Today accept God’s peace and joy as yours. ²Let Him complete Himself as He defines completion. ³You will understand that what completes Him must complete His Son as well. ⁴He cannot give through loss. ⁵No more can you. ⁶Receive His gift of joy and peace today, and He will thank you for your gift to Him.
²Begin today by thinking of those brothers who have been denied by you the peace and joy that are their right under the equal laws of God. ³Here you denied them to yourself. ⁴And here you must return to claim them as your own.
Think of your “enemies” a little while, and tell each one, as he occurs to you:
My brother, peace and joy I offer you, that I may have God’s peace and joy as mine.
³Thus you prepare yourself to recognize God’s gifts to you, and let your mind be free of all that would prevent success today. ⁴Now are you ready to accept the gift of peace and joy that God has given you. ⁵Now are you ready to experience the joy and peace you have denied yourself. ⁶Now you can say, “God’s peace and joy are mine,” for you have given what you would receive. (A Course in Miracles, W-105.5;6:2–4;7. See also ACIM Lesson 105 Insights.)
When we judge anyone, we judge ourselves. Anger, resentment or fear do not affect their object, but they hurt our own state of mind by denying the peace and joy of God. To be happy, we must want happiness for our brothers. To be peaceful, we must want peace for our brothers. Only in recognizing our oneness with our brothers can we know the joy and peace God wills for us.
Today we wish all our brothers well, knowing the joy and peace we give is given to ourselves as well. This is how we remember our oneness with God.
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