ACIM Lesson #249
“Forgiveness ends all suffering and loss.
Forgiveness paints a picture of a world where suffering is over, loss becomes impossible and anger makes no sense. Attack is gone, and madness has an end. What suffering is now conceivable? What loss can be sustained? The world becomes a place of joy, abundance, charity and endless giving. It is now so like to Heaven that it quickly is transformed into the light that it reflects. And so the journey which the Son of God began has ended in the light from which he came.”
[ACIM Prayer for the day]
“Father, we would return our minds to You. We have betrayed them, held them in a vise of bitterness, and frightened them with thoughts of violence and death. Now would we rest again in You, as You created us."
[Marsha's thoughts]
A few short years ago, the above words were rarely spoken of, and then only by the non-conformist, the spiritual rebel (if you will!) But every day we see and feel more proofs that this shift in consciousness is happening now -- and we're talking about it! Thanks, Oprah! And even when fictionalized, as in best-selling novels, these possibilities are easily translated into plausible realities, full with peace and harmony, understanding and demonstration. We each support this realization in our own way, and every instance of pure peace felt in a single moment, each yielding of personal sense, each acceptance, is bringing us closer to realizing this realm of Love, where we always were and ever will be.We are all much needed at this time to calm the tumultuous thought which fights the idea of such freedom!. And so today I forgive, renew my mind, and am transformed.
Mary Baker Eddy quote:
“God fashions all things, after His own likeness. Life is reflected in existence, Truth in truthfulness, God in goodness, which impart their own peace and permanence. Love, redolent with unselfishness, bathes all in beauty and light. The grass beneath our feet silently exclaims, "The meek shall inherit the earth." The modest arbutus sends her sweet breath to heaven. The great rock gives shadow and shelter. The sunlight glints from the church-dome, glances into the prison-cell, glides into the sick-chamber, brightens the flower, beautifies the landscape, blesses the earth. Man, made in His likeness, possesses and reflects God's dominion over all the earth. Man and woman as coexistent and eternal with God forever reflect, in glorified quality, the infinite Father-Mother God.”
Science & Health Page 516:9-23
“Forgiveness ends all suffering and loss.
Forgiveness paints a picture of a world where suffering is over, loss becomes impossible and anger makes no sense. Attack is gone, and madness has an end. What suffering is now conceivable? What loss can be sustained? The world becomes a place of joy, abundance, charity and endless giving. It is now so like to Heaven that it quickly is transformed into the light that it reflects. And so the journey which the Son of God began has ended in the light from which he came.”
[ACIM Prayer for the day]
“Father, we would return our minds to You. We have betrayed them, held them in a vise of bitterness, and frightened them with thoughts of violence and death. Now would we rest again in You, as You created us."
Lake Leatherwood
photograph by Gerry Toler
[Marsha's thoughts]
A few short years ago, the above words were rarely spoken of, and then only by the non-conformist, the spiritual rebel (if you will!) But every day we see and feel more proofs that this shift in consciousness is happening now -- and we're talking about it! Thanks, Oprah! And even when fictionalized, as in best-selling novels, these possibilities are easily translated into plausible realities, full with peace and harmony, understanding and demonstration. We each support this realization in our own way, and every instance of pure peace felt in a single moment, each yielding of personal sense, each acceptance, is bringing us closer to realizing this realm of Love, where we always were and ever will be.We are all much needed at this time to calm the tumultuous thought which fights the idea of such freedom!. And so today I forgive, renew my mind, and am transformed.
Mary Baker Eddy quote:
“God fashions all things, after His own likeness. Life is reflected in existence, Truth in truthfulness, God in goodness, which impart their own peace and permanence. Love, redolent with unselfishness, bathes all in beauty and light. The grass beneath our feet silently exclaims, "The meek shall inherit the earth." The modest arbutus sends her sweet breath to heaven. The great rock gives shadow and shelter. The sunlight glints from the church-dome, glances into the prison-cell, glides into the sick-chamber, brightens the flower, beautifies the landscape, blesses the earth. Man, made in His likeness, possesses and reflects God's dominion over all the earth. Man and woman as coexistent and eternal with God forever reflect, in glorified quality, the infinite Father-Mother God.”
Science & Health Page 516:9-23
