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Gratitude for Love’s Blessings

I love You, Father, and I love Your Son.

My gratitude permits my love to be accepted without fear. ²And thus am I restored to my reality at last. ³All that intruded on my holy sight forgiveness takes away. ⁴And I draw near the end of senseless journeys, mad careers and artificial values. ⁵I accept instead what God establishes as mine, sure that in that alone I will be saved; sure that I go through fear to meet my Love.

Father, I come to You today, because I would not follow any way but Yours. ²You are beside me. ³Certain is Your way. ⁴And I am grateful for Your holy gifts of certain sanctuary, and escape from everything that would obscure my love for God my Father and His holy Son. (A Course in Miracles, W-298. See also ACIM Lesson 298 Insights.)

Judgment blocks our awareness of Love. Forgiveness takes away the barriers. We cannot judge and experience Love’s oneness at the same time. When we forgive, we take away the ego’s mechanism for maintaining separation. What remains is the certainty of God’s Love.

Gratitude comes with forgiveness. With the barriers to Love removed, Love fills our awareness. The joy that comes with it creates an overwhelming sense of gratitude. The practice of counting our blessings helps to open the door to Love’s expression. Our true blessings are always extensions of Love.

If we feel blessed because we have more of something than someone else, this is an ego judgment that continues its endeavor to maintain separation. We are always truly blessed because God’s Love never ends. We accept His blessing by forgiving the wish for specialness. With forgiveness comes joy and peace, and we know we are truly blessed.

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