All gifts I give my brothers are my own.
As every gift my brothers give is mine, so every gift I give belongs to me. Each one allows a past mistake to go, and leave no shadow on the holy mind my Father loves. His grace is given me in every gift a brother has received throughout all time, and past all time as well. My treasure house is full, and angels watch its open doors that not one gift is lost, and only more are added. Let me come to where my treasures are, and enter in where I am truly welcome and at home, among the gifts that God has given me.
Father, I would accept Your gifts today. I do not recognize them. Yet I trust that You Who gave them will provide the means by which I can behold them, see their worth, and cherish only them as what I want. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 316, W-pII.316. See also ACIM Lesson 316 Insights.)
As long as we identify with the ego and its image of a body, we will not recognize the Love God has given us. The ego has denied Love in its wish for specialness. Through the body the ego seeks to make a dream of separation seem real. The way to release ourselves from the denial of Love is through forgiveness. Within the dream we open the door to Love’s extension by forgiving the limitations the ego imposes on it.
When we let the Holy Spirit show us the truth of Love beyond the appearance of separation, the Love we are joins with the Love that is our brother. Both our brother and ourselves are blessed. This is forgiveness.
This forgiveness demonstrates that we already have God’s gift of Love. It peels away the veil that has hidden His Love from us. The joining in Love with our brother demonstrates that we have accepted God’s Love. When forgiveness is complete, we have let go of the veil we placed between our Self and every brother. We join together and remember our Home in Heaven.
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