This holy instant would I give to You. Be You in charge. For I would follow You, certain that Your direction gives me peace.
And if I need but stillness and a tranquil, open mind, these are the gifts I will receive of Him.
This holy instant would I give to You. Be You in charge. For I would follow You, certain that Your direction gives me peace.
1. And if I need a word to help me, He will give it to me. ²If I need a thought, that will He also give. ³And if I need but stillness and a tranquil, open mind, these are the gifts I will receive of Him. ⁴He is in charge by my request. ⁵And He will hear and answer me, because He speaks for God my Father and His holy Son.
And if I need a word to help me, He will give it to me.
So many times, I have asked for a word or many words when I didn’t know how to respond. The words always come from Him when I ask. Thank you, God, for that. If I speak from my ego-mind, I am not going to be helpful. On the contrary, I will just add to the illusion. Over time, I have learned to ask and to accept those words even if I want to resist them. Not that I never make a mistake but even if I do, I can choose again by making a decision for God. As Jesus tells us in Chapter 5, it is easy to do this.
⁵Your part is merely to return your thinking to the point at which the error was made, and give it over to the Atonement in peace. ⁶Say this to yourself as sincerely as you can, remembering that the Holy Spirit will respond fully to your slightest invitation:
⁷I must have decided wrongly, because I am not at peace.
⁸I made the decision myself, but I can also decide otherwise.
⁹I want to decide otherwise, because I want to be at peace.
¹⁰I do not feel guilty, because the Holy Spirit will undo all the consequences of my wrong decision if I will let Him.
¹¹I choose to let Him, by allowing Him to decide for God for me.
If I need a thought, that will He also give.
When I am dealing with a guilt thought, I ask for His thoughts to help me see it differently. Sometimes the thoughts come quickly to mind, sometimes they come through someone else. Or I might be guided to a place in A Course in Miracles that clarifies the situation for me. If I am stuck in some thought pattern, I will ask Him to give me His thoughts and then I will start writing. In this way, He can expand on the answer without the ego hijacking it before it is complete. Above all, I trust Him to answer always.
And if I need but stillness and a tranquil, open mind, these are the gifts I will receive of Him.
Ahh. This is the end result of whatever He gives me, words or thoughts. But sometimes it seems, I don’t need the words or the thoughts. What I receive is just the end result, the still and tranquil mind. It can happen miraculously; in which case I go from chaotic thinking to peace is a breath. Or it can happen in gentle steps. What is needed from me is the desire for healing and I receive whatever is helpful to me at that moment. I can only say thank you, thank you, thank you.
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