Living A Course in Miracles — Acknowledging Our Source of Strength

Remembering Our Purpose to Be Love

My only function is the one God gave me.

The idea for today reaffirms your commitment to salvation. ²It also reminds you that you have no function other than that. ³Both these thoughts are obviously necessary for a total commitment. ⁴Salvation cannot be the only purpose you hold while you still cherish others. ⁵The full acceptance of salvation as your only function necessarily entails two phases; the recognition of salvation as your function, and the relinquishment of all the other goals you have invented for yourself.

³This is the only way in which you can find peace of mind.

²Today’s idea offers you escape from all your perceived difficulties. ³It places the key to the door of peace, which you have closed upon yourself, in your own hands. ⁴It gives you the answer to all the searching you have done since time began.

…close your eyes, repeat the idea to yourself once again, and watch your mind carefully to catch whatever thoughts cross it. ³At first, make no attempt to concentrate only on thoughts related to the idea for the day. ⁴Rather, try to uncover each thought that arises to interfere with it. ⁵Note each one as it comes to you, with as little involvement or concern as possible, dismissing each one by telling yourself:

⁶This thought reflects a goal that is preventing me from accepting my only function.

⁴On this clean slate let my true function be written for me.

…try to get the sense of being willing to have your illusions of purpose be replaced by truth.”

²My only function is the one God gave me. ³I want no other and I have no other. (W-65.1;2:3;3:2-4;5:2-6;6:4-5;8:2-3)

We were created by Love as Love, and nothing else. As Love, our only function is to extend Love without limit.

When we believe we are limited by a body in a world of separation, we believe we have added something else to our identity. By forgiving this mistaken belief, we save ourselves from the illusion that Love can be limited in any way.

When we recognize a thought that interferes with our extension of Love, we need to let it pass by and welcome the thoughts of Love that unite us with our brothers and our Father. As we assert our dedication to being Love’s expression, we identify with our true Self as God’s extension of His Love.

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Remembering Our Father’s Sure Protection

There is a light in you the world can not perceive. ²And with its eyes you will not see this light, for you are blinded by the world. ³Yet you have eyes to see it. ⁴It is there for you to look upon. ⁵It was not placed in you to be kept hidden from your sight. ⁶This light is a reflection of the thought we practice now. ⁷To feel the Love of God within you is to see the world anew, shining in innocence, alive with hope, and blessed with perfect charity and love.

Who could feel fear in such a world as this? ²It welcomes you, rejoices that you came, and sings your praises as it keeps you safe from every form of danger and of pain. ³It offers you a warm and gentle home in which to stay a while. ⁴It blesses you throughout the day, and watches through the night as silent guardian of your holy sleep. ⁵It sees salvation in you, and protects the light in you, in which it sees its own.

This is the world the Love of God reveals.

⁵If you feel the Love of God within you, you will look out on a world of mercy and of love. (A Course in Miracles, W-189.1:1–2:5;3:1;5:5. See also ACIM Lesson 189 Insights.)

To the ego, the world this lesson describes is inconceivable. That is because it does not know what Love is. All the forms the ego conjures contain some element of danger and pain which can not exist within the oneness of God’s Love.

We are learning that the ego’s dark world is not our home. Our true Self resides in God’s Love, where we are always “blessed with perfect charity and love.” His Love remains within us. It is the light in which our inner vision sees our eternal unity with our Father and every brother. We can rest with certainty that we are held eternally within His sure protection.

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