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The Joy of Joining in God’s Love

…God’s teachers are wholly gentle. ²They need the strength of gentleness, for it is in this that the function of salvation becomes easy.

Joy is the inevitable result of gentleness [lack of judgment]. ²Gentleness means that fear is now impossible, and what could come to interfere with joy? ³The open hands of gentleness are always filled. ⁴The gentle have no pain. ⁵They cannot suffer. ⁶Why would they not be joyous? ⁷They are sure they are beloved and must be safe. ⁸Joy goes with gentleness as surely as grief attends attack. ⁹God’s teachers trust in Him. ¹⁰And they are sure His Teacher goes before them, making sure no harm can come to them. ¹¹They hold His gifts and follow in His way, because God’s Voice directs them in all things. ¹²Joy is their song of thanks. ¹³And Christ looks down on them in thanks as well. ¹⁴His need of them [who follow in His way] is just as great as theirs of Him. ¹⁵How joyous it is to share the purpose of salvation! (A Course in Miracles, M-4.IV.2:1-2;V)

If we want to live a life of joy, there is only one thing we must do. We must follow the Holy Spirit in everything we do, say and think. This seems difficult to do only because of our divided allegiance. Part of our mind still believes the ego offers something we want, some form of specialness that will make us happy. But if we are willing to follow the Holy Spirit, His lessons will show us that the ego offers nothing we want. All we really need is God’s Love; there is nothing else except in fantasy.

Through the practice of following Holy Spirit, the appeal of fantasies fades and the joy of joining in God’s Love lightens our mind. Our gratitude strengthens our willingness to follow Him and decide nothing on our own.

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