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Forgiveness Brings Lasting Happiness

My only function is the one God gave me.

²I have no function but the one God gave me. ³This recognition releases me from all conflict, because it means I cannot have conflicting goals. ⁴With one purpose only, I am always certain what to do, what to say and what to think. ⁵All doubt must disappear as I acknowledge that my only function is the one God gave me.

My happiness and my function are one.

²All things that come from God are one. ³They come from Oneness, and must be received as one. ⁴Fulfilling my function is my happiness because both come from the same Source. ⁵And I must learn to recognize what makes me happy, if I would find happiness. (A Course in Miracles, W-83.1;3. See also ACIM Lesson 83 Insights.)

Love created us like Itself. Our true Self, like God, is Love and nothing else. A characteristic of Love is to extend Itself eternally without limit. The reflection of Love in the dream of separation is forgiveness. The dream denies the presence of Love. When we forgive our mistaken beliefs in separation, we let go of the barrier that hides the eternal presence of Love.

As an extension of God’s Love, our only function is to forgive the barriers we have accepted which deny Love’s presence. Love always forgives because it knows that nothing has happened to change Love. When we accept the function of forgiveness, we accept our true Nature.

Forgiveness brings happiness because we accept the joy that is an attribute of the Love we are. Nothing but forgiveness can bring us true and lasting happiness. Forgiveness clears the way for acceptance of the fact that we are God’s one Son, eternally loved and loving.

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