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| "South African - Vuvuzela - 2010" photo by Aaron Springston |
ACIM Workbook Lesson #77
"I am entitled to miracles."
With St. Patrick's Day having just past, I've been thinking about celebrations and the reasons behind doing these things. Most if not all of them are based on some myth, which is usually fairly odd and far-fetched. Even those which are based on facts -- i.e., 4th of July, Independence Day -- carry with them a bit of blatant prejudice and strange behavior. So why do we do these things? I guess they're all based on history of some sort, remembrances of past material events. They usually involve a lot of drinking and so-called celebrating, and there is generally some type of nationalism involved. Like this St. Patrick's Day craziness -- what's up with that? Perhaps it's because we all want to believe in magical beings which will give us happiness and abundance. We tend to think these things are somewhere outside of us, and that we can find them if only we get lucky enough to be at the end of the rainbow. Or maybe we think everything will be great if we give our lives to Jesus. And don't forget about those birthday wishes coming true if we blow out all the candles! Maybe we celebrate so hard because we innately know all this good is ours simply for the acknowledgement of it, but we don't understand how to do that. These miracles we so desperately seek are the natural order of things, and can be had for the knowing of them. So we dance, drink, celebrate. We wildly strive to find what is already ours, which we would see if we only look within and acknowledge who we truly are. The miracle is God's law. Now that's something to celebrate!
Mary Baker Eddy quote:
"A miracle fulfills God's law, but does not violate that law. This fact at present seems more mysterious than the miracle itself."
Science & Health Page 134:31-32
