Lesson 355. There is no end to all the peace and joy,
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Lesson 355.
There is no end to all the peace and joy,
And all the miracles that I will give,
When I accept God's Word. Why not today?
Why should I wait, my Father, for the joy You promised me? For You will keep
Your Word You gave Your Son in exile. I am sure my treasure waits for me, and I
need but reach out my hand to find it. Even now my fingers touch it. It is very
close. I need not wait an instant more to be at peace forever. It is You I
choose, and my Identity along with You. Your Son would be Himself, and know You
as his Father and Creator, and his Love.
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Commentary on this lesson is by Kenneth Wapnick, from his book set: "Journey
Through the Workbook of A Course in Miracles," and may be purchased at the
following site: ~ M. Street
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Lesson 355.
"There is no end to all the peace and joy,
And all the miracles that I will give,
When I accept God's Word. Why not today?"
*Remember the question Jesus posed earlier: "Why wait for Heaven? (W-pI.131.6:1;
W-pl.188.1:1). Here he implores us: "Why continue to be upset and in pain? All
you need do is listen to me, take my hand, and let me teach you how to look at
the world differently. You will then certainly experience my peace and joy." *
(1:1-2) "Why should I wait, my Father, for the joy You promised me? For You will
keep Your Word You gave Your Son in exile."
*His Word, again, is the Atonement. When we fell asleep and dreamt of exile, we
took with us into the dream the memory of our Identity as God's Son, Who never
left His Father. This memory is the Word that guarantees our eternal joy because
it undoes the belief in separation that is the cause of sorrow.*
(1:3-6) "Why should I wait, my Father, for the joy You promised me? For You will
keep Your Word You gave Your Son in exile. I am sure my treasure waits for me,
and I need but reach out my hand to find it. Even now my fingers touch it. It is
very close. I need not wait an instant more to be at peace forever."
*The memory of God's Love is already present in us. It is as close to us as
anything could be, because it is the thought of our Self -- the Idea of God's
Son that never left its Source. The holy instant restores the treasure of our
Identity to awareness, the right mind that has waited patiently for our return
to sanity:
"What God has willed for you is yours. He has given His Will to His
treasure, whose treasure it is. Your heart lies where your treasure is, as His
does. You who are beloved of God are wholly blessed. Learn this of me, and free
the holy will of all those who are as blessed as you are." (T-8.VI.10:1-4)*
(1:7) "It is You I choose, and my Identity along with You."
*This can be our choice, as Jesus continually reminds us. Our making the right
choice is guaranteed when we realize that our choices, always based on what we
think we want, brought us nothing but unhappiness and pain. The choice for God,
however, ensures our peace and joy, the core of our Identity as His beloved
Son.*
(1:8) "Your Son would be Himself, and know You as his Father and Creator, and
his Love."
*By choosing against our self -- the ego's son -- we choose for our Self --
God's Son -- the blessed Christ of our loving Creator. This choice occurs as we
change our perceptions of our brothers, Sons of the same loving Father:
"Do not perceive anything God did not create or you are denying Him. His is
the only Fatherhood, and it is yours only because He has given it to you. ...
Yet the real Fatherhood must be acknowledged if the real Son is to be known. ...
Only if you accept the Fatherhood of God will you have anything, because His
Fatherhood gave you everything. That is why to deny Him is to deny yourself."
(T-10.V.13:1-2,5,7-8)*
Love and Blessings,
Lyn Johnson 719-369-1822
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