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The Choice to Be Love’s Messenger

There is a light in you which cannot die; whose presence is so holy that the world is sanctified because of you.

This is the way salvation works. ²As you step back, the light in you steps forward and encompasses the world.

“Who walks with me?” ²This question should be asked a thousand times a day, till certainty has ended doubting and established peace. ³Today let doubting cease. ⁴God speaks for you in answering your question with these words:

⁵I walk with God in perfect holiness. ⁶I light the world, I light my mind and all the minds which God created one with me. (A Course in Miracles, W-156.4:1;6:1-2;8. See also ACIM Lesson 156 Insights.)

For most of us, most of the time, the answer to “Who walks with me?” is the ego. But God does not condemn us for this mistaken choice. He has given us the Holy Spirit who waits patiently for us to choose Him instead.

The choice to walk with the Holy Spirit is the choice for peace of mind that cannot be disturbed. It is the choice for lasting happiness and joyous union with all our brothers in the Mind of God.

Today we have the opportunity to diligently practice making this choice. Each time we make this choice, our confidence in our perfect holiness and unity with our Creator grows stronger. Our light in the world becomes brighter. We become messengers of Love to the world.

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Opening Our Mind to Receive God’s Love

Truth will correct all errors in my mind.

²I am mistaken when I think I can be hurt in any way. ³I am God’s Son, whose Self rests safely in the Mind of God.

To give and to receive are one in truth.

²I will forgive all things today, that I may learn how to accept the truth in me, and come to recognize my sinlessness. (A Course in Miracles, W-119.1:1–2:2. See also ACIM Lesson 119 Insights.)

If the oneness of Love is all that is real, our minds must deny the truth in order for individuality to seem real. This is the ego’s goal in order to defend its belief in separation. Despite all its efforts, the ego cannot change reality. The most it can do is make up a dream of separation which hides the presence of Love. When we identify with the ego, we believe its dream is our reality.

Forgiveness is the key to waking up from the ego’s painful and fearful dream. Because we have accepted the ego’s belief system, we need the Holy Spirit to help us let go of our errors. He is the bridge between the ego’s dream and our reality in the oneness of God’s Love.

As we let Him show us Love’s Reality beyond the images in the dream, we learn to overlook the ego’s lies and focus instead on the Love that is our real Identity. As we forgive our mistaken perceptions, we receive the blessing of Love’s peace and joy. We remember our Home in the Heaven of God’s Love.

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Welcoming Love’s Healing Embrace

Christ’s Second Coming, which is sure as God, is merely the correction of mistakes, and the return of sanity. ²It is a part of the condition that restores the never lost, and re-establishes what is forever and forever true. ³It is the invitation to God’s Word to take illusion’s place; the willingness to let forgiveness rest upon all things without exception and without reserve.

It is the all-inclusive nature of Christ’s Second Coming that permits it to embrace the world and hold you safe within its gentle advent, which encompasses all living things with you. ²There is no end to the release the Second Coming brings, as God’s creation must be limitless. ³Forgiveness lights the Second Coming’s way, because it shines on everything as one. ⁴And thus is oneness recognized at last. (A Course in Miracles, W-pII.9.1–2)

Forgiveness is the way our minds welcome our true Identity as God’s one Son. We have accepted a false narrative that we live in a world of differences which conflict with each other; where individual identities need to be defended and loss seems possible.

Today we ask the Holy Spirit to help us forgive the fearful thoughts that deny Love’s oneness. We want to remember the peace and joy of our true Identity in God’s Love. We want to see the innocence of Christ in everyone, including ourselves. We want to welcome Love’s healing embrace.

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Forgiveness Lets Us Recognize Our Unity with All

I am entitled to miracles.

²I am entitled to miracles because I am under no laws but God’s. ³His laws release me from all grievances, 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 to which I am entitled.
³Let me not hold a grievance 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. See also ACIM Lesson 89 Insights.)

Remembering that God is only Love, His creations are subject to the laws of Love. These laws are very simple. Because only Love is real, nothing else exists. Because Love is one, there is no conflict in Love. Love is eternally giving and receiving without limit.

Miracles are offered when we forgive grievances, which removes barriers against the eternal giving and receiving of Love. Whenever our peace of mind is disturbed, we have an opportunity to forgive. Our vision is cleared so that we see the innocence of Love that was hidden by the grievance. Today we choose Love as our Guide to see the unity we share with All.

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Settling in to Heaven’s Peace

This is a day of stillness and of peace.

Christ’s vision looks through me today. ²His sight shows me all things forgiven and at peace, and offers this same vision to the world. ³And I accept this vision in its name, both for myself and for the world as well. ⁴What loveliness we look upon today! ⁵What holiness we see surrounding us! ⁶And it is given us to recognize it is a holiness in which we share; it is the Holiness of God Himself.

This day my mind is quiet, to receive the Thoughts You offer me. ²And I accept what comes from You, instead of from myself. ³I do not know the way to You. ⁴But You are wholly certain. ⁵Father, guide Your Son along the quiet path that leads to You. ⁶Let my forgiveness be complete, and let the memory of You return to me. (A Course in Miracles, W-291. See also ACIM Lesson 291 Insights.)

In stillness, nothing changes; there is no movement. Our true Self is perfectly still, because Love is eternally the same. In this sameness is the eternal giving and receiving of Love without limit.

The wish for specialness is the wish to limit Love. While we dream of specialness, we need a Guide to show us the way to release the limits we have attempted to place on Love. We are grateful that we have Christ’s vision to show us the reality of Love beyond the images of separation. As we accept His vision, we settle into the peace of Heaven’s Love.

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A Dedication to Follow Love’s Lead

I will step back and let Him lead the way.

There is a way of living in the world that is not here, although it seems to be. ²You do not change appearance, though you smile more frequently. ³Your forehead is serene; your eyes are quiet. ⁴And the ones who walk the world as you do recognize their own. ⁵Yet those who have not yet perceived the way will recognize you also, and believe that you are like them, as you were before.

The world is an illusion. ²Those who choose to come to it are seeking for a place where they can be illusions, and avoid their own reality. ³Yet when they find their own reality is even here, then they step back and let it lead the way. ⁴What other choice is really theirs to make? ⁵To let illusions walk ahead of truth is madness. ⁶But to let illusion sink behind the truth and let the truth stand forth as what it is, is merely sanity.

This is the simple choice we make today. ²The mad illusion will remain awhile in evidence, for those to look upon who chose to come, and have not yet rejoiced to find they were mistaken in their choice. ³They cannot learn directly from the truth, because they have denied that it is so. ⁴And so they need a Teacher Who perceives their madness, but Who still can look beyond illusion to the simple truth in them.

…there is another road that leads away from loss of every kind, for sacrifice and deprivation both are quickly left behind. ²This is the way appointed for you now. (A Course in Miracles, W-155.1:1–3:4;5:1-2. See also ACIM Lesson 155 Insights.)

In every moment, we choose who we want to be our guide. Do we want the ego, who leads us down a path of illusions where lack and loss seem real? Or do we choose the Voice for God, Who reminds us of our innocence and invulnerability as He leads us on a journey of awakening to our reality in Love?

Willingness to step back to let the Voice for God lead us Home opens the door to experience our real Life in the oneness of God’s Love. When we identify with the ego, we deny our true Identity. Oneness and separation cannot coexist. The most the ego can offer is a meaningless dream that does nothing, though it seems to bring pain and fear into our “reality.”

We dedicate today to following Love’s lead. It will show us our unity with every brother. It will show us how to answer our thoughts of lovelessness with Love. Today we choose the path to Light, for we would awaken to our Home in Heaven’s Love.

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Remembering Our Peace in God

…forgiveness is the means by which I will recognize my innocence. ⁵It is the reflection of God’s Love on earth.”

God’s Voice speaks to me all through the day.

²There is not a moment in which God’s Voice ceases to call on my forgiveness to save me. ³There is not a moment in which His Voice fails to direct my thoughts, guide my actions and lead my feet. ⁴I am walking steadily on toward truth. ⁵There is nowhere else I can go, because God’s Voice is the only Voice and the only Guide that has been given to His Son.

I am sustained by the Love of God.

²As I listen to God’s Voice, I am sustained by His Love. ³As I open my eyes, His Love lights up the world for me to see. ⁴As I forgive, His Love reminds me that His Son is sinless. ⁵And as I look upon the world with the vision He has given me, I remember that I am His Son. (A Course in Miracles, W-60.1:4-5;4:1–5:5. See also ACIM Lesson 60 Insights.)

If we choose to identify with the ego, we are turning our back on our Creator’s Love. We are believing in a world where Love is denied, and guilt and fear reign supreme. This world is only a dream built on mistaken beliefs that could never be true.

Forgiveness opens our mind to welcome God’s Love. It opens our mind to receive His loving guidance to direct our thoughts, words and actions. A sense of vulnerability is replaced by the certainty of our sure protection in His Love. Where once we saw cause for guilt, we see only our innocence as His Son. We are at peace in God’s Love.

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