Robert:
Today we read in the Manual for Teachers of A Course in Miracles, “Patience is natural to those who trust.” (M-4.VIII.1:9) A clear sign of impatience is when I get into making my own plans for the future — making plans for what I think should happen. Making plans on my own is placing my trust in my own strength. The Course tells me that I have every reason to be apprehensive and fearful if I do this because “my own strength” means I think I am on my own alone and separate from Love’s strength.
If I believe I am separate from Love’s strength, then I must believe I am weak, because there is no strength but Love’s. So the attraction to planning on my own is stimulated by belief in weakness — separation from Strength. So it all comes back once again to one problem, one solution. The problem is believing I am separate from my Source. The answer is letting go of that belief (forgiving) and accepting my Self as Love created It.
Today I will remind myself frequently that I am as God created me, safe and whole and united with my Source. If I seem to see an image that does not reflect the quiet certainty of Love, I will remind myself that beyond this image is the certainty of Love.
Mary:
Today my job is to open my mind to the Holy Spirit’s gentle lessons of forgiveness. If I am willing, the Holy Spirit will lift the veil, showing me past illusions to the truth. There I will see that only Love is there.
If I think I am seeing something other than Love, my job today is to once again open to the Holy Spirit to be shown the truth once again. The Holy Spirit is present in my mind to help me choose once again as long as I have need of It. And I do have need of it if ever I think that something other than Love is there to see.
I give thanks to my constant Companion, Who has eternal patience with my mind wanderings. Thank you Holy Spirit. Thank you.
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