Perhaps it is not yet quite clear to you that each decision that you make is one between a grievance and a miracle. ²Each grievance stands like a dark shield of hate before the miracle it would conceal. ³And as you raise it up before your eyes, you will not see the miracle beyond. ⁴Yet all the while it waits for you in light, but you behold your grievances instead.
Today we go beyond the grievances, to look upon the miracle instead.”
Then let us ask of Him Who knows this Son of God in his reality and truth, that we may look on him a different way, and see our savior shining in the light of true forgiveness, given unto us. ²We ask Him in the holy Name of God and of His Son, as holy as Himself:
³Let me behold my savior in this one You have appointed as the one for me to ask to lead me to the holy light in which he stands, that I may join with him.
⁴The body’s eyes are closed, and as you think of him who grieved you, let your mind be shown the light in him beyond your grievances.
God thanks you for these quiet times today in which you laid your images aside, and looked upon the miracle of love the Holy Spirit showed you in their place. (A Course in Miracles, W-78.1:1–2:1;7;9:1. See also ACIM Lesson 78 Insights.)
Grievances can only occur when we believe something or someone is different from ourselves. This appearance is the result of our belief that we are excluded from the oneness of God’s Love. This exclusion is of our own making by our belief that we have made ourselves separate from our Creator.
Grievances are an attempt to project the guilt we feel for what we believe we have done. The good news is that our beliefs can be undone. We can remember that we remain wholly within the oneness of God’s Love.
Today we have an opportunity to practice letting the Holy Spirit show us the radiant Light of Love that we have hidden behind our grievances. As we accept His help to forgive our misperceptions, the joy of recognizing our oneness with a brother replaces the fear and anger we have projected on him. We are grateful that we have the Holy Spirit to help us see past the grievance to the Love in which we live.
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