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Do Nothing but Accept God’s Gifts

The hush of Heaven holds my heart today.

Father, how still today! How quietly do all things fall in place! This is the day that has been chosen as the time in which I come to understand the lesson that there is no need that I do anything. In You is every choice already made. In You has every conflict been resolved. In You is everything I hope to find already given me. Your peace is mine. My heart is quiet, and my mind at rest. Your Love is Heaven, and Your Love is mine.

The stillness of today will give us hope that we have found the way, and travelled far along it to a wholly certain goal. Today we will not doubt the end which God Himself has promised us. We trust in Him, and in our Self, Who still is One with Him. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 286, W-pII.286. See also ACIM Lesson 286 Insights.)

Most of us spend our days constantly striving. Our top priority is to do what we believe is necessary to survive. If we have any time left over, we look for something to do in the world that will make us happy or maybe a little more peaceful. Yet all this efforting simply keeps us unaware that we have already been given all that will make us truly happy and at peace. We do not need to do anything to earn or qualify for what has already been given us. We only need to accept the gift.

The world we see is the effect of denying God’s gift of all His Love. This very instant we can choose to stop this denial. This seems impossible because there are some things in the world we value more than God’s gifts. In particular, we believe we will lose the identity we have carefully crafted in the dream of separation. Yet what we will lose is truly nothing, for it is an illusion. What we will gain is everything, for it is all that is real. It is our real Identity in God.

To accept this glorious gift, we need to be taught to recognize the valuelessness of what we have treasured in the world. This is the Holy Spirit’s function. This is why we need to pause frequently to let the hush of Heaven come in to our heart. This is how we welcome the Holy Spirit’s kindly lessons in Love.

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