ACIM Workbook Lesson 348 – for Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Affirmation: “I have no cause for anger or for fear,
For You surround me. And iin every need
That I perceive, Your grace suffices me.”
“I have no cause for anything except the perfect peace and joy I share with You. What need have I for anger or for fear? Surrounding me is perfect safety. Can I be afraid, when Your eternal promise goes with me? (WB477)”
Reflections:
1 – Anger/Attack Not Justifieed
A Course in Miracles counsels against anger and attack, saying that they are not justified or warranted in any situation. Of course, most of us cannot live on this level consistently. But when we can, we turn aside from fear. God surrounds us and is in us. His grace is sufficient unto every need.
2 – Turn to God
With God, we feel perfect peace and joy. When we pray, we normally feel His presence, and we are comforted. Anguish turns to peace; fear drops away. What more could we ask, when that is all that we need?
3 – Grievances Gone / Safety Found
The Workbook says that when we let all our grievances go, we will know that we are perfectly safe. May we know this today. May we forgive our brothers and sisters all of their attacks and expressions of anger toward. May we know peace in this forgiveness. There is “sin” in time, but there is not time; since there is no time, we are living in eternity, where the world that we see is an illusion, a projection from within. So we ourselves and others have made errors, but we have not “sinned,” being ultimately outside of time and in eternity.
4 – Walking through the Day
May this knowledge, and it is knowledge rather than perception, follow us through this day and out into the greater world. And may we do for others those things that we wish to have accomplished in ourselves.
Prayer:
Dear Father/Mother,
I would so live today that I do not give stress a welcoming mat. I know that if I remain relaxed and in Your care, there will be no reason for anger to arise in me. I will know that my brother or sister’s attacks are calls for help, and I will rush to their side with the aid that they need.
May this day be peaceful. I know that I can so pace the day, with Your help, that I can get my “to do” list done, and still have plenty of time with which to commune with You. You come first; it is when I forget that that I get into trouble.
Amen.
