such things to others who know us not at all.
What I have found the past 3 years since participating on blogs has been amazing. I post my thoughts and messages just as they are written on POLITICAL blogs! They are not political writing, they are not news oriented, they are spirit and love oriented. To my great surprise and delight, they are accepted, participated in, even in the rough and tumble "blogosphere" I have never had anyone be disrespectful or rude to me.
I just have to know God and the Angels know what they are doing. Because I have no idea how I got on political blogs in the first place. I didn't even know what a blog was until I fell through some internet rabbit hole and found myself there one day.
Isn't this a great time to be on planet earth!
Love and Hugs to all
Shirl
I have to add a post script to this entry. I saw a niece of mine in California who isn't up for Heavenletters, yet she drove me up to Santa Barbara from Claremont, near L.A., and stayed for the taping of the TV show. I also discovered that she had given her copy of Heavenletters, Love Letters from God, Book One, to a doctor friend of hers who absolutely loved it. Maybe there's more family support than I knew.
More power to you, Shirl, for being able to read political things and even respond to them in a high way. God bless you.
I can't really say that I respond much to political things. I do Post my own thoughts and understandings about how to honor God and Spirit in our lives and to access and use a higher perspective to create love, harmony and beauty in our lives. My articles are always put to the top of the "Recommended List" which is something that many political blogs have. . .a system by which readers rate the piece and choose to recommend it to others, or not. It is still surprising to me after all this time that in all the turmoil and disharmony those participants are reporting about and reading about, they find my offering of "God/Angelwords" the ones they recommend the highest.
I really only mentioned this aspect of what I do to point out how amazing it is, and that I would never have thought such a thing was possible in such an atmosphere. Pretty much, topics other than political action and news are NOT accepted on these Blogs. . .except astonishingly, mine are. Obviously I don't have anything to do with that, but it appears very clear that God wants to speak anywhere and everywhere people want to hear the words.
Blessings
Shirl
Hi Gloria. I really enjoy your Heaven Letters every day, and I email them to a couple of friends I have. I find them very inspiring. Thank you. Pearl.