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− | I seek but what belongs to me in truth. | + | I seek but what belongs to me in [[truth]]. |
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− | Today's idea continues with the thought that joy and peace are not but idle | + | Today's idea continues with the [[thought]] that [[joy]] and [[peace]] are not but idle |
− | dreams. They are your right, because of what you are. They come to you | + | [[dreams]]. They are your right, because of what you are. They come to you |
− | from God, Who cannot fail to give you what He wills. Yet must there be a | + | from [[God]], Who cannot fail to give you what He wills. Yet must there be a |
− | place made ready to receive His gifts. They are not welcomed gladly by a | + | place made ready to [[receive]] His gifts. They are not welcomed gladly by a |
− | mind that has instead received the gifts it made where His belong, as | + | [[mind]] that has instead received the gifts it made where His belong, as |
− | substitutes for them. | + | [[substitutes]] for them. |
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| Today we would remove all meaningless and self-made gifts which we have | | Today we would remove all meaningless and self-made gifts which we have |
− | placed upon the holy altar where God's gifts belong. His are the gifts that | + | placed upon the holy [[altar]] where God's gifts belong. His are the gifts that |
− | are our own in truth. His are the gifts that we inherited before time was, and | + | are our own in truth. His are the gifts that we [[inherited]] before [[time]] was, and |
− | that will still be ours when time has passed into eternity. His are the gifts | + | that will still be ours when time has passed into [[eternity]]. His are the gifts |
| that are within us now, for they are timeless. And we need not wait to have | | that are within us now, for they are timeless. And we need not wait to have |
| them. They belong to us today. | | them. They belong to us today. |
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− | Therefore, we choose to have them now, and know, in choosing them in | + | Therefore, we [[choose]] to have them now, and know, in choosing them in |
− | place of what we made, we but unite our will with what God wills, and | + | place of what we made, we but [[unite]] our will with what God wills, and |
− | recognize the same as being one. Our longer practice periods today, the | + | [[recognize]] the same as being one. Our longer practice periods today, the |
− | hourly five minutes given truth for your salvation, should begin with this: | + | hourly five minutes given truth for your [[salvation]], should begin with this: |
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| <center>''I seek but what belongs to me in truth,''</center> | | <center>''I seek but what belongs to me in truth,''</center> |
| <center>''And joy and peace are my inheritance.''</center> | | <center>''And joy and peace are my inheritance.''</center> |
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− | Then lay aside the conflicts of the world that offer other gifts and other | + | Then lay aside the [[conflicts]] of the world that offer other gifts and other |
− | goals made of illusions, witnessed to by them, and sought for only in a | + | [[goals]] made of [[illusions]], witnessed to by them, and sought for only in a |
| world of dreams. | | world of dreams. |
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| All this we lay aside, and seek instead that which is truly ours, as we ask to | | All this we lay aside, and seek instead that which is truly ours, as we ask to |
− | recognize what God has given us. We clear a holy place within our minds | + | recognize what God has given us. We clear a [[holy]] place within our [[minds]] |
− | before His altar, where His gifts of peace and joy are welcome, and to | + | before His altar, where His gifts of [[peace]] and [[joy]] are welcome, and to |
| which we come to find what has been given us by Him. We come in | | which we come to find what has been given us by Him. We come in |
− | confidence today, aware that what belongs to us in truth is what He gives. | + | [[confidence]] today, aware that what belongs to us in truth is what He gives. |
− | And we would wish for nothing else, for nothing else belongs to us in truth. | + | And we would [[wish]] for nothing else, for nothing else belongs to us in truth. |
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− | So do we clear the way for Him today by simply recognizing that His Will | + | So do we [[clear]] the way for Him today by simply [[recognizing]] that His Will |
− | is done already, and that joy and peace belong to us as His eternal gifts. We | + | is done already, and that [[joy]] and [[peace]] belong to us as His eternal gifts. We |
− | will not let ourselves lose sight of them between the times we come to seek | + | will not let ourselves lose [[sight]] of them between the times we come to seek |
| for them where He has laid them. This reminder will we bring to mind as | | for them where He has laid them. This reminder will we bring to mind as |
| often as we can: | | often as we can: |
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− | <center>''I seek but what belongs to me in truth.''</center> | + | <center>''I seek but what belongs to me in [[truth]].''</center> |
− | <center>''God's gifts of joy and peace are all I want.''</center> | + | <center>''God's gifts of [[joy]] and [[peace]] are all I want.''</center> |
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