What will today bring
Today is the day I go to the Consulate of the Republic of South Africa.
Of course, I had a good excuse not to go to the Consulate sooner, for my suitcase with my clothes and seashells for Lauren had not yet arrived!
Right now, this morning -- it is 4:24 Chicago time -- I wrote down today's Heavenletter first, and then I went directly to this blog.
Heaven Admin, who is a great balancer, wrote yesterday:
Let's remember the value Heavenletters™ bring to our world. Your being in S.A is about Heavenletters.
In this morning's personal Godwriting™, after I moaned and groaned for a while, I said:
I feel like one of little faith, God.
God said:
No, you are of great faith, only sometimes your faith is in fear. Change your allegiance. Give Me your allegiance. Give Me your hand, and I will go with you to the Consulate. I will help you get on the right bus. I will help you find the Consulate, and I will stay with you the whole time. Tell Me, Gloria, what is there for you to be afraid of when I am with you, when I am for you, when Santhan and his family are for you, and when you are pulled in the direction of South Africa.
I said:
God, what can I possibly say now?
And God smiled.
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Fear may be the instinct that keeps the animal/man alive in certain situations, but way above that on the way to higher realms is certainty and the invincibility of god himself.
I cannot think fear "tempers us". I think it hinders us. Far from reducing ego, it is ego afraid for its own survival.
Take the bull by the horns and brave the battle!
Love, Margaret
Margaret, dear Margaret, this is just what I needed to hear! Perfect!
However, I am delayed until Monday. What happened is that I had included a letter with my application in South Africa. When I read it over this morning, I saw that it has to be rewritten from here in the U.S. I finished rewriting it in time to discover that I don't know how to get to my daughter's home computer's mail program, let alone how to get to the printer.
I swear to you that I will go Monday and be totally prepared.
Another subsidiary reason why it may be better to wait is because the only shoes I brought back with me are my Vibram toe shoes and rubber thongs.
The Consulate is not open on Saturdays.
On my honor, first thing Monday I will go.
God is still smiling:)
Gloria what I felt is similar to what Margaret said.
Fear certainly hinders us.
I have a note posted on my bulletin board.
"If God brings you to it, God will bring you through it."
And if you feel your rubber thongs won't be looked upon as appropriate footwear for the consulate... I'll bet one of your favourite shoe stores has a sale before Monday.
Oh Gloria, You brought me back ages, when I argued with God and after when the argument was in Gods favour, as always. "GODS smile" Makes you feel SO GOOD,that smile.
Lets get rid of fear and enjoy Gods Smile. Love you, Jack
It is important to let fear raise up to our awareness. To fear is not to have lost faith. It is the fuel of faith in our learning curve to peace.
If we fight fear, we give it a reality that it does not have. We have to welcome fear and offer it a seat and have a chat with it then let it go.
Consider fear as a learning step on a ladder to where we come from and never left from.
I like what you say, Normand.
Even in fear, there has to be something good. For one thing, we can overcome it!