What can it be but universal blessing to look on what your Father loves with charity? Extension of forgiveness is the Holy Spirit’s function. Leave this to Him. Let your concern be only that you give to Him that which can be extended. Save no dark secrets that He cannot use, but offer Him the tiny gifts He can extend forever. He will take each one and make of it a potent force for peace. He will withhold no blessing from it, nor limit it in any way. He will join to it all the power that God has given Him, to make each little gift of love a source of healing for everyone. Each little gift you offer to your brother lights up the world. Be not concerned with darkness; look away from it and toward your brother. And let the darkness be dispelled by Him Who knows the light, and lays it gently in each quiet smile of faith and confidence with which you bless your brother. (A Course in Miracles, T-22.VI.9. See also ACIM Text Q & A.)
Each of us has an important role to play in God’s plan for salvation of the world. We do not need to shout glory from the mountain tops. We need only bring each unforgiving thought, no matter how seemingly insignificant, to the Holy Spirit in our mind with willingness to receive His gentle correction.
Correction is not our job. Any attempt to correct ourselves, to try to “reason” ourselves to forgive, is simply an ego attempt to interfere with our healing and release. We just need to do our job: Turn over each unforgiving thought. The Holy Spirit will do the rest. Our little, separated ego minds cannot fathom the unlimited scope of the blessing that extends each time we offer an unforgiving thought to Holy Spirit.
Today we will be vigilant for every unforgiving thought that disturbs our peace. And we will offer it in humility and gratitude to the Holy Spirit, with willingness to receive His gift in return. This is how we bless the world and bless ourselves.
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