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Resting in the Certainty of Christ’s Vision

God in His mercy wills that I be saved.

I need but look upon all things that seem to hurt me, and with perfect certainty assure myself, “God wills that I be saved from this,” and merely watch them disappear. ²I need but keep in mind my Father’s Will for me is only happiness, to find that only happiness has come to me. ³And I need but remember that God’s Love surrounds His Son and keeps his sinlessness forever perfect, to be sure that I am saved and safe forever in His Arms. ⁴I am the Son He loves. ⁵And I am saved because God in His mercy wills it so.

Father, Your Holiness is mine. ²Your Love created me, and made my sinlessness forever part of You. ³I have no guilt nor sin in me, for there is none in You. (A Course in Miracles, W-235. See also ACIM Lesson 235 Insights.)

The body, itself an illusion, can tell us nothing about Reality. It can only perceive a world of illusions. We need to let the Holy Spirit teach us how to see with the forgiving eyes of Christ.

Christ’s vision shows us the truth that there is nothing in God’s Creation that can hurt us. It sees that God’s Will for us is perfect happiness and peace that cannot be disturbed. In truth, God’s Love surrounds and keeps us safe in His loving Arms. We rest in this certainty as we let the Holy Spirit help us forgive our misperceptions.

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Claiming Our Identity as Love

I feel the Love of God within me now.

²The Love of God is what created me. ³The Love of God is everything I am. ⁴The Love of God proclaimed me as His Son. ⁵The Love of God within me sets me free.

I choose the joy of God instead of pain.

²Pain is my own idea. ³It is not a Thought of God, but one I thought apart from Him and from His Will. ⁴His Will is joy, and only joy for His beloved Son. ⁵And that I choose, instead of what I made.

⁶I am not a body. ⁷I am free.
⁸For I am still as God created me. (A Course in Miracles, W-209.1:1-5;210.1. See also ACIM Lesson 209 Insights.)

To the ego, judgment is necessary for survival. Judgment affirms that separation is real. Without it, the ego would simply cease to seem to exist. The ego’s judgments are all based on illusions and misperceptions. Perceptions begin with the idea that something external exists to be observed. This further affirms the “reality” of separation.

The Love that is our true Identity sees nothing external. It knows Its oneness with all that is real. In this certainty is perfect peace. There is nothing that exists to disturb its peace. Today we are reminded to claim our true Identity by accepting that we are Love and nothing else.

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Our Peace of Mind Is Guaranteed

In peace I was created. ²And in peace do I remain. ³It is not given me to change my Self. ⁴How merciful is God my Father, that when He created me He gave me peace forever. ⁵Now I ask but to be what I am. ⁶And can this be denied me, when it is forever true?

Father, I seek the peace You gave as mine in my creation. ²What was given then must be here now, for my creation was apart from time, and still remains beyond all change. ³The peace in which Your Son was born into Your Mind is shining there unchanged. ⁴I am as You created me. ⁵I need but call on You to find the peace You gave. ⁶It is Your Will that gave it to Your Son. (A Course in Miracles, W-230.. See also ACIM Lesson 230 Insights.)

We cannot change our true Identity. Only our belief in illusions of the past can disturb our peace. Memories of a past can be dispelled when we are willing to accept the Holy Spirit’s true perception of reality in place of our misperceptions.

We welcome His reinterpretations by being willing to accept the peace of God within us. It is always there to be called upon. Our call for peace expresses our willingness to let our mind be healed.

We walk with God today in peace and gratitude.

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The Path to Supreme Happiness

I give my life to God to guide today.

Father, I give You all my thoughts today. ²I would have none of mine. ³In place of them, give me Your Own. ⁴I give You all my acts as well, that I may do Your Will instead of seeking goals which cannot be obtained, and wasting time in vain imaginings. ⁵Today I come to You. ⁶I will step back and merely follow You. ⁷Be You the Guide, and I the follower who questions not the wisdom of the Infinite, nor Love whose tenderness I cannot comprehend, but which is yet Your perfect gift to me.

Today we have one Guide to lead us on. ²And as we walk together, we will give this day to Him with no reserve at all. ³This is His day. ⁴And so it is a day of countless gifts and mercies unto us. (A Course in Miracles, W-233. See also ACIM Lesson 233 Insights.)

The ego is the idea that we can make a life ‘better’ than what God wills for us. But this requires that we deny His Will. By denying His gifts, we condemn ourselves to a fantasy life where lack and loss seem real and death is inevitable.

If we want to live a life of supreme happiness and perfect peace eternally, there is only one thing we must do. And we must do it with no reservations. We must let God be our Guide in everything we think, say and do.

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Claiming Our Reality as Love

Appearances deceive, but can be changed. ²Reality is changeless. ³It does not deceive at all, and if you fail to see beyond appearances you are deceived. …⁶Reality is changeless. ⁷It is this that makes it real, and keeps it separate from all appearances. ⁸It must transcend all form to be itself. ⁹It cannot change.

The miracle attests salvation from appearances by showing they can change. ³Your brother has a changelessness in him beyond appearance and deception, both. ⁴It is obscured by changing views of him that you perceive as his reality.

What is temptation but a wish to make illusions real? …⁴Temptation, then, is nothing more than this; a prayer the miracle touch not some dreams, but keep their unreality obscure and give to them reality instead.

⁵There is no miracle you cannot have when you desire healing. ⁶But there is no miracle that can be given you unless you want it. ⁷Choose what you would heal, and He Who gives all miracles has not been given freedom to bestow His gifts upon God’s Son.

Because reality is changeless is a miracle already there to heal all things that change, and offer them to you to see in happy form, devoid of fear. (A Course in Miracles,T-30.VIII.1:1-3,6-9;2:2-4;3:1,4;4:5-7;5:1. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)

Temptation is the ego’s wish for differences to divide us and set us apart so that we can each claim some semblance of special status we can call our own. Only illusions can seem to make this appear real.

Yet there is a changelessness in everyone that unites us with each other as our true Self, the Son of God. This is the Reality that is our Home, at one with each other in our Father’s Love. Today we claim our true Identity by choosing Love to guide our thoughts.

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Our Safety Is in Our Father’s Love

Be in my mind, my Father, through the day.

Be in my mind, my Father, when I wake, and shine on me throughout the day today. ²Let every minute be a time in which I dwell with You. ³And let me not forget my hourly thanksgiving that You have remained with me, and always will be there to hear my call to You and answer me. ⁴As evening comes, let all my thoughts be still of You and of Your Love. ⁵And let me sleep sure of my safety, certain of Your care, and happily aware I am Your Son.

This is as every day should be. ²Today, practice the end of fear. ³Have faith in Him Who is your Father. ⁴Trust all things to Him. ⁵Let Him reveal all things to you, and be you undismayed because you are His Son. (A Course in Miracles, W-232. See also ACIM Lesson 232 Insights.)

God, our Father, is Love and nothing else. We were created as an extension of His Love. Our eternal connection with Him is unbreakable. In our dream of separation, we are unaware of the Love because the wish for differences is a denial of our unity with our Father’s Love.

Today we affirm that we want the Light of Love to shine in our mind. Fear will disappear as we let the peace and strength of our Father’e Love fill our mind. Love dispels fear and we take comfort in His certain care.

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Accepting God’s Gift of Perfect Peace

I have already chosen what You will.

Father, I thought I wandered from Your Will, defied it, broke its laws, and interposed a second will more powerful than Yours. ²Yet what I am in truth is but Your Will, extended and extending. ³This am I, and this will never change. ⁴As You are One, so am I one with You. ⁵And this I chose in my creation, where my will became forever one with Yours. ⁶That choice was made for all eternity. ⁷It cannot change, and be in opposition to itself. ⁸Father, my will is Yours. ⁹And I am safe, untroubled and serene, in endless joy, because it is Your Will that it be so.

Today we will accept our union with each other and our Source. ²We have no will apart from His, and all of us are one because His Will is shared by all of us. ³Through it we recognize that we are one. ⁴Through it we find our way at last to God. (A Course in Miracles, W-329. See also ACIM Lesson 329 Insights.)

Fear of God describes the constant state of the ego. It is afraid of God because it believes it is in opposition to God’s Will, because it is. But in truth, there is no will but God’s. The ego has projected its wishes on God, making God seem to demand sacrifice. This perceived sacrifice is just the ego’s projection of its demands to maintain its seeming existence.

God’s Will for us is perfect peace, happiness and changeless Love. We are grateful that we have the means to let go of the wish for specialness and remember our initial choice to be Love, forever dwelling in God’s Love.

Everything that seems to disturb our peace can be used as an opportunity to forgive our mistaken wish and let Love be. To let Love be is to let our true Self be as God created It. We choose Love today in memory of our initial choice to accept God’s Love in our creation. With this choice, we return to our natural state, at one with our Creator.

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How to Read References for
Quotes from A Course in Miracles

Below are example references to specific sentences using the notation of the Second & Third Editions of A Course in Miracles published by the Foundation for Inner Peace:

T-26.IV.4:7 = Text, Chapt. 26, Section IV, paragraph 4, sentence 7.

W-169.5:2 = Workbook, Lesson 169, paragraph 5, sentence 2.

W-pII.1.1:1 = Workbook, Part II, Question 1, paragraph 1, sentence 1.

M-13.3:2 = Manual for Teachers, Question 13, paragraph 3, sentence 2.

C-6.4:6 = Clarification of Terms, Term 6, paragraph 4, sentence 6
The above numbering system of the Second & Third Editions published by The Foundation for A Course in Miracles

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