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Holy Spirit, Help Me See Past My Fears

Robert: Wednesday night I was feeling overwhelmed. The carpenter had said he would come on Monday and there was much to do to prepare the downstairs areas where he would be working.

Before I went to sleep I asked Holy Spirit to help me see past my fears. The next morning I felt more at peace. Mary and I talked through what needed to be done and she helped with the things that she could do. And she helped me keep the focus of one step at a time. By the end of the day great progress had been made, including finding a source for blue board that at first seemed unavailable. And the carpenter postponed his first day until Wednesday.

Once again it was a demonstration of the importance of turning all my thoughts over to the Holy Spirit and following His lead. My fears were unfounded —  just another ego attempt to divert my attention from the Holy Spirit. I’m grateful for these lessons. I am getting much faster at recognizing when I’m leaving Holy Spirit out and returning the Holy Spirit to the drivers seat. These lessons are bringing me step by step to greater, more consistent levels of peace. Oh happy day!

Mary:  Yesterday the electricians completed the rewiring the kitchen, the downstairs bathroom and fourth bedroom downstairs. We had previously been using this bedroom as a print room for producing our catalogs and Miracles News magazine. It is a nice large room and will make a great bedroom for Helena Montiero, who is coming here to help in June from England. The printing equipment will be going into the garage and the paper supplies, etc., are going into a storage area under the stairs. It has been quite a juggling act for where to put the equipment while each room is being renovated. It certainly will be nice when it is completed.

I am seeing that when seeming obstacles come up, that the way always smooths out when we go to peace and ask for Holy Spirit’s help. There is always a way, even when we don’t see it at the time. We are in a mind training program and we are being guided to live our life in a way that is more consistently led by the Holy Spirit. Each day is an opportunity to practice again and again, and apply the principles of the Course to whatever comes up in the moment.

Soon we will be needing to measure the dimensions for the kitchen counters and take them to Home Depot to order the new counters. We have never done anything like this. Right now I feel very uncertain about it. But once again, my job is to go to a place of inner quiet and let Holy Spirit’s inspiration take the lead.

This morning we were led to read “The Two Pictures” from Chapter 17 in the ACIM Text (pages 357-361). Reading this at this time helped me remember the power of the holy instant that the Holy Spirit brings. Ultimately, nothing in a world of form means anything. But here we are in the dream, renovating a 50 year old house to prepare it for sale. The value does not come from the new physical structure. The value comes from the lessons we learn in letting our minds be healed by the Holy Spirit as we approach each new day with new “challenges.”

We know so little about this that we have to go to Holy Spirit in order to be able to do anything. Remember that we still have to continue with the normal work of our Pathways of Light services that we offer daily. Sharyn has been invaluable in answering the phone and doing the needed work to ship orders and take care of the ministers’ and students’ needs. When we first looked at this I did not know how it could possibly be done. But as we take it one day at a time, it seems to be unfolding in perfect order. I feel so blessed. “Let us ascend in peace together to the Father, by giving Him ascendence in our minds.” (ACIM, T-17.IV.16:2)

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