Everyone here has entered darkness, yet no one has entered it alone. ²Nor need he stay more than an instant. ³For he has come with Heaven’s Help within him, ready to lead him out of darkness into light at any time. ⁴The time he chooses can be any time, for help is there, awaiting but his choice. ⁵And when he chooses to avail himself of what is given him, then will he see each situation that he thought before was means to justify his anger turned to an event which justifies his love. ⁶He will hear plainly that the calls to war he heard before are really calls to peace. ⁷He will perceive that where he gave attack is but another altar where he can, with equal ease and far more happiness, bestow forgiveness. ⁸And he will reinterpret all temptation as just another chance to bring him joy.
How can a misperception be a sin? ²Let all your brother’s errors be to you nothing except a chance for you to see the workings of the Helper given you to see the world He made instead of yours. …⁸This world has much to offer to your peace, and many chances to extend your own forgiveness. ⁹Such its purpose is, to those who want to see peace and forgiveness descend on them, and offer them the light. (A Course in Miracles, T-25.III.6;7:1-2,8-9. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)
The Light of Love is within us. It is available in every instant to shine away the darkness of fear and guilt brought on by misperception. If we are not experiencing perfect happiness, a misperception needs to be corrected. As we are willing to let the Light within shine upon our world, our perceptions are transformed. Every moment becomes an opportunity to join in the oneness of Love or to answer calls for Love with Love.
Our perceptions begin in our mind according to the thought system we are aligned with. If we are engaged with belief in separation, our perceptions show us attack and loss. But if we let the Light that is in us shine upon our world, we see past the images that seemed to threaten us. We recognize the happiness that comes with being the Love we are.
Today we welcome the Light within to be our Guide to replace misperceptions with true perception.
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