“While you will at times doubt that you have received an answer or that the answer you have received 
is correct, you will soon learn to trust this quiet process of discernment. You will know you have succeeded when you truly feel as if you have ‘turned the question or concern over’ and allowed it to be responded to in a new way. (A Course of Love, 25.23)”
Affirmation: “When I have a perplexity, I turn it over to God.”
Reflections:
1 – Perplexities
Perplexities do not have to remain perplexities. There is a quick solution, as I said yesterday in this blog: The solution is with the problem (an ACIM tenet). We are learning better what that means as we read A Course of Love. We are learning to turn inward, where all is quiet, to our heart, and thereby to receive an answer. This is an elaboration of what A Course in Miracles teaches, which seems to be another indication that what we have here in ACOL is actually a sequel from Jesus.
2 – “Basket Case”
I read recently from an inspirational writer of one of his family members who came up against severe problems at various junctures in her life. She would, in his words, be a “basket case.” But this did not last long. When he would visit shortly thereafter, she would be calm, though the difficulty was still there. She would reply, in response to his comment that all seemed well, that she had “turned that over to God.” The emotional reaction was much more muted.
3 – Turn It Over to God
If we can learn to do this on a constant basis, we will live a much calmer and saner life. We will not be lost in insanity, the state that all of us exist in until we come to know better. We leave behind anger and attack, we turn our lives over to God, and we are rewarded by a peaceful life, with the “peace that passeth understanding” (from the Bible).
4 – Heart and Mind = Wholeheartedness
A Course of Love constantly appeals to the heart, and only toward the end do we see that a blend of mind and heart is actually the way for us. We have to let go of egoic notions of the mind, though. And the emphasis upon the heart, in the opening pages of ACOL, is exactly what we need to hear in the beginning. We will come to know better when we give up asking for tangible proof. The heart already knows.
Prayer:
Dear Father/Mother,
May I quickly turn any perplexity over to You. You want to help me. It is a free offer. Surrender works. Thank You.
May I be good company today with my brothers and sisters, and especially with those who are my significant others. May this be a good day. Help us to know how to turn perplexities into solutions. This is something that we all need frequently.
Be with us today and always.
Amen.
MIRACLES EACH DAY 