Day 225

Today's Lesson:

God is my Father, and His Son loves Him.

Father, I must return Your Love for me, for giving and receiving are the same, and You have given all Your Love to me. I must return it, for I want it mine in full awareness, blazing in my mind and keeping it within its kindly light, inviolate, beloved, with fear behind and only peace ahead. How still the way Your loving Son is led along to You!

Brother, we find that stillness now. The way is open. Now we follow it in peace together. You have reached your hand to me, and I will never leave you. We are one, and it it but this oneness that we seek, as we accomplish these few final steps which end a journey that was not begun.

Miracles I'm noticing:

I think people are really ready to hear some of the messages we're learning in this Course. I think we understand, more now than ever, the concept of oneness, at least in some circles. I don't think we've figured that out yet in politics or in the war, but I think there are many more people willing and able to actually think more deeply about it.

As we act toward another, we act toward ourselves. The Golden Rule is very effective, but only when we love ourselves. If we don't believe we have any responsibility to achieve better results for ourselves, we will continue to see the world outside us and not the world inside us. There really is no difference, but apparently that's a tough nut for some to crack.

I look forward to the day when we as a human race can figure that out - and see that every little step toward peace will help the whole world. It's got to start with me - and start within me. That's a HUGE step.

Choose love instead of fear. That will be a wonderful place to begin.