Tuesday, August 18, 2015 Lesson 230: “What is forgiveness?” “Now I will seek and find the peace of God.” The Course teaches us that there is always good news in the life being with God. We are also so accustomed to living in the world where there is woe...
Archive for month: August, 2015
Lesson 229 Laurie’s Reflections
Monday, August 17, 2015 Lesson 229: “What is forgiveness?” “Love, which created me, is what I am.” We get to live in the awareness that we are God’s children. One of the words I like to use for God is Love. Because I think Love is the complete essence...
Lesson 228 Laurie’s Reflections
Sunday, August 16, 2015 Lesson 228: “What is forgiveness?” “God has condemned me not. No more do I.” The Course is in its very own category because the typical view of God is that God judges us and wants to punish us because of what humans do- acts of...
Lesson 227 Laurie’s Reflections
Saturday, August 15, 2015 Lesson 227: “What is forgiveness?” “This is the holy instant of my release.” This lesson reminds us that we can in just an instant change our minds and experience a liberation from the chains that bind us. All it takes is the smallest moment. We...
Lesson 226 Laurie’s Reflections
Friday, August 14, 2015 Lesson 226: “What is forgiveness?” “My home awaits me. I will hasten there.” Hastening is such a great word to describe how we are asked in the Course to get to God. We have to understand that sometimes when people “hasten” to get somewhere this...
Lesson 225 Laurie’s Reflections
Thursday, August 13, 2015 Lesson 225: “What is forgiveness?” “God is my Father, and His Son loves Him.” One of the great ideas that is current throughout the Course is the importance of everyone loving each other. We often have in the world this ego concept that love is...
Lesson 224 Laurie’s Reflections
Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Lesson 224: “What is forgiveness?” “God is my Father and He loves His Son.” We are ever fortunate because we have direct access to God. We don’t have to go anywhere or to sign up for our God classes and try to manage getting to...
Lesson 223 Laurie’s Reflections
Tuesday, August 11, 2015 Lesson 223: “What is Forgiveness?” “God is my life. I have no life but His.” Our egos can jump right onto this idea and say- my life will be ever so limited if I reduce it to just the little segment God can do with...
Lesson 222 Laurie’s Reflections
Monday, August 10, 2015 Lesson 222: “What is forgiveness?” “God is with me. I live and move in Him.” What the Course teaches us is that God is ever inside of us. We don’t have to find God in a church or monastery. That’s fine if we like to...
Lesson 221 Laurie’s Reflections
Sunday, August 9, 2015 Lesson 221: “What is forgiveness?” ‘Peace to my mind. Let all my thoughts be still.” The Course brings us to a place repeatedly where we allow our minds to be still. What we learn is how to remove the blocks to love. We are learning...