Paige Thomas DeHart

The course does not aim at teaching the meaning of love, for that is beyond what can be taught.  It does aim, however, at removing the blocks to the awareness of love’s presence, which is your natural inheritance. – A Course In Miracles

I had a joy attack on the way home from speaking last night and it really occurred to me how awesome it is when I experience God as “other” than me.  Maybe we really are one in eternity where there is no misperception of separation (I believe that), but as  long as I am perceiving myself as an individual human being on planet earth, the most joyous experience of my  life is the abiding sense that God is with me, but not me.  God gives me someone to worship other than myself.

I’ve always believed that worship is the response to God’s presence, but now I see that worship is the response to God, period.  Loving God is worship.  Thanking God is worship.  Seeking God is worship.  Loving others is worship.

I love the moments of reflection when the magnitude of how far God has brought me really sinks in.  What a beautiful journey; led by an awesome God.

I am so grateful to be at a place in my life where who I am, what I do, and what I have to offer are enough.  I don’t have my eyes on a lofty goal anymore because here and now is sufficient.  That doesn’t mean I don’t see the horizon.  It just means that I don’t feel like I’m nothing if I don’t get there.

I agree with ACIM that the work of Heaven is the removal of the blocks to the awareness of God’s love, but I do not agree that ABBA is oblivious to our miscreations.  I know in my heart of hearts that the purpose of the apparent split in the first place was for God to reproduce Him/Herself.

I believe that the Holy Spirit is God – and that anytime anyone truly repents (cries out for a change of mind and heart), the Spirit responds.  The various religions are simply different interpretations and responses to the experience.  And, unfortunately, most people have not had the experience – so their understanding comes from reading about the experience of others and being taught by others who have also only read about the experience.  Most people who think they know God only really know about Him.

But the day is coming when we shall all know Him and ourselves as we are.  Thy Kingdom come, ABBA.  Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.

The Journey Continues

June 14, 2012