Miracles News
October - December, 2005
Trial and Correction
Do you know anyone that does not make mistakes? I sure don’t. In fact, Russell Baker, a multiple Pulitzer Prize winner and author of the nationally syndicated “Observer” column for the New York Times from 1962 to 1998, admitted to making the average number of mistakes, “...maybe 150 or so on a busy day.” What a relief to know I am not the only one!
When I reflect on the world around me, I can see mistakes happening all the time. In business, science, sports, military, law, convictions, identity — well, the list seems endless. There are even philosophies to help me cope with my own, and others, mistakes. Murphy’s Law and Freudian slips can help me laugh out loud or look for hidden meanings. What does it all mean?
Well, it depends now doesn’t it? Is the mistake little or HUGE. Sometimes it may appear to us as if some mistakes are bigger than others. I can choose to judge my mistakes as bad, or the person that is responsible as guilty. Often it is myself — but if I can project it onto someone else — this is one of the ego’s favorite games. The seriousness can grab a hold of the Good in my awareness and squash it. As a result, I feel guilty and fearful in response to my thoughts about the mistake. I punish myself. Does it have to be this way?
No, no, no. Absolutely it does not. It is my choice. Heaven or hell? Happy or right? Like miracles, there is no degree of right or wrong in making mistakes. One is not bigger than another. The Course tells us any error can be corrected. I invite you to conduct your own “Divine Experiment.” I call it trial and correction.
Next time you are aware of a mistake, yours or someone else’s, try this. Bring it before Holy Spirit’s court. In His court the only verdict is innocence. Give the error in perception to Holy Spirit. Let Him show you peace instead of torment and how to forgive all concerned. Accept the miracle and let it be undone. Now you know it never happened.
Are you still with me? If at first you don’t succeed… that’s right — try, try and forgive it again. Offer your gratitude for the error, for it served a purpose. You may not know what it is or where it is. You don’t have to. Faith and trust help — but truth is truth. Even if you can’t see it, truth is always there.
Can’t quite bring yourself to forgive? Then start with willingness to forgive. It is a great first step to forgiveness.
You are the light of the world. Mistakes are an opportunity to be a miracle worker. They are a gift. What a great way to extend the Love of God and recognize the truth about ourselves and our brothers. Shakespeare had it right. “To err is human, forgive divine.”
Rev. Marie Hanson is a Pathways of Light minister living in Carson City, Nevada.
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