I seek a future different from the past.
From new perception of the world there comes a future very different from the past. ²The future now is recognized as but extension of the present. ³Past mistakes can cast no shadows on it, so that fear has lost its idols and its images, and being formless, it has no effects. ⁴Death will not claim the future now, for life is now its goal, and all the needed means are happily provided. ⁵Who can grieve or suffer when the present has been freed, extending its security and peace into a quiet future filled with joy?
Father, we were mistaken in the past, and choose to use the present to be free. ²Now do we leave the future in Your Hands, leaving behind our past mistakes, and sure that You will keep Your present promises, and guide the future in their holy light. (A Course in Miracles, W-314. See also ACIM Lesson 314 Insights.)
The ego is always planning for the future, but always based upon past experiences. It does not want a future that is different from the past. Its plans are always with the intent of maintaining its seeming existence. But the past is not real; its plans for the future are equally unreal.
The reality of Love is always in the present. When we seek a future that extends the present, we are always extending Love, because only Love is real. Because of our alliance with the ego, we need help from outside its closed thought system. If we follow the Guide given us by our Father, we will be guided by the Light of Love.
This Guide knows only Love is real. It brings Its Light to our misperceptions to dispel them. In their place, we see Love that joins us with everyone and our Father. This future is different from the past because it extends the present. We choose to accept the lessons of our inner Teacher of Love. These lessons will lead us to our Home in the Love of our Father.
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