October 22, 2019
We have become accustomed to darkness. We have become so accustomed to darkness that our eyes cannot bear the brilliant light of day. Perhaps we have found ourselves avoiding light because it is so brilliant and seems to cause us pain. In a like manner have we become afraid of truth and afraid of who we really are. So we turn away from the light and the clarity it brings to all we look upon. We are simply afraid of this light. We are simply afraid of the beautiful truth it reveals about who we really are. We believe we are unworthy of this gentle truth, even in the face of the peace and joy it brings us. Perhaps we can be willing to look differently at the world and begin to see there is no darkness but only light.
The grace of God rests gently on forgiving eyes, and everything they look on speaks of God to the beholder. The beholder can see no evil; nothing in the world to fear, and no one who is different from the beholder. And as the beholder loves them, so the beholder looks upon themselves with love and gentleness. They would no more condemn themselves for their mistakes than damn another. They are not an arbiter of vengeance, nor a punisher of sin. The kindness of their sight rests on themselves with all the tenderness it offers others. For they would only heal and only bless. And being in accord with what God wills, they have the power to heal and bless all those they look on with the grace of God upon their sight. T-25.VI.1:1-8
We really want to see clearly, no matter how much we deny it. Our wish to see calls down the grace of God on our eyes, and brings the gift of light that makes sight possible. How do we perceive each other? God is glad to have us look on each other. We are to recognize this one who is our savior as we fulfill the function we have been given. Do not let them be lonely any longer, for the lonely ones are those who see no function in the world for them to fill; no place where they are needed, and no aim which only they can perfectly fulfill. It is time to leave the darkness behind and step into the light, bringing those we have been given us with us.
Here the Holy Spirit’s kind perception of specialness is revealed to us; Spirit’s use of the specialness we made, to heal instead of harm. Spirit gave each of us a special function in salvation we alone can fill; a part specifically for each of us. Our plan is not complete until we find our special function and fulfill the part assigned to us, to make ourselves complete within a world where incompletion rules.
Salvation is no more than a reminder this world is not your home. Its laws are not imposed on you, its values are not yours. And nothing that you think you see in it is really there at all. This is seen and understood as each one takes their part in its undoing, as they did in making it. They have the means for either, as they always did. The specialness they chose to hurt themselves did God appoint to be the means for their salvation, from the very instant that the choice was made. Their special sin was made their special grace. Their special hate became their special love. T-25.VI.6:1-8
Thus is our mistaken “specialness” transformed into our special function. Every encounter, every situation, whether or not seen as holy, is an opportunity to heal the situation or the relationship. It is an opportunity to transform what is mistaken to holiness. All that is real in this world is holy. And all that is seen as unholy is merely a distorted perception waiting to be healed and corrected. This is the holy purpose of the world we see. Let it be a catalyst for healing in your life. Spirit walks every step with you and will guide you as you allow. Let this be so and see your world transformed. It truly is Heaven on earth.
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