Excerpts from “Friendship with God” by Neale Donald Walsch

What does it mean to have a friendship with God? It means having wisdom such as this at your fingertips. Any time, anyplace, anywhere.

It means never wondering, ever again, what to do, how to be, where to go, when to act or why to love. All the questions disappear when you have a friendship with God, because I will bring you all the answers.

In truth, I will not bring you any answers at all, but simply show you that you have brought them with you when you came into this life; that you have had them all along. I will show you how to call them forth, how to have them radiate from your being in the space of any problem, any challenge, any difficulty, so that, in fact, problems, challenges, and difficulties are no longer part of your life, but will be replaced by simple experiences.

To the outer world it may very well appear as if nothing, in fact, has changed. And, in actual fact, nothing may have changed. You may continue to be confronted with the same conditions. Only you will sense the difference. Only you will notice the shift. It will be an experience of your inner world - yet it will begin to affect your outer world as well. And while others may not see a change in your conditions, they will see a change in you. They will wonder about this change. They will marvel at it. And eventually, they will inquire about it.

Tell them the truth. The truth shall set them free. Tell them nothing has changed in your outer world. You still have toothaches. You still have bills to pay. You still put your pants on one leg at a time.

Tell them that you still face conditions you once described as less than perfect, you still confront all the rough and tumble encounters of life. Tell them that nothing has changed but your experience.

This is what it means to have friendship with God. It means to no longer to be alone.

So now, as you go about your day-to-day life, know and understand that nothing is ever going to be the same. Your friendship with Me has changed everything. It has brought you My partnership and My love, My wisdom and My awareness.

There may be times when you will slip back into forgetfulness; when you imagine your Self to be other than Who You Really Are. At those times, in particular, use our new friendship. Call on My name, and I will be there. I will lead you to your answers, I will lead you to your wisdom, I will give you back to yourself.

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