This day I choose to spend in perfect peace.
It does not seem to me that I can choose to have but peace today. ²And yet, my God assures me that His Son is like Himself. ³Let me this day have faith in Him Who says I am God’s Son. ⁴And let the peace I choose be mine today bear witness to the truth of what He says. ⁵God’s Son can have no cares, and must remain forever in the peace of Heaven. ⁶In His Name, I give today to finding what my Father wills for me, accepting it as mine, and giving it to all my Father’s Sons, along with me.
And so, my Father, would I pass this day with You. ²Your Son has not forgotten You. ³The peace You gave him still is in his mind, and it is there I choose to spend today. (A Course in Miracles, W-255. See also ACIM Lesson 255 Insights.)
Our thoughts of the past in our mind stand as a defense against accepting God’s peace. These thoughts seem to make the past real. Its seeming reality is a veil that hides the presence of peace from our awareness. Peace cannot be found in illusions of the past. God’s peace is eternal, now and forever.
We choose peace by withdrawing the value we give to illusions of the past. When we accept the Holy Spirit’s lessons in Love, we learn that the past is nothing. With this lesson learned, we naturally withdraw any value we have given to thoughts of the past. We make the choice to accept peace now and disregard the past.
Today we choose to be mindful of our thoughts of the past and accept the Holy Spirit’s vision. This practice frees us to live in God’s peace. It dispels the veil that seemed to separate us from our Creator and every brother. In Love’s oneness, we are at peace.
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