Today I wake with joy, expecting but the happy things of God to come to me. I ask but them to come, and realize my invitation will be answered by the thoughts to which it has been sent by me. And I will ask for only joyous things the instant I accept my holiness. For what would be the use of pain to me, what purpose would my suffering fulfill, and how would grief and loss avail me if insanity departs from me today, and I accept my holiness instead?
Father, my holiness is Yours. Let me rejoice in it, and through forgiveness be restored to sanity. Your Son is still as You created him. My holiness is part of me, and also part of You. And what can alter Holiness Itself? (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 285, W-pII.285.1-2. See also ACIM Lesson 285 Insights.)
God’s Voice is constantly calling to us to accept His gift of Love, eternally one with Him. Our true Self shares His joy and His peace in the oneness of His Love. But we are dreaming that we are a separate self which denies God’s gift of Love. It denies the fact that God’s Son is eternally one with Him.
The effect of choosing this separate self is the perception of a world we wander through, feeling incomplete, unloved and unsafe. It is an experience devoid of peace where we feel we have to protect ourselves from harm. Fear and guilt are our constant companion. This is not our Home.
We believe we are unworthy to be called holy. But this feeling of inadequacy comes from identifying with a false self offered by the ego thought of separation as a substitute for the Self God created one with Him. We are not this false self. We are God’s Son, eternally united in His Love.
Today we choose to listen to God’s Call and accept the Help He has given us to lovingly awaken us from the nightmare of fear and guilt. His Teacher offers us lessons in forgiveness to help us recognize what is real and what is unreal. As we accept the real, we let go of our belief in the ego’s lies. The holiness of our eternal unity with our Creator shines in our mind. We rest in the joy of being Love. We rejoice as we rest in God’s peace, our Home.
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