Is it a sacrifice to leave littleness [ego] behind, and wander not in vain? It is not sacrifice to wake to glory. But it is sacrifice to accept anything less than glory. Learn that you must be worthy of the Prince of Peace [God’s Son], born in you in honor of Him Whose host you are. You know not what love means because you have sought to purchase it with little gifts, thus valuing it too little to understand its magnitude. Love is not little and love dwells in you, for you are host to Him. Before the greatness [God’s Son] that lives in you, your poor appreciation of yourself and all the little offerings you give slip into nothingness.
Holy child of God, when will you learn that only holiness [Love’s oneness] can content you and give you peace? Remember that you learn not for yourself alone, no more than I did. It is because I learned for you that you can learn of me. I would but teach you what is yours, so that together we can replace the shabby littleness that binds the host of God to guilt and weakness with the glad awareness of the glory that is in him. My birth in you is your awakening to grandeur. Welcome me not into a manger, but into the altar to holiness, where holiness abides in perfect peace. My Kingdom is not of this world because it is in you [your true Self]. And you are of your Father. Let us join in honoring you, who must remain forever beyond littleness. (A Course in Miracles, T-15.III.8-9. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)
The ego is littleness because it is an attempt to separate off a piece of infinite Love to keep for itself alone. It is the preference for specialness over unlimited Love. This can only seem to be real by denying our unbreakable unity with God’s Love. This limited image is incapable of experiencing the grandeur of God’s infinite, unlimited Love.
The celebration of Christmas represents the acceptance of Christ, God’s Son, which is in us now. From that point of acceptance, Christ’s vision shows us our unity with the true Self of every brother. The perception of littleness, individuality, fades. We join in the joyous recognition of the infinite Love we share and extend without limit.
As we move into the season of celebration, let us accept Christ’s vision, which shows us the Prince of Peace born in us all, untouched by our belief in littleness. We exchange a false image of our self for the recognition of our true Self, host to the infinite, changeless Love of God, and share this Love with all.
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