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ACIM Lesson 50 2025

My contemplation of Lesson 50
I am sustained by the Love of God.

I can place my faith in only two places: the imagined ego world of separation or the Love of God. If I choose the ego world, I will suffer fear, sickness, pain, and death. I know this because it has been my experience. While I am aware of my experience as a moment-to-moment study in suffering, I am also aware of my life as a different experience. It is different because I have begun to place my faith in God. This is not moment-to-moment yet, but getting there.

When my friend offered me a room in her home here in Sedona for two weeks, the cautious self responded with fear. I couldn’t just get up and go to Sedona. I needed time to plan. I needed to look at my bank account and then decide. The ego mind always answers from a place of fear because it was made from fear. But now I know that I have another Voice and I can choose to listen to it. So, I asked for advice and I felt very comfortable saying yes. So, here I am having a lovely time with many new Course friends in beautiful Sedona.

It’s kind of funny, really. I told myself last year that I was done with flying and traveling. I like being at home, having a full schedule of classes, and knowing what comes next in each moment. That’s really hilarious when I think of it this way. I wanted to be happy and peaceful and put my faith in my little house and my dependable routine. As if there could never be a tornado that could upend the whole thing. Never mind that we have been under a tornado watch frequently. There could never be a hurricane that chased me from my home and maybe destroyed my home. We know better than that.

It is just the insanity of believing I have control over anything. The belief that something outside myself could give me peace and happiness. I know better than that. From my own experience, I know that nothing outside me can harm me or keep me safe. I was confused for a while there as I placed my faith in the world rather than in God’s Love. I have a prayer I find very helpful in cases like this. I have shared it before, and I will do so again now. If I needed reminding, maybe you do, too.

All thought from the ego mind is only perception, not truth. So if my thought seems rooted in ego thinking, I look at that perception with the Holy Spirit so that He can shine the light of truth on it and dissipate the darkness. Then I ask Him to put my faith where it belongs. There and done! Feeling blessed and grateful.

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