ACIM Lesson# 329
“I have already chosen what You will.”
[Marsha's thoughts]
We think and do the oddest things don't we? The holidays we invent to insure that we remember certain things -- Memorial Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving -- Why would we forget to be grateful, or remember loved ones, or be thankful for everyone who works hard to insure that things keep on keeping' on? And the celebration of birthdays has never felt right to me either. It seems to be just another way to make us feel special. I love the way the Aboriginal people think of this. They see the silliness of celebrating being a year older, of marking a meaningless passing of so-called time, but instead announce to loved ones when they have grown larger in their understanding of Life and say, Let's celebrate! The leaving behind of our personal sense of will and the acceptance of the divine Will leaves nothing but Thanksgiving every day.
Mary Baker Eddy quote:
“I have already chosen what You will.”
[Marsha's thoughts]
We think and do the oddest things don't we? The holidays we invent to insure that we remember certain things -- Memorial Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving -- Why would we forget to be grateful, or remember loved ones, or be thankful for everyone who works hard to insure that things keep on keeping' on? And the celebration of birthdays has never felt right to me either. It seems to be just another way to make us feel special. I love the way the Aboriginal people think of this. They see the silliness of celebrating being a year older, of marking a meaningless passing of so-called time, but instead announce to loved ones when they have grown larger in their understanding of Life and say, Let's celebrate! The leaving behind of our personal sense of will and the acceptance of the divine Will leaves nothing but Thanksgiving every day.
“Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. [spiritual interpretation of this line from the Lord’s Prayer] Enable us to know,--as in heaven, so on earth,--God is omnipotent, supreme.”
Science & Health Page 17:1-3
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