Day 191

Today's Lesson:

I am the holy Son of God Himself.

Here is our declaration of release from bondage of the world. And here as well is all the world released. We do not see what we have doe by giving to the world the role of jailer to the Son of God. What could it be but vicious and afraid, fearful of shadows, punitive and wild, lacking all reason, blind, insane with hate?

What have we done that this should be our world? What have we done that this is what we see? Deny our own Identity, and this is what remains. We look on chaos and proclaim it is ourselves. There is no sight that fails to witness this to us. There is no sound that does not speak of frailty within us and without; no breath we draw that does not seem to bring us nearer death; no hope we hold but will dissolve in tears.

Deny our own Identity, and we will not escape the madness which induced this weird, unnatural and ghostly thought that mocks creation and that laughs at God. Deny our own Identity, and we assail the universe alone, without a friend, a tiny particle of dust against the legions of our enemies. Deny our own Identity, and look on evil, sin and death, and watch despair snatch from our fingers every scrap of hope, leaving us nothing but the wish to die.

Yet what is it except a game we play in which Identity can be denied? We are as God created us. All else but this one thing is folly to believe. In this one thought is everyone set free. In this one truth are all illusions gone. In this one fact is sinlessness proclaimed to be forever part of everything, the central core of its existence and its guarantee of immortality.

But let today's idea find a place among our thoughts and we have risen far above the world, and all the worldly thoughts that hold it prisoner. And from this place of safety and escape we will return and set it free. For he who can accept his true Identity is truly saved. And his salvation is the gift he gives to everyone, in gratitude to Him Who pointed out the way to happiness that changed his whole perspective of the world.

One holy thought like this and we are free: We are the holy Son of God Himself. And with this holy thought we learn as well that we have freed the world. We have no need to use it cruelly, and then perceive this savage need in it. We set it free of our imprisonment. We will not see a devastating image of ourselves walking the world in terror, with the world twisting in agony because our fears have laid the mark of death upon its heart.

Be glad today how very easily is hell undone. We need but tell ourselves:

I am the holy Son of God Himself. I cannot suffer, cannot be in pain; I cannot suffer loss, nor fail to do all that salvation asks.

And in that thought is everything we look on wholly changed.

A miracle has lighted up all dark and ancient caverns, where the rites of death echoed since time began. For time has lost its hold upon the world. The Son of God has come in glory to redeem the lost, to save the helpless, and to give the world the gift of his forgiveness. Who could see the world as dark and sinful, when God's Son has come again at last to set it free?

We who perceive ourselves as weak and frail , with futile hopes and devastated dreams, born but to die, to weep and suffer pain, hear this: All power is given unto us in earth and Heaven. There is nothing that we cannot do. We play the game of death, of being helpless, pitifully tied to dissolution in a world which shows no mercy to us. Yet when we accord it mercy, will its mercy shine on us.

Then let the Son of God awaken from his sleep, and opening his holy eyes, return again to bless the world he made. In error it began, but it will end in the reflection of his holiness. And he will sleep no more and dream of death. Then join with me today. Our glory is the light that saves the world. Do not withhold salvation longer. Look about the world, and see the suffering there. Are not our hearts willing to bring our weary brothers rest?

They must await our own release. They stay in chains till we are free. They cannot see the mercy of the world until we find it in ourselves. They suffer pain until we have denied its hold on us. They die till we accept our own eternal life. We are the holy Son of God Himself. Remember this, and all the world is free. Remember this, and earth and Heaven are one.

Miracles I'm noticing:

Today's lesson goes so well with the books and studies I've been doing lately. Even last night at chorus rehearsal we were reminded that to take our chorus to the next level of success, each of us has to be personally responsible for the chorus' success. The entire chorus will advance as I choose to advance. The entire universe will advance as I choose to advance.

I choose to see the world of miracles and to do my part in noticing, accepting and allowing those miracles every day. What will you notice, accept and allow in your own life?