lesson 343
“I am not asked to make a sacrifice
To find the mercy and the peace of God.”“The end of suffering can not be loss.The gift of everything can but be gain.
You only give.You never take away. And You created me to be like You, so
sacrifice becomes impossible for me as well as You. I, too, must give, and so all
things are given unto me forever and forever. As I was created, I remain.Your
Son can make no sacrifice, for he must be complete, having the function of
completing You. I am complete because I am Your Son. I cannot lose, for I can
only give. And everything is mine eternally.”
The mercy and the peace of God are free. Salvation has no cost.
It is a gift that must be freely given and received, and it is this that we
would learn today.
lesson 344
“Today I learn the law of love; that what
I give my brother is my gift to me.”“This is Your law, my Father, not my own. I did not understand what giving
means, and thought to save what I desired for myself alone. And as I looked
upon the treasure that I thought I had, I found an empty place where nothing
ever was, or is or will be.Who can share a dream? And what can an illusion
offer me? Yet he whom I forgive will give me gifts beyond the worth of
anything on earth. Let my forgiven brothers fill my store with Heaven’s
treasures, which alone are real.Thus is the law of love fulfilled.And thus Your
Son arises and returns to You.”
How near we are to one another, as we go to God. How near is
He to us. How close the ending of the dream of sin, and the
redemption of the Son of God.
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