Dear Hearts,
Life is a like a casino, a great game of chance. Our hearts are all we have for ante.
Our hearts are the only thing worthy of investment. There are many rounds to
play. Each act of faithfulness in Christ is a winner. Each demonstration of belief
heralds the Presence of God. Through trust, Our Father is revealed as Dealer, and
the cards played expose His Royal Flush. We who have discovered this no longer
wear our Poker face. We glow with the spoils of our winnings and are delighted
to become messengers of Joy!
The lessons of ACIM for this week are all about happiness, and fulfilling our
function in salvation as channels of contentment. I have experienced great
resistance to happiness. Isn’t that funny? And yet, the ego hates satisfaction.
Its modus operandi is neediness. It continually demands, what right have you to
be happy? Pain, deprivation and suffering are rampant here!
Lesson 101 of A Course in Miracles says, God’s will for you is perfect happiness
because there is no sin and suffering is causeless. Joy is just, and pain is but the
sign you have misunderstood yourself.
Lesson 102 invites me to let go of my attachment to suffering and share God’s
Will for happiness for me. In fact, I am asked to accept it as my function now. I
never dreamt that happiness was something I accept. I always saw it as coming to
me from the something in the world, or from achievements and well developed
attributes. In my meditation this morning I heard something else….joy is received,
and made welcome along with love, and peace.
Below is my inspiration.
As you are my inspiration too.
all love,
marybeth
You are my happiness. Let Me be yours. Jeshua
What do you suppose heals pain and deprivation?
What heals sorrow and despair?
What is the remedy for remorse and regret?
Your joy, not the fake,
I’m fine, I’m good,
but the breaking of the smile
on the face of the child,
like a buoyant wave
riding cross a still lake,
She knows the Love of God;
her only ache… to reveal it.
She has learned that her grin,
her gleam opens locked doors;
that those who carry crosses
all day long… pause
for a moment
to wonder at the gaiety,
the lightness of her being.
Still there has been
a part of me
curled in a fetal position
with a frown,
a look of indigestion!
She is weary of the world.
She has parasitic dreams.
I have taken her by the hand.
I hold her close as We look deep
to reach the light
that envelops the heart;
to feel the Presence
purring with contentment.
Here is my part.
Joy is my gift.
The proof of God’s Will given
through the little willingness;
the fullness of His Happiness
unlocking frozen frowns!
Through me, the Real Self beams,
even chuckles at the stories
and streams of drama spun.
God’s Love is One of Happiness.
rousing the child
to cheerfulness,
breaking the spell of
forgetfulness.
Where is sin now?
Where is its consequence?
copyright marybethscalice April 11, 2018