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Being a Messenger of Love

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.

Pray that the Second Coming will be soon, but do not rest with that. ²It needs your eyes and ears and hands and feet. ³It needs your voice. ⁴And most of all it needs your willingness. ⁵Let us rejoice that we can do God’s Will, and join together in its holy light. ⁶Behold, the Son of God is one in us, and we can reach our Father’s Love through Him. (A Course in Miracles, W-pII.9.1–2;5)

We would not need the Second Coming had we not bought into the ego’s wish for specialness. This wish denies God’s Love, which makes it seem that His Love has been lost.

We need to be willing to question the meaning we give to every perception we have. When we let the Holy Spirit’s vision show us the presence of our Father’s unlimited Love in all things, we remember we are His Son. As we accept His vision, we become His messengers of Love to the world. We dedicate today to being bringers of Love’s Light to the world.

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A Day of Remembering We Are Love

I will there be light.

²I will use the power of my will today. ³It is not my will to grope about in darkness, fearful of shadows and afraid of things unseen and unreal. ⁴Light shall be my guide today. ⁵I will follow it where it leads me, and I will look only on what it shows me. ⁶This day I will experience the peace of true perception.”

²This cannot hide the light I will to see.
³You stand with me in light, [name].
⁴In the light this will look different. (W-87.1;2:2-4)

To say “I will there be light” is to affirm that we want to be our true Self. We want to be Love. We accept that we are as God created us. We accept that we are His Son.

Because we chose to identify with the ego, we need to remind ourselves frequently that the Light of Love is with us. The affirmations in this lesson help us recognize situations in which we may be blocking the light, so we can choose the alternative that dispels the darkness. With this practice we will have a day of remembering we are Love.

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Accepting God’s Will as Ours

To love my Father is to love His Son.

Let me not think that I can find the way to God, if I have hatred in my heart. ²Let me not try to hurt God’s Son, and think that I can know his Father or my Self. ³Let me not fail to recognize myself, and still believe that my awareness can contain my Father, or my mind conceive of all the love my Father has for me, and all the love which I return to Him.

I will accept the way You choose for me to come to You, my Father. ²For in that will I succeed, because it is Your Will. ³And I would recognize that what You will is what I will as well, and only that. ⁴And so I choose to love Your Son. ⁵Amen. (A Course in Miracles, W-246. See also ACIM Lesson 246 Insights.)

Any judgment we make about our perceptions, any thought of guilt or fear is a form of hatred of God’s Son. It perceives His Son as separate, which is not God’s Will. The ego divides. God’s one Thought unifies in the oneness of Love.

His Will is to be Love and nothing else. To accept God’s Will as ours is to let go of all our judgments. It is our judgments that separate us from our Father.

Today we choose to listen to His Voice to guide us to see the Love that unites us with our brothers and our Father. With this vision, we remember the Self we are as His Son.

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Choosing to Follow the Guide to Love

I merely follow, for I would not lead.

Father, You are the One Who gave the plan for my salvation to me. ²You have set the way I am to go, the role to take, and every step in my appointed path. ³I cannot lose the way. ⁴I can but choose to wander off a while, and then return. ⁵Your loving Voice will always call me back, and guide my feet aright. ⁶My brothers all can follow in the way I lead them. ⁷Yet I merely follow in the way to You, as You direct me and would have me go.

So let us follow One Who knows the way. ²We need not tarry, and we cannot stray except an instant from His loving Hand. ³We walk together, for we follow Him. ⁴And it is He Who makes the ending sure, and guarantees a safe returning home. (A Course in Miracles, W-324. See also ACIM Lesson 324 Insights.)

The ego is rebellion against the universe of God’s limitless Love. It sends us on myriad explorations down paths it promises will bring us what we want. Yet it does not know what we really want because it does not know what Love is. Its promises never satisfy.

But our Father has given us a Guide who knows the way to Love. Today we choose to follow our Guide Who is guaranteed to lead us to find the Love in which we dwell. With this choice we remember the Love that is our Home.

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Willingness to Be Happy

No call to God can be unheard nor left unanswered. And of this I can be sure; His answer is the one I really want.

You Who remember what I really am alone remember what I really want. ²You speak for God, and so You speak for me. ³And what You give me comes from God Himself. ⁴Your Voice, my Father, then is mine as well, and all I want is what You offer me, in just the form You choose that it be mine. ⁵Let me remember all I do not know, and let my voice be still, remembering. ⁶But let me not forget Your Love and care, keeping Your promise to Your Son in my awareness always. ⁷Let me not forget myself is nothing, but my Self is all. (A Course in Miracles, W-358. See also ACIM Lesson 358 Insights.)

The way to have a happy day is to let God’s Voice direct our day. He knows what will bring us true and lasting happiness. But are we willing to step back and let Him lead the way? This is the lesson we must learn.

The ego’s voice will always direct us to seek and not find what will bring us joy and peace of mind. It can only offer us substitutes which may offer fleeting pleasure, but never peace that cannot be disturbed and joy that is everlasting.

Today we offer our willingness to let His Voice be our Guide. We are grateful for His gift as we walk the day, guided by Love.

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Trusting in the Power of God’s Love

[Trust] is the foundation on which [God’s teachers’] ability to fulfill their function rests. ²Perception is the result of learning. ³In fact, perception is learning, because cause and effect are never separated. ⁴The teachers of God have trust in the world, because they have learned it is not governed by the laws the world made up. ⁵It is governed by a power that is in them but not of them. ⁶It is this power that keeps all things safe. ⁷It is through this power that the teachers of God look on a forgiven world.

When this power has once been experienced, it is impossible to trust one’s own petty strength again. ²Who would attempt to fly with the tiny wings of a sparrow when the mighty power of an eagle has been given him? ³And who would place his faith in the shabby offerings of the ego when the gifts of God are laid before him? (A Course in Miracles, M-4.I.1:1–2:3)

When we accept that we are as God created us, we can trust that we share God’s invulnerability. Our true Self is safe in the eternal Love of God. No seeming external force can affect our one Self. The acceptance of this Reality is the essence of what A Course in Miracles is helping us learn.

Trust increases as we practice letting ourselves be guided by the Holy Spirit, moment by moment. His guidance will always show us the truth behind the appearances in this world. When we attend to the ego, we perceive cause for fear and guilt. The Holy Spirit shows us that the world has no power to affect the reality of Love.

The ego, in its denial of Love, does not know what Love is. To deny Love, it must defend against it. But its defenses fade as we accept the power of God’s Love within us. Today will be a happy day as we trust the Holy Spirit to interpret of all our perceptions on our behalf.

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The Practice That Returns Us to Love

What can correct illusions but the truth? ²And what are errors but illusions that remain unrecognized for what they are? ³Where truth has entered errors disappear. ⁴They merely vanish, leaving not a trace by which to be remembered. ⁵They are gone because, without belief, they have no life. ⁶And so they disappear to nothingness, returning whence they came. ⁷From dust to dust they come and go, for only truth remains.

Can you imagine what a state of mind without illusions is? ²How it would feel? ³Try to remember when there was a time,—perhaps a minute, maybe even less—when nothing came to interrupt your peace; when you were certain you were loved and safe.

Begin by asking Him Who goes with you upon this undertaking that He be in your awareness as you go with Him. (A Course in Miracles,W-107.1:1–2:3;8:1. See also ACIM Lesson 107 Insights.)

To experience the Heaven of God’s Love, we need only remember we are the Self that is God’s Son. This memory is with us without interruption. Only the illusions we believe in interfere with our experience of Heaven. Forgiveness is the means to let Heaven return to our awareness.

Our practice today is to frequently pause and welcome His peace in our mind. As we accept this peace, truth brings Light to our mind. It shows us that we are forever safe, forever loved and loving.

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