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How to Accept God’s Gifts

God’s Will does not oppose. It merely is. It is not God you have imprisoned in your plan to lose your Self. He does not know about a plan so alien to His Will. There was a need He did not understand, to which He gave an Answer. That is all. And you who have this Answer given you have need no more of anything but this.

Now do we live, for now we cannot die. The wish for death is answered, and the sight that looked upon it now has been replaced by vision which perceives that you are not what you pretend to be. One walks with you Who gently answers all your fears with this one merciful reply, “It is not so.” He points to all the gifts you have each time the thought of poverty oppresses you, and speaks of His Companionship when you perceive yourself as lonely and afraid.

Yet [the Holy Spirit] reminds you still of one thing more you had forgotten. For His touch on you has made you like Himself. The gifts you have are not for you alone. What He has come to offer you, you now must learn to give. This is the lesson that His giving holds, for He has saved you from the solitude you sought to make in which to hide from God. He has reminded you of all the gifts that God has given you. He speaks as well of what becomes your will when you accept these gifts, and recognize they are your own. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 166, W-pI.166.10-12. See also ACIM Lesson 166 Insights.)

We accept God’s gifts of Love and peace and joy by offering them to everyone without exception. One judgment treasured denies all of God’s gifts. That is why forgiveness is the key to happiness and peace. That is why forgiveness is our function here.

To truly forgive, we must accept the Holy Spirit’s help. It is only as we let the Holy Spirit’s vision supersede what we see through the body’s eyes that we are able to see our brothers truly. With true vision, we recognize our brother’s changeless innocence, the Love he is and the joy He brings as we unite with Him.

Today we welcome the Holy Spirit’s vision as our Guide to seeing that we may accept and give God’s gifts.

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