Abide With Me.

US of A, September 8, 2005.

Christ Michael.

Contributing Receiver.

Michael: “Do you remember all those years ago when you first saw these words in your scripture study, My sister? You asked, ‘What does it mean to abide?’

“‘Stay with Me,’ I replied. That seemed to be a simple request of you then, but abiding with us is not simple. No! Not at all!

“You learned that discouragement was always the enemy of abiding. You smile, for the memory of your frequent running away from abiding comes quickly to your mind. And you remember clearly now grabbing the little gold cross from around your neck and flinging it across the room.

“Father, understood your disappointment that Christianity had failed you. You were terribly discouraged, and days passed, and you retrieved the little cross. However, you did not put it back around your neck.

“For while you thought you would walk away from Me, and all that little cross stood for in your mind, it was nevertheless impossible to exit from Me. I said I would never leave you or forsake you, and you knew that was a very great truth. And so we continued again on our journey toward enlightenment.

“Abiding is not always easy, but not abiding is impossible once the love connection is made, My sister, and you know that is also a very great truth.

“You remember quite well the day you found that beautiful line in ACIM; ‘I take your hand each day, and that is no idle fantasy.’ That line went into your heart, forever to remain, becoming a great connection to the principle you learned so many years before. Abiding did not depend on you, or when you could or would do it. No! I would always abide with you.

“I know there have been days of great discouragement, and yes, many disappointments, too, yet that long-ago short moment in time of attempting to throw away your walk with Me now represents a turning point.

“My sister, life without Me is impossible. And as well you know, life with Me is a grand life, whilst without me it is no life at all. Again you smile. Our friendship is a life filled with very great love.

“I am Michael. The journey we take together is the good life, the life of peace and joy and happiness. It has been an evolution from chaos to peace, and one I know you would not have missed for anything this world seems to offer.”

11:11 Angels