Unless the past is over in my mind, the real world must escape my sight. For I am really looking nowhere; seeing but what is not there. …what can be forgiven but the past, and if it is forgiven it is gone.
Father, let me not look upon a past that is not there. For You have offered me Your Own replacement, in a present world the past has left untouched and free of sin. Here is the end of guilt. And here am I made ready for Your final step. Shall I demand that You wait longer for Your Son to find the loveliness You planned to be the end of all his dreams and all his pain?
This the day I seek my present happiness, and look on nothing else except the thing I seek.
With this resolve I come to You, and ask Your strength to hold me up today, while I but seek to do Your Will. You cannot fail to hear me, Father. What I ask have You already given me. And I am sure that I will see my happiness today. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 289-290, W-pII.289.1:1-2,6;2:1-5;290.1:6-2:4. See also ACIM Lesson 289 Insights.)
Forgiveness is the key to happiness. Yet the world we experience with the body seems to make forgiveness difficult. It appears that harm is actually possible, and we are weak and vulnerable. Some things that appear to happen seem unforgivable. The means for true forgiveness cannot be found in the world.
But we can call upon the strength of God in us to help us let go of the false images that seem to justify fear and guilt. We are not alone. God’s Teacher is ever present in our minds to help us recognize that what we thought endangered us has no substance whatsoever.
We need only ask for His help and all God’s strength and Love are given us. Through the vision of Christ to see that we remain invulnerable and safely in the Arms of Love. As we accept this vision, we forgive the mistaken images, for we recognize their nothingness. Each time we truly forgive, an imagined barrier is released and we step closer to the real world that total forgiveness brings. We choose to accept His help today.
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