⁵In God’s Own justice does [the Holy Spirit] recognize all you deserve, but understands as well that you cannot accept it for yourself. ⁶It is His special function to hold out to you the gifts the innocent deserve. ⁷And every one that you accept brings joy to Him as well as you. ⁸He knows that Heaven is richer made by each [gift of innocence] you accept. ⁹And God rejoices as His Son receives what loving justice knows to be his due. ¹⁰For love and justice are not different. ¹¹Because they are the same does mercy stand at God’s right Hand, and gives the Son of God the power to forgive himself of sin.
You have the right to all the universe; to perfect peace, complete deliverance from all effects of sin, and to the life eternal, joyous and complete in every way, as God appointed for His holy Son. ²This is the only justice Heaven knows, and all the Holy Spirit brings to earth. ³Your special function shows you nothing else but perfect justice can prevail for you. ⁴And you are safe from vengeance in all forms. ⁵The world deceives, but it cannot replace God’s justice with a version of its own. ⁶For only love is just, and can perceive what justice must accord the Son of God. ⁷Let love decide, and never fear that you, in your unfairness, will deprive yourself of what God’s justice has allotted you. (A Course in Miracles, T-25.VIII.9:5-11;14. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)
Love does not condemn nor demand punishment. The Love that is our true Self dismisses the ego’s antics as meaningless. Any appearance in the world that the ego deems punishable, Love sees only as a call for Love. Being just, Love answers every call for Love with Love.
With the Holy Spirit’s help, we can let go of the ego’s habit of condemning and punishing. As we let Love guide our thoughts and perceptions, our world is transformed. Instead of dangers that must be defended against, Love sees joyous opportunities to join with Itself in every brother. In the glad exchange of Love, peace replaces conflict. We remember our true Self.
Today we call upon the Holy Spirit to help us be messengers of Love and justice, for we would remember our innocence as God’s Son.
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