Robert:
It is interesting to observe how tenaciously I hang on to the past and insist on using it as my guide for interpreting the present and planning for the future. I’ve read in the Course and have been told again and again that the past is gone and has been a lousy teacher. Yet still every day I observe how I try to make plans based on what I think I know from the past. But I am grateful that the Holy Spirit is patient.
My hands tightly grip the steering wheel as I try to be in control. But there is a spark of willingness that is allowing the Holy Spirit to gently pry my fingers loose from the wheel. As I loosen that grip, the box I have limited myself to begins to fade.
Once in a while I even slip out from behind the wheel and let Holy Spirit be in charge. Then I experience the joy, freedom and gratitude that come with miracles of changed perception. My heart overflows as the Love in me joins with the Love that is everywhere. At least for an instant the box has faded. The steering wheel has disappeared and I remember there is no place to go, nothing to plan for.
I only need to accept What I am as God created me. In that moment I experience the union with all my brothers that has never been lost. It inspires me to keep practicing stepping back to let Holy Spirit be in charge of all interpretation. Today is another day for practice. My heart is filled with gratitude.
Mary:
This morning as I go to Spirit, I am encouraged to remember throughout the day that I am only eternal Spirit. I am still as God created me. I am one with God in Heaven. I am also encouraged to practice remembering this about everyone I may think of or may encounter during the day.
“What do I think I and and where do I think I am?” are helpful questions to ask myself throughout the day. I am here only to be truly helpful and I am only truly helpful when I am willing to remember the truth about myself and everyone in this dream of separation. This is my practice today and I give thanks that I have another opportunity to choose once again with Holy Spirit. This is what today is for and I give thanks.
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