We ask for rest today, and quietness unshaken by the world’s appearances. ²We ask for peace and stillness, in the midst of all the turmoil born of clashing dreams. ³We ask for safety and for happiness, although we seem to look on danger and on sorrow.
“I rest in God.” ²This thought will bring to you the rest and quiet, peace and stillness, and the safety and the happiness you seek. ³“I rest in God.” ⁴This thought has power to wake the sleeping truth in you, whose vision sees beyond appearances to that same truth in everyone and everything there is. ⁵Here is the end of suffering for all the world, and everyone who ever came and yet will come to linger for a while. ⁶Here is the thought in which the Son of God is born again, to recognize himself.
…as you close your eyes, sink into stillness. ⁵Let these periods of rest and respite reassure your mind that all its frantic fantasies were but the dreams of fever that has passed away. ⁶Let it be still and thankfully accept its healing. ⁷No more fearful dreams will come, now that you rest in God. ⁸Take time today to slip away from dreams and into peace.
Each hour that you take your rest today, a tired mind is suddenly made glad, a bird with broken wings begins to sing, a stream long dry begins to flow again. ²The world is born again each time you rest, and hourly remember that you came to bring the peace of God into the world, that it might take its rest along with you. (A Course in Miracles, W-109.1:1-3;2;5:4–6:2. See also ACIM Lesson 109 Insights.)
These four words, “I rest in God” are a call from our true Self to awaken from dreams of conflict and differences. It is a statement of the changeless truth of our Identity. We are asked to pause hourly to quiet our mind and allow ourselves to experience the calm safety that is ours as we remember that we rest in God.
By taking time to welcome the Presence of God in our mind, we can bring His Light into world. Because we are one with everyone, the healing we accept blesses everyone. With this practice, we will bring blessings to everyone in this world.
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