The Presence and Power of God

Each day when I sit by the river here in Cape Town I am aware of the presence and power of God. And Join In.

Each Day I Am a witness to a renewing action of the power of God, ever present in all the forms of nature.

 Its flow of water, the gentle movements of the leaves on the trees, the pelikaan floating past, fish jumping high, the wide variety of birds and butterflies, demonstrating the God Is Love.

A memory returns again and again of that immense Love that I cannot be without. Its strenght a joy to behold.

What can worry the Son when His Father is calling in all the forms of this dream to remember Him.

The children of God are entitled to the perfect comfort that comes from perfect trust. Until they achieve this, they waste themselves and their true creative powers on useless attempts to make themselves more comfortable by inappropriate means.

But the real means are already provided, and do not involve any effort at all on their part. The Atonement is the only gift that is worthy of being offered at the altar of God, because of the value of the altar itself. It was created perfect and is entirely worthy of receiving perfection.

God and His creations are completely dependent on each other. He depends on them because He created them perfect. He gave them His peace so they could not be shaken and could not be deceived.

Whenever you are afraid you are deceived, and your mind cannot serve the Holy Spirit. This starves you by denying you your daily bread. God is lonely without His Sons, and they are lonely without Him.

They must learn to look upon the world as a means of healing the separation. The Atonement is the guarantee that they will ultimately succeed.
(chapter 2)