October 1, 2019
It doesn’t matter where we are, what we may have done or what we have thought. We always have another choice. We have the freedom to choose and the freedom to choose differently. There is no judgment. We simply made a mistake. When we find ourselves in a place we don’t like, we can realize that the choice we made was perhaps the wrong choice for us and choose again. There is no need to blame ourselves or beat ourselves up over any past choice, even when we seem to find ourselves in darkness. Perhaps we realize it did not have the extension of love as its purpose and then ask Spirit for guidance in making a more loving choice.
Everyone here has entered darkness, yet no one has entered it alone. Nor need they stay more than an instant. For they have come with Heaven’s Help within them, ready to lead them out of darkness into light at any time. The time they choose can be any time, for help is there, awaiting but their choice. And when they choose to avail themselves of what is given them, then will they see each situation that they thought before was means to justify their anger turned to an event which justifies their love. They will hear plainly that the calls to war they heard before are really calls to peace. They will perceive that where they gave attack is but another altar where they can, with equal ease and far more happiness, bestow forgiveness. And they will reinterpret all temptation as just another chance to bring them joy. T-25.III.6:1-8
A misperception cannot be a sin. Let all another’s errors be nothing to us except a chance for us to see the workings of the Helper given us so we see the real world instead of the temporal world we made. What is justified? What do we want? These two questions are the same. When we see them as the same, our choice is made. Seeing them as one brings release from the belief there are two ways to see. This world has much to offer to our peace, and many chances to extend our own forgiveness. Its purpose is, to those of us who want to see peace and forgiveness descend on them, to extend peace, love and forgiveness and offer them the light.
Look to the world of gentleness, for the Maker of this gentle world has the power to offset the world of violence and hate we believe stands between us and the gentle world. This gentle world is there in another’s forgiving eyes and so is also in our own forgiving eyes. And when we can’t see it with our body’s eyes, look to Spirit and welcome Spirit’s vision into our perception. This is the chance to change mistaken perception into truth.
The One Child of God could never sin, but they can wish for what would hurt them. And they have the power to think they can be hurt. What could this be except a misperception of themselves? Is this a sin or a mistake, forgivable or not? Do they need help or condemnation? Is it your purpose that they be saved or damned? Forgetting not that what they are to you will make this choice your future? For you make it now, the instant when all time becomes a means to reach a goal. Make, then, your choice. But recognize that in this choice the purpose of the world you see is chosen, and will be justified. T-25.III.9:1-10
What is your choice? Make the choice to perceive the gentle world our Maker is showing us. Open your Spirit eyes and let the world of gentleness come into your perception. It is right there beyond the world of violence and hate you think you see. Allow Spirit within you to show you this world of gentleness as you look into another’s eyes and see clearly their holiness and the reflection of your own holiness in their eyes. Make your choice today.
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