HEAVEN #1997  That Certain Lamp of Yours

NOT ONE OF YOU begins to know your value, and your value to Me. Oh, yes, sometimes you ride high on the hog, but most of the time, you settle for the limits the world has placed on you. Most of the time, you feel more like an ox pulling a cart than a Divine Human Being. Oxen, no more nor less than you, know what purpose they are serving, but it is safe to say that oxen know their Ox-ness. They do not know the word Oxen, but they truly live the beingness of oxen to the hilt.

Sometimes you wonder what animals think they are and what they're doing on Earth. And yet you, much of the time, don't know what you are and what you are doing on Earth. You may not contemplate being a Human Being as a giant privilege you were granted. You may see being a Human Being more as a low-paying job, and you a draft animal pulling a cart, not knowing what's inside the cart nor where you are going with it.

But you, beloveds, are Divine Human Beings. You are not less. You were given to Earth to bless the animals and all of Earth. You were not intended to be a drone nor to see yourself as one. You fill a particular holy place. You have a unique far-reaching assignment that only you can fulfill. You are the only one who arrived on Earth in the particular time and space you did and to the parents you did and to the life you did. And you are the only one who can fulfill your destiny.

There is a point in time and space when you take over the responsibility for yourself, and this is when you begin to see a vaster horizon and feel drawn to the part you are to play. It is very vague to you, and yet you are drawn to it. You know it is there waiting for you. You know it is at hand. It is so close, you can almost taste it.

You are an Expanded Being. You are not hobbled, nor are you bent over. You are a tall Human Being, and you must stand tall. You are beginning to acquire some sense of your being present on Earth for a reason, and a reason that will bring you and the world happiness. You are not here to just put in your time. Your life is not to be idled away. Nor is it to be lived for you and your own enjoyment alone. You are to enjoy and to know that your joy has to be spread out to the world. You don't have to go everywhere in the world to share your joy. You just have to send it out.

I sent you to emanate My love. How are you going to do it? When will you do it? Do it right now regardless of what you are doing. Wherever you are and whatever you are doing, there is not yet enough love. Let there be more. You can be assured that everyone around you craves and needs more love, and they are waiting for you to get it going. So your major purpose is to give love no matter where and no matter what.

Yet, within that frame, there is a special lamp that is yours to light. You will find it, and your hand will turn on the switch, and this light of yours will brighten the world. You are very near that certain lamp of yours. Reach your hand out now.

HEAVEN #1996  Imagination

YOU HAVE AN IMAGINATION. You have imagined all kinds of fearful things. Now let your imagination take you down new lanes of thought. Whatever situation is in front of you, dispel it with your imagination. Make it fun instead of arduous.

When your feelings are hurt, this time respond in a new way. Lighten the scene. Turn a new light on it. Laugh at yourself a little. This is a moment of life you are living. Life! Let your imagination work for you. Let it get you out of tight spots.

Take delight instead of fright.

This does not make you a comedian. It makes you creative. It takes you out of ruts you have been traveling in. If you have a great imagination, and I say you do, then turn a situation into a delight.

Your child went to your desk and spilled green ink? Instead of reacting as you usually might, write your child a note in the green ink and tell him how troubles come in colors, and this one came in green.

You are dealing with hearts, beloveds, and most of all your own, and you want to find new ways. When your heart feels heavy, empty it out. If there are rocks and stones and coal in your heart, toss them out. Replace them with gems of imagination.

You have to get out of the hum drum. You have to get out of pique and pouting. Undo untoward situations within you. Then, your countenance can be cheerful. Your countenance can be cheerful because you changed the configuration of a perceived difficulty. This will happen when you let your imagination run free. Perhaps you used to be stodgy. Now you will be creative. You will be creative with life.

If you are a teacher, you will find new ways of presenting old lessons. You will teach yourself first and make everything you do fun. Enjoyment will be a priority. Heaviness will no longer be. Heaviness is not the way to Heaven. Lightness is.

If you are a cook, make making a salad fun. Think of the colors you are tossing. Think of the springy texture. Consider the lettuce leaves assorted gifts from God that you strew with olive oil.

What situation is there that your imagination cannot save?

Be a magician of life and surprise yourself. Be ever new. Imagine yourself King or Queen of the Universe.

The world revolves, and so must you. There are undiscovered sides of yourself. Lightness of Being is one of them. No more will you be heavy-handed and heavy-hearted. Now your imagination springs to life! Let your imagination be like the sun that comes out. Step lively, beloveds.

Your imagination is love rescuing a situation. Your imagination is a mighty wand. It is a swordplay of life. It is a true enactment. It is a duel between stuffiness and fun. It is a duel between what has been and what can be. Let upliftment win.

Let your imagination inspire you! Let your imagination take over. This is a world of all possibilities. Make some come true. Turn your world upside down. Turn wrath into joy. Toss out old habits. Learn spontaneity instead. Live wholeheartedly.

When you let go of past perception, you will use your imagination, and your imagination will take you to new heights. The past has put reins on your imagination. The past has made a bonsai of your imagination. Your imagination is meant to grow. It is not meant to have restraints put on it.

Live metaphors. Make new combinations. Put life together. Take tin cans and create art. When your imagination runs free, you will discover another side to your heart, one where love roams and is never daunted.

 

© Gloria Wendroff, 1999-2006, All Rights Reserved

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Gloria Wendroff always loved reading, writing, and inspiration, but she never gave much thought to God - let alone dreamed that a time would come when she would hang on to every word of the Best Storyteller of All. Not until after forty-two years of wandering did she become conscious of a desire for God. Then it was another twenty more before she began to hear a whisper. Now, looking back, she can see a tiny hint here or there but nothing to prepare her for what was to come.

After teaching creative writing, English, ESL, and business communications, writing boundary-breaking resumes and a monthly job advice column for many years, she learned and taught meditation, traveled Europe, studied in Thailand and India, and discovered God back in America. Of all the messengers along the way, two were movies! One was a photograph. At least one was a book. And, of course, many, many were people. There was no one great epiphany. There were many great ones and some little ones. But, suddenly - ah, there was God. Ever since Gloria discovered God, she has been receiving and sending out God's words every day via email, giving free readings of God's words across the country, getting God's personal answers for people who want them, helping others dare to do their own Godwriting? in workshops, making CD's, and getting Heavenletters, Love Letters from God, Book One, published - all with an ear to the Still Small Voice and bringing earth closer to Heaven. To find out more about Heaven Letters, visit www.heavenletters.org.