I place the future in the Hands of God.
Accept today’s idea, and you have passed all anxiety, all pits of hell, all blackness of depression, thoughts of sin [separation, lack of Love], and devastation brought about by guilt. Accept today’s idea, and you have released the world from all imprisonment by loosening the heavy chains that locked the door to freedom on it. You are saved, and your salvation thus becomes the gift you give the world, because you have received.
In no one instant is depression felt, or pain experienced or loss perceived. In no one instant sorrow can be set upon a throne, and worshipped faithfully. In no one instant can one even die. And so each instant given unto God in passing, with the next one given Him already, is a time of your release from sadness, pain and even death itself.
What worry can beset the one who gives his future to the loving Hands of God? What can he suffer? What can cause him pain, or bring experience of loss to him? What can he fear? And what can he regard except with love? For he who has escaped all fear of future pain has found his way to present peace, and certainty of care the world can never threaten. He is sure that his perception may be faulty, but will never lack correction. He is free to choose again when he has been deceived; to change his mind when he has made mistakes. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 194, W-pI.194.2-3;7. See also ACIM Lesson 194 Insights.)
The reality of Love’s eternal oneness can only be experienced when we have not covered the present moment with images from our imagined past. The ego’s scheme to maintain itself is to keep a library of past experiences which it uses to project a future like the past. It skips over the present, keeping the peace, safety and happiness of the eternal now from our awareness. Thus it denies the present and future of the peace, joy and Love the God wills for us.
To place the future in the Hands of God is to rest in His Eternal Love, perfectly safe, happy, abundantly loved and loving. This is our Home. When we rest in Him, we serve as His messengers to bring Love’s healing to the world. We dedicate this day to remembering that our true future is in the loving Hand’s of God.
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