Daily Inspiration

Gratitude That We Are in Heaven Now

Only an instant does this world endure.

This is a thought which can be used to say that death and sorrow are the certain lot of all who come here, for their joys are gone before they are possessed, or even grasped. ²Yet this is also the idea that lets no false perception keep us in its hold, nor represent more than a passing cloud upon a sky eternally serene. ³And it is this serenity we seek, unclouded, obvious and sure, today.

We seek Your holy world today. ²For we, Your loving Sons, have lost our way a while. ³But we have listened to Your Voice, and learned exactly what to do to be restored to Heaven and our true Identity. ⁴And we give thanks today the world endures but for an instant. ⁵We would go beyond that tiny instant to eternity. (A Course in Miracles, W-300. See also ACIM Lesson 300 Insights.)

The ego believes that history determines the present. It always interprets the present with reference to the past. Thus it never perceives the present as it is without its overlay of past fear and guilt.

But the Holy Spirit in our minds offers only the reality of now as Its interpretation of our perceptions. Because only God’s Love is real, the Holy Spirit shows us Love’s Presence as our true Identity, free of all illusions of a past. In gratitude we accept His vision which shows us we are in Heaven now and forever.

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