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Light and Joy and Peace Abide in You

Your sinlessness is guaranteed by God. Over and over this must be repeated, until it is accepted. It is true. Your sinlessness is guaranteed by God. Nothing can touch it, or change what God created as eternal. The self you made, evil and full of sin, is meaningless. Your sinlessness is guaranteed by God, and light and joy and peace abide in you.

Salvation requires the acceptance of but one thought;—you are as God created you, not what you made of yourself. …You are and will forever be exactly as you were created. Light and joy and peace abide in you because God put them there. (A Course in Miracles, W-pI.93.5,7:1,6-7. See also ACIM Lesson 93 Insights.)

Let us today practice opening to this truth about ourselves. If we are forever exactly as we were created, we are one with God’s Light and joy and peace…

To strengthen this practice we take time to accept the peace that is present in our mind all the time… We relax into the fullness of God’s peace… We let ourselves feel the strength and power of God’s peace… We let God’s peace carry us all through the day… We let ourselves remember that Light and joy and peace abide in us.

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You Stand in Light

True light is strength, and strength is sinlessness. If you remain as God created you, you must be strong and light must be in you. He Who ensured your sinlessness must be the guarantee of strength and light as well. You are as God created you. Darkness cannot obscure the glory of God’s Son. You stand in light, strong in the sinlessness in which you were created, and in which you will remain throughout eternity. (A Course in Miracles, W-pI.94.2). See also ACIM Lesson 94 Insights.

In this world it seems that we must be constantly alert to defend ourselves against potential harm. This need for vigilance could only come from a belief that we are weak and vulnerable. But we are told in the Course that we are held safely and eternally in God’s Light, which is strength. We could only be susceptible to harm if there were some spot of weakness in God. But since God is the Source of all strength, there can be no weakness in Him.

The sense of weakness we experience in the world can only be relieved by letting go of the false image that we are separate from God. It is impossible that this image be true. God’s light and strength are ours and could never leave us.

As long as we identify with the ego thought system of separation, we will believe we are weak and in the dark. But belief can be changed. We need help from outside the false belief to correct the mistaken idea. By the grace of God we have been given a Link which keeps us joined with the Self that never bought into the false belief. That Self never left the light and strength and innocence of God.

Today we practice setting aside the beliefs we have about ourselves, the attributes and images we have identified with. We bring these to the Holy Spirit, our Link to remember the truth. His Light will shine away the dark false images so that we will remember we stand in the Light and strength of God.

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Forgiveness Is the Key to Happiness

If someone’s behavior disturbs me, it is a sure sign that I am focusing on a false image instead of the truth that only Love is there. That false image is a projection reflected back to me that is showing me what I believe about myself. I may say that I would never behave in that way, yet it is reflecting back to me my belief that I am separate from Love.

The Course says that we always look within to what we believe we are first. We then look out and find witnesses that confirm that what we believe about ourselves is true. Images can indeed conflict with each other, but there is no conflict in the oneness of Love.

Any disturbance then becomes a sign that a false image needs to be forgiven or let go. It is time to bring this mistaken image to the Holy Spirit in our minds to receive Its kind and gentle correction, which will always show us the Love that is ever present behind the false image we have used to hide it. As we let that Love be revealed to us, we learn that Love is what we are as well. This is why the practice of forgiveness is the key to happiness.

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We Always Have Heaven’s Help

Everyone here has entered darkness, yet no one has entered it alone. Nor need he stay more than an instant. For he has come with Heaven’s Help within him, ready to lead him out of darkness into light at any time. The time he chooses can be any time, for help is there, awaiting but his choice. And when he chooses to avail himself of what is given him, then will he see each situation that he thought before was means to justify his anger turned to an event which justifies his love. He will hear plainly that the calls to war he heard before are really calls to peace. He will perceive that where he gave attack is but another altar where he can, with equal ease and far more happiness, bestow forgiveness. And he will reinterpret all temptation as just another chance to bring him joy.

Let all your brother’s errors be to you nothing except a chance for you to see the workings of the Helper given you to see the world He made instead of yours. (A Course in Miracles, T-25.III.6:1-8;7:2. See also ACIM Text Q & A.)

We can deny and hide from the Love we are, but we cannot change What we are. This world is a dream of being without Love, while all the time we are resting at Home in Love’s Presence. The Holy Spirit, Heaven’s Help, is the means given us to release the mistaken images that seem to justify fear, guilt and attack.

In every moment we have the choice to accept Heaven’s Help that will show us the call for Love behind the appearance of fear, anger and guilt. Thus every situation becomes an opportunity for Love. As we extend Love, the seeming justification for guilt disappears and we recognize Love’s innocence, which we all share.

We dedicate today to accepting Heaven’s Help and make the day a day of Love’s extension.

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We Are Immersed in God’s Love

Father, the truth belongs to me. My home is set in Heaven by Your Will and mine. Can dreams content me? Can illusions bring me happiness? What but Your memory can satisfy Your Son? I will accept no less than You have given me. I am surrounded by Your Love, forever still, forever gentle and forever safe. God’s Son must be as You created him. (A Course in Miracles, W-pII.272.1. See also ACIM Lesson 272 Insights.)

We are forever at Home in the gentle stillness of God’s Love. In this Home we are content and know that we are safe.

If we feel any discontent, it is because we believe that somehow we have left our Home. We have made up a story of another place where God’s Love is absent, and we seek to find substitutes that cannot satisfy. There is no place like Home.

Today we dedicate to bringing all discontent to our Inner Teacher to help us see past the appearance and remember that we remain at Home, where our true Will and God’s Will would have us be.

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The Truth God Sees in You

Holy are you, eternal, free and whole, at peace forever in the Heart of God. Where is the world, and where is sorrow now?

One instant of complete belief in this, and you will go beyond belief to Certainty. One instant out of time can bring time’s end. Judge not, for you but judge yourself, and thus delay this Final Judgment. What is your judgment of the world, teacher of God? Have you yet learned to stand aside and hear the Voice of Judgment in yourself? Or do you still attempt to take His role from Him? Learn to be quiet, for His Voice is heard in stillness. And His Judgment comes to all who stand aside in quiet listening, and wait for Him. (A Course in Miracles, M-15.1:11-12;2:6-13)

Today we practice opening to our holiness and the holiness of every brother. As we remember the truth that we lie in the Heart of God, peace and joy come with it. We remember that we are safe and have never left our oneness in God. We celebrate the Truth today that we are at peace forever in the Heart of God.

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Let Me Remember Where I Really Abide

I abide in Love as Love… As Love, let me remember that extending Love is my only function… I am willing to accept this truth about myself and everyone… I am willing to be receptive to our one true Identity as Love… I am willing to accept the truth that this one Identity is eternal and never changes…

This remembering brings with it peace, happiness and a sense of deep fulfillment and contentment… We all rest in God and have never left. And for this we give thanks.

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