Why would you not be overjoyed to be assured that all the evil that you think you did was never done, that all your sins are nothing, that you are as pure and holy as you were created, and that light and joy and peace abide in you? Your image of yourself cannot withstand the Will of God. You think that this is death, but it is life. You think you are destroyed, but you are saved.
The self you made is not the Son of God. Therefore, this self does not exist at all. And anything it seems to do and think means nothing. It is neither bad nor good. It is unreal, and nothing more than that. It does not battle with the Son of God. It does not hurt him, nor attack his peace. It has not changed creation, nor reduced eternal sinlessness to sin, and love to hate. What power can this self you made possess, when it would contradict the Will of God?
Salvation requires the acceptance of but one thought;—you are as God created you, not what you made of yourself.… You are and will forever be exactly as you were created. Light and joy and peace abide in you because God put them there. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 93, W-pI.93.4-5;7:1,6-7. See also ACIM Lesson 93 Insights.)
We are afraid of God’s Will because we believe we are in opposition to God when we identify with the Self the ego made. The ego is the denial of God. Because God’s Love is all that is real, anything made by the denial of God must be unreal, a fantasy. Our experience as a body in a world of form is pure fantasy and therefore not real.
By the grace of God, we are not stuck in this fearful fantasy without a way out. The moment we accepted the idea of separation, God gave us the Holy Spirit to guide us out of the hell we believe we are in. Let us accept this Help today by bringing all our fearful, guilty thoughts to the Holy Spirit to receive His help in releasing them. He will help us see these thoughts are based on nothing so we can freely let them go. This is our journey of awakening.
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