God is my strength. Vision is His gift.
Let me not look to my own eyes to see today. Let me be willing to exchange my pitiful illusion of seeing for the vision that is given by God. Christ’s vision is His gift, and He has given it to me. Let me call upon this gift today, so that this day may help me to understand eternity.
God is my Source. I cannot see apart from Him.
I can see what God wants me to see. I cannot see anything else. Beyond His Will lie only illusions. It is these I choose when I think I can see apart from Him. It is these I choose when I try to see through the body’s eyes. Yet the vision of Christ has been given me to replace [what I see through the body’s eyes]. It is through this vision that I choose to see.
God is the light in which I see.
I cannot see in darkness. God is the only light. Therefore, if I am to see, it must be through Him. I have tried to define what seeing is, and I have been wrong. Now it is given me to understand that God is the light in which I see. Let me welcome [Christ’s] vision and the happy world it will show me. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 59, W-pI.59.2-4. See also ACIM Lesson 59 Insights.)
What the body’s eyes see are images the ego has made to tempt us to believe we are separated from our Creator. They are illusions hiding the presence of God’s Light and Love, our true Home.
The vision of Christ, given us by God, sees past the ego’s image-making to the Love that is eternally united with God. In His Presence, we are safe; we are loved; we are at Home in perfect peace.
Today we will remind ourselves often, “Beyond the world I see is Love and nothing else. Beyond these appearances this Love unites me with the truth in every brother.” As we remember this throughout the day, we will recognize appearances which seem to be unloving as calls for Love. The Love that we are in truth will offer Love in answer to the calls. Together we will remember our unity in Love.
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