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The Miracle of Living in the Question

by Rev. Jessica Joy McNeil, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

2025 started with a simple New Year’s resolution and a conscious commitment with a small group of friends to read A Course in Miracles together in person, one chapter each week, from beginning to end. Along with that commitment, I made a personal resolution to live by a single guiding question:
How can I serve?

That one question has completely changed my life.

I had read the Course before, but never like this. Reading it week by week, surrounded by others who were devoted to living the teachings, created a sacred rhythm and a shared sense of purpose. The words stopped being ideas on a page and became living truths that moved through my days.

As I carried that question, ‘How can I serve?’ into each morning, my life began to open in ways that could only be described as miraculous. I did not plan what would happen next. I simply kept asking, and Spirit kept answering.

The first clear answer came early in the year when I was offered a position at my church and spiritual center. It was completely unexpected and perfectly timed. The opportunity allowed me to bring my creativity and Love into sacred service, helping to build community and hold space for others to remember their connection with God and with one another. It felt like Spirit was saying, “You are ready to live what you have been learning.” It allowed me to leave a job that was so soul depleting.

Not long after that, my family faced a challenge that would remind me of the power of Love. My dog became very ill and almost died. The diagnosis was serious, and the treatments were expensive. We did not have the funds to cover her care, and I remember standing in my kitchen praying for help. I was not praying for money; I was praying for peace, for guidance, for the ability to stay open to whatever Spirit had in store.

Then Love began to move through others. Friends, acquaintances, and even people I barely knew reached out with compassion and generosity. Donations came in. Offers of help appeared out of nowhere. The support we received was overwhelming, and through that Love, our sweet dog made a full recovery. I wept with gratitude. It felt like a living demonstration of what the Course means when it says that giving and receiving are one. Love given through others, and Love received through me.

A few months later, another miracle unfolded in a way that only Spirit could orchestrate. I attended a women’s circle under the full moon and met the owner of a small private school. My children had been home schooled for years, but it had begun to feel out of alignment. I did not know what the next step would be, but I trusted that an answer would come.

After the gathering, I looked up the school and immediately felt something stir in my heart. When we visited, we all knew without a doubt that this was where my children were meant to be. The teachers were kind, the environment was creative and nurturing, and the energy of the space felt like home. It was as if every prayer I had ever said for my children’s education had quietly come to life.

Then came another gift. I was offered a position at the school that allows me to cover my daughter’s tuition. It was yet another reminder that when we live in alignment with Love, everything we truly need is provided. These experiences have shown me that Spirit’s plan is far more generous and far more beautifully timed than anything I could arrange on my own.

Since beginning the year with that one question, How can I serve?, abundance has flowed in every direction. I have received financial support to continue my ministerial studies, invitations to teach and speak, and new friendships that have blossomed into loving collaborations. It feels as if the universe has been waiting for my willingness to say yes.

The only real difference between this year and any other has been that question and my deeper dive into the Course. Everything else has unfolded naturally from that shift in focus.

Through these experiences, I have learned that service is not about doing more or giving until we are empty. True service is about remembering Love. When I serve, I do not lose anything. I am filled. Service is not a duty; it is a natural expression of Love flowing through me. The more I give, the more I receive, not in things, but in peace.

The Course reminds us that miracles are natural expressions of Love, and I see now that they appear everywhere when we let Spirit lead. I used to think miracles were extraordinary events that defied logic (and sometimes they are pretty extraordinary). Now I see that they are everyday shifts in perception. They are the moments when fear is replaced with trust, when separation is replaced with connection, when anxiety is replaced with peace.
This deeper practice has also changed the way I see the world around me. There is so much noise, so much division, so much disconnection that comes from living through screens and headlines. Spirit keeps giving me the same message over and over again: Get off the screens and come back to seeing each other heart to heart and eye to eye.

When I take time to truly see another person, to listen and to be present, everything changes. The walls fall away. The heart opens. Love becomes visible again. That is the miracle. And that is what I want my life of service to be about now: Helping others experience that kind of reconnection. Whether it is through teaching, ministry, or simple conversation, I want to create spaces where people can gather, remember, and return to Love.

This year has shown me that miracles are not random gifts given to a few. They are the natural result of aligning our minds with Love. They happen when we release control, when we trust that Spirit knows the way, and when we ask, How can I serve?, and mean it.

There are still difficult days. Life continues to bring learning opportunities and moments of uncertainty. But even in those moments, the question remains the same. How can I serve? When I ask it, peace always returns, and guidance always follows.

When I look back over this year, I can see how beautifully everything has unfolded. The work, the healing, the relationships, the opportunities, and the quiet joy that has replaced fear. None of it came through striving or control. It came through willingness and trust.

The miracle is not that everything in my life has become perfect. The miracle is that I can see it all differently now.

That is what A Course in Miracles has taught me. Love is the only reality, and service is Love in motion.

So I will keep living the question that changed my life. How can I serve? Because every time I ask it, a door opens, a heart softens, a need is met, and the world feels a little more whole.

I am reminded again and again that there is only one of us here, and Love is always the answer.

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