Miracles News
July-September, 2023
Letting Go of Discouragement and Opening to the Love of God
Here is a song that brought me much enjoyment through the years and that I played for a Sunday school. As time went by the meaning of this hymn grew and brought me to a place of being ready to open to my true Self.
Song: “His Eye Is On the Sparrow”
Why should I feel discouraged,
And why should the shadows come?
Why should my heart feel lonely,
And long for Heaven and Home?
When Jesus is my portion,
A constant friend is He,
Oh, His eye is on the sparrow
Oh yes, I know He watches over me.
This past year I have been concentrating on opening to the Presence of Love, this real, genuine Presence that A Course in Miracles tells me about. It sounds so good and I’m told that I’m worthy and deserving of such a thing. So I’m surrendering every chance I have to this loving Presence.
Many times in my life, I have had the habit of becoming discouraged. You might say I have at times been a doubting Thomas of sorts, and that’s where the discouragement comes from. At the time, in my ignorance, I chose the ego as my friend, thinking that it could help me navigate the world. Of course, as ACIM students, we know it’s not a wise choice to choose the ego as our teacher.
As a result, I have had a “I can’t do it” script and it’s played out in many different ways in my life. So A Course in Miracles offers me the opportunity to let all of that go and open to that beautiful Presence of God. I didn’t know that such a Presence was available, so how could I tune into It if I didn’t know It was there? I had to have a friend to let me know that Its Presence was right within me, not far away, nearer than breathing, closer than hands or feet, and that Presence is Jesus. The being that helped me open to God’s Presence was Jesus. As I’m letting myself be coached by Jesus, my life experience is changing for the better.
So how do I open to this Presence that is so available and so near, and so dear? I must make time for this experience to happen. This means withdrawing from the noise of the world and just opening to that experience, trusting that it will reveal itself to me. And so I say, “Dear Presence, please reveal yourself to me,” and then I relax and wait and listen. I’m finding that it’s not so much the words as it is the reality of that Presence. I also need to be willing to receive whatever that Presence has to give me, trusting in full faith that there really is a Presence that is willing to share with me my Identity as a child of God.
It’s the first time in my life to experience so much trust and non-judgment of that Presence. When I’m in that place of quiet within, my mind is totally quiet and waiting, sure of that Presence’s helpfulness. I can only say after many of these experiences, the Presence in its perfection is getting stronger and stronger. Mostly, it’s a sense of peace and an awareness that I am so loved and so cared for. It reminds me of a mother’s love for her child.
There’s no right way to do this. I think it is just being present and allowing the Presence to be there and I give It space to communicate in whatever way It needs to. So I will continue in this practice with faith and trust and open my heart. This experience can only get more and more loving in my awareness. Thank you, Jesus.
Rev. Christine Anderson is a Pathways of Light minister living in N. Aurora, Illinois. Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) Phone: 773-704-5483
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