The understanding of the innocent is truth. That is why their altars are truly radiant.
ACIMs 3.IV. 24
What does my altar look like?
What is the inner environment where I go to meet Jess? (God)
I want a truly radiant altar befitting of Divine Union.
Perhaps, if I admit it, ego wants the shiniest altar of all!
But Truth makes inquiry to quell level confusion.
Do I desire Truth enough?
That is like asking, do I desire Light.
My altar has been defiled by dark ideas.
I have draped the font in curtains of iron,
making a defense against communion!
Defiled or not, Jesse comes when I call
walking with me among junk I make real.
Together we pick up bits of fear, delusions.
There is no use analyzing them, He says.
AtOnement merely asks that we commend our hearts unto God.
AtOnement merely forgives the misery of sacrifice, doubt, fear.
I feel I have sacrificed a lot for God, then laugh at my misperceptions.
It is funny to admit this madness, turning sacrifice around,
seeing my life not as gift, but as a punishment for sin.
As we move beyond the trash heaps, my steps grow lighter.
We are in unitive stride. My heart is happier.
Jesse has come to defend my innocence.
This is the meaning of the cross and the resurrection.
Where we meet is radiant with resurrection.
He brings innocence to my inner abode.
He opens the door of the tabernacle.
We walk in.
Just before the threshold, I notice a large waste bin.
Jess wads up my belief in condemnation and expertly flips it in.
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