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, and devastation brought about by guilt. ²Accept 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. ³You 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. ²In no one instant sorrow can be set upon a throne, and worshipped faithfully. ³In no one instant can one even die. ⁴And 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.
Release the future. ²For the past is gone, and what is present, freed from its bequest of grief and misery, of pain and loss, becomes the instant in which time escapes the bondage of illusions where it runs its pitiless, inevitable course. ³Then is each instant which was slave to time transformed into a holy instant, when the light that was kept hidden in God’s Son is freed to bless the world. ⁴Now is he free, and all his glory shines upon a world made free with him, to share his holiness. (A Course in Miracles, W-194.2–3;5. See also ACIM Lesson 194 Insights.)
Today we pause to sink past the distractions of the dream to the eternal place of peace within. Here our true Self, the Son of God, dwells in the Light of Love and in perfect peace. This is our natural condition.
As we let ourselves gently settle into this state of mind, worries about the future fade and thoughts about the past no longer capture our attention. We rest in God. Our awareness of His Love grows stronger. We know we are perfectly safe in the changeless presence of His Love. In this present moment the past does not intrude and we are certain the future will remain the same changeless Love.
We take refuge in this place of rest and we welcome God’s strength, remembering it is our own. With this as our foundation, we are prepared to go forth into the world as God’s messengers. We know we are safe.
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