Perhaps it is not yet quite clear to you that each decision that you make is one between a grievance and a miracle. Each grievance stands like a dark shield of hate before the miracle it would conceal. And as you raise it up before your eyes, you will not see the miracle beyond. Yet all the while it waits for you in light, but you behold your grievances instead.
Today we go beyond the grievances, to look upon the miracle instead. We will reverse the way you see by not allowing sight to stop before it sees. We will not wait before the shield of hate, but lay it down and gently lift our eyes in silence, to behold the Son of God.
He waits for you behind your grievances, and as you lay them down he will appear in shining light where each one stood before. For every grievance is a block to sight, and as it lifts, you see the Son of
God where he has always been. He stands in light, but you were in the dark. Each grievance made the darkness deeper, and you could not see.
Today we will attempt to see God's Son. We will not let ourselves be blind to him;we will not look upon our grievances. So is the seeing of the world reversed, as we look out toward truth, away from fear.
We will select one person you have used as target for your grievances, and lay the grievances aside, and look at him. Someone, perhaps, you fear and even hate; someone you think you love who angers you; someone you call a friend, but whom you see as difficult at times, or hard to please; demanding, irritating or untrue to the ideal he should accept as his according to the role you set for him.
You know the one to choose; his name has crossed your mind already. He will be the one of whom we ask God's Son be shown to us. Through seeing him behind the grievances that we have held against him, you will learn that what lay hidden while you saw him not is there in everyone, and can be seen. He who was enemy is more than friend when he is freed to take the holy role the Holy Spirit has assigned to him. Let him be savior unto you today. Such is his role in God your Father's plan.
Our longer practice periods today will see him in this role. We will attempt to hold him in our mind, first as you now consider him.
We will review his faults, the difficulties you have had with him, the pain he caused you, his neglect, and all the little and the larger hurts he gave. We will regard his body with its flaws and better points as well, and we will think of his mistakes and even of his sins.
Then let us ask of Him Who knows this Son of God in his reality and truth, that we may look on him a different way, and see our Savior shining in the light of true forgiveness, given unto us. We ask Him in the Holy Name of God and of His Son, as holy as Himself:
Let me behold my Savior in this one. You have appointed as the One for me to ask to lead me to the holy light in which he stands, that I may join with him.
The body's eyes are closed, and as you think of him who grieved you, let your mind be shown the light in him beyond your grievances. What you have asked for cannot be denied. Your Savior has been waiting long for this. He would be free, and make his freedom yours. The Holy Spirit leans from him to you, seeing no separation in God's Son. And what you see through Him will free you both.
Be very quiet now, and look upon your shining Savior. No dark grievances obscure the sight of him. You have allowed the Holy Spirit to express through him the role God gave Him, that you might be saved. God thanks you for these quiet times today, in which you laid your images aside, and looked upon the miracle of love the Holy Spirit showed you in their place. The world and Heaven join in thanking you, for not one Thought of God but must rejoice as you are saved, and all the world with you.
We will remember this throughout the day, and take the role assigned to us as part of God's salvation plan, and not our own. Temptation falls away when we allow each one we meet to save us, and refuse to hide his light behind our grievances. To everyone you meet, and to the ones you think of, or remember from the past, allow the role of Savior to be given, that you may share it with them. For you both, and all the sightless ones as well, we pray:
Let miracles replace all grievances.
✨ Summary & practice
In every decision you make, you choose between a grievance and a miracle. There is no other choice. Every grievance is a screen of hate you place before your eyes, hiding the miracle that stands behind it. The miracle waits for you in the light, but you prefer to look at the screen. Today’s lesson invites you to do the opposite: gently set down the screen and lift your eyes in silence to behold the Son of God.
Choose someone you have used as a target for your grievances, someone you fear, someone you hate, or even someone you "love" but who has irritated you. Behind your grievance against this person stands the Son of God, unchanged, perfect, innocent. By lifting the screen, you see him where he has always been. Every grievance you release makes the light more visible. The miracle you choose instead of the grievance shows you the world in an entirely new way.
This lesson is the practical application of lesson 77. If you are entitled to miracles (77), then you can choose the miracle over the grievance (78). Lessons 79–80 complete this block by recognizing that the one problem (separation) is already solved. After these lessons, the first review (81–90) will consolidate all the ground you’ve covered since lesson 61. You have reached a point where theory becomes lived practice.
Today, choose a specific person toward whom you hold a grievance, even a small one. Close your eyes and visualize the screen of your grievance. Then, gently, imagine pushing it aside. Behind it, see the light shining. Say silently: "Behind this grievance stands the Son of God. I choose to see the miracle instead." Let yourself be filled with the peace that comes when the grievance is replaced by true vision. Repeat with others if you wish.
Behind every grievance you release, a light awaits you, the light of the world that you are.
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