A miracle is a correction. ²It does not create, nor really change at all. ³It merely looks on devastation, and reminds the mind that what it sees is false. ⁴It undoes error, but does not attempt to go beyond perception, nor exceed the function of forgiveness. ⁵Thus it stays within time’s limits. ⁶Yet it paves the way for the return of timelessness and love’s awakening, for fear must slip away under the gentle remedy it brings.
³A miracle inverts perception which was upside down before, and thus it ends the strange distortions that were manifest. ⁴Now is perception open to the truth. ⁵Now is forgiveness seen as justified.
Forgiveness is the home of miracles. ²The eyes of Christ deliver them to all they look upon in mercy and in love. ³Perception stands corrected in His sight, and what was meant to curse has come to bless. ⁴Each lily of forgiveness offers all the world the silent miracle of love. (A Course in Miracles, W-pII.13.1;2:3–3:4)
Belief can make a lie perceived as truth. Our identification with a body in a world of separation is wholly the effect of belief in what could never be true. We have convinced ourselves that we are what could never be in truth. These beliefs hide the oneness of Love from our awareness.
The miracle is the means we have been given to free ourselves from the effects of our mistaken beliefs. The doorway to the miracle is forgiveness. We are free to change our beliefs. Forgiveness shines a light where we have denied the truth. It opens our mind to accept the truth that we are Love and nothing else.
Today we accept with gratitude the Holy Spirit’s help to release our mistaken beliefs. We are willing to bring all our perceptions to Him for His loving review. He will disregard the false beliefs and show us they are not real. He will keep our perceptions of Love which demonstrate our oneness with every brother and our Creator. With His guidance we will awaken to our true Self as God’s one Son.
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