Welcome to Active Meditation,
A Course in Miracles,
Lesson 123,
I Thank God for My Divine Gifts.
Today,
Let us be thankful.
We have come to gentler pathways and to smoother roads.
There is no thought of turning back,
And no implacable resistance.
A bit of wavering remains,
Some small objections,
And a little hesitance,
But you can well be grateful for your gains,
Which are far greater than you realize.
A day devoted now to gratitude will add the benefit of some insight into the real extent of all the gains which you have made,
All the gifts you have received.
Be glad today.
In loving thankfulness,
God has not left you to yourself.
Let you wander in the dark.
Be grateful.
God has saved you from the self you thought you made to take the place of God and God's creation.
Give God thanks today.
Give thanks that God has not abandoned you,
And that God's love forever will remain shining on you,
Forever without change.
Give thanks as well that you are changeless,
For the child God loves is changeless,
As God is changeless.
Be grateful you are saved.
Be glad you have a function in salvation to fulfill.
Be thankful that your value far transcends your meager gifts and petty judgments of the one whom God established as God's child.
Today,
In gratitude,
We lift our hearts above despair and raise our thankful eyes no longer looking downward.
We sing the song of thankfulness today in honor of our higher self,
That God has willed to be our true identity in God.
Today we smile on everyone we see and walk with lightened footsteps as we go to do what is appointed us to do.
We do not go alone,
And we give thanks that,
In our solitude,
A friend has come to speak the saving word of God to us.
Thanks to you for listening to God.
God's word is soundless if it be not heard.
In thanking God,
The thanks are yours as well.
An unheard message will not save the world.
However mighty be the voice that speaks,
However loving may the message be,
Thanks be to you who heard,
For you become the messenger who brings God's voice with you and lets it echo round and round the world.
Let's practice.
Now rise above the world,
Enter into the light,
Remembering God and your higher self.
As the white light swirls around you,
Be glad today in loving thankfulness God has not left you to yourself.
Be glad today that God has not let you wander in the dark alone.
Be grateful God has saved you from the self you thought you made to take the place of God and God's creation.
Give thanks that God has not abandoned you and that God's love forever will remain shining on you forever without change.
Give thanks as well that you are changeless,
For the child God loves is changeless as God is changeless.
Be grateful you are saved.
Be glad you have a function in salvation to fulfill.
Be thankful that your value far transcends your meager gifts and be thankful that your value also far transcends the petty judgments of the one whom God established as God's child.
Spend a few moments now gratefully thanking God.
Now receive the thanks of God as you give thanks to God,
For God would offer you the thanks you give,
Since God receives your gifts in loving gratitude and gives them back a thousand and a hundred thousand more than they were given.
God will bless your gifts by sharing them with you,
And so they grow in power and in strength until they fill the world with gladness and with gratitude.
Now be silent while you receive the thanks and blessings from God.
Receive God's thanks and offer yours to God for fifteen minutes twice today,
And you will realize to whom you offer thanks and whom God thanks as you are thanking God.
This holy half an hour given,
God,
Will be returned to you in terms of years for every second.
The power to save the world eons more quickly for your thanks to God.
Receive God's thanks and you will understand how lovingly you are held in God's mind,
How deep and limitless is God's care for you,
How perfect is God's gratitude to you.
Remember hourly to think of God and give God thanks for everything God has given you,
His child,
That you might rise above the world remembering God,
Remembering your higher self.
I thank God for my divine gifts.
I thank God for my divine gifts.
Nothing real can be threatened.
Nothing unreal exists.
Herein lies the peace.
