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Forgiveness Welcomes Love

I am entitled to miracles.

²I am entitled to miracles [extensions of Love] because I am under no laws but God’s. ³His laws release me from all grievances [belief in separation], and replace them with miracles. ⁴And I would accept the miracles in place of the grievances, which are but illusions that hide the miracles beyond. ⁵Now I would accept only what the laws of God entitle me to have, that I may use it on behalf of the function He has given me.

You might use these suggestions for specific applications of this idea:

²Behind this is a miracle [extension of Love] to which I am entitled.
³Let me not hold a grievance [belief in separation] against you, [name], but offer you the miracle that belongs to you instead.
⁴Seen truly, this offers me a miracle. (A Course in Miracles, W-89.1–2. See also ACIM Lesson 89 Insights.)

The ego rejects God’s gifts. It is the belief that specialness is more valuable than the oneness of God’s Love. The best the ego can offer is a dream in which specialness seems possible and real. This is the dream we experience as human beings in a world of fear, conflict and lack. Lasting happiness cannot be found in this dream.

But the miracle of Love’s extension into the dream opens the door to acceptance of God’s gifts. We cannot make a miracle on our own. We need the Holy Spirit’s help to remember the truth that only Love is real. We make way for this awakening from the dream through forgiveness. Forgiveness releases the ego’s grievance against God.

Whenever we judge another, we are really expressing the ego’s grievance against the truth that everyone is united in God’s Love. When we accept the Love that we are and everyone is, we free ourselves from the ego’s imprisonment in a dream of lovelessness. As we observe ourselves judging, we can welcome a new perspective by reminding ourselves that beyond this appearance is the expression of God’s Love. We welcome the Holy Spirit’s vision in place of the ego’s projection. This is a miracle.

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