What makes this world seem real except your own denial of the truth that lies beyond? ²What but your thoughts of misery and death obscure the perfect happiness and the eternal life your Father wills for you? ³And what could hide what cannot be concealed except illusion? ⁴What could keep from you what you already have except your choice to see it not, denying it is there?
The Thought of God created you. ²It left you not, nor have you ever been apart from it an instant. ³It belongs to you. ⁴By it you live. ⁵It is your Source of life, holding you one with it, and everything is one with you because it left you not. ⁶The Thought of God protects you, cares for you, makes soft your resting place and smooth your way, lighting your mind with happiness and love. ⁷Eternity and everlasting life shine in your mind, because the Thought of God has left you not, and still abides with you.
Who would deny his safety and his peace, his joy, his healing and his peace of mind, his quiet rest, his calm awakening, if he but recognized where they abide?
We count on God, and not upon ourselves, to give us certainty. ²And in His Name we practice as His Word directs we do. ³His sureness lies beyond our every doubt. ⁴His Love remains beyond our every fear. ⁵The Thought of Him is still beyond all dreams and in our minds, according to His Will. (A Course in Miracles, W-165.1:1–3:1;8. See also ACIM Lesson 165 Insights.)
While we are engaged in dreaming, we are oblivious to everything outside the dream. This is why the dream of separation we believe in seems so real. By the grace of God, beliefs can change. We have not permanently broken our unity in the Love of God. God calls to us gently and lovingly in every instant to awaken and receive the gifts He wills for us.
Now is the time to listen. We pause and welcome the gift of peace in which the message of God’s Love can be heard. All the power of God supports this choice because His Will is that we have all that He has given. Happiness is ours to be accepted. His Love is already ours. The moment we are willing to accept His gifts, we will know that we are loved, Love and loving. In gratitude we join in the eternal giving and receiving of His Love.
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