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− | I gladly make the "sacrifice" of fear. | + | <center>'''I gladly make the "sacrifice" of fear.'''</center> |
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− | Here is the only "sacrifice" You ask of Your beloved Son; You ask him to
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− | give up all suffering, all sense of loss and sadness, all anxiety and doubt,
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− | and freely let Your Love come streaming in to his awareness, healing him
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− | of pain, and giving him Your Own eternal joy. Such is the "sacrifice" You
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− | ask of me, and one I gladly make; the only "cost" of restoration of Your
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− | memory to me, for the salvation of the world.
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− | And as we pay the debt we owe to truth,--a debt that merely is the letting go | + | :''Here is the only "sacrifice" You ask of Your beloved Son; You ask him to'' |
− | of self-deceptions and of images we worshipped falsely--truth returns to us | + | :''give up all suffering, all sense of loss and sadness, all anxiety and doubt,'' |
− | in wholeness and in joy. We are deceived no longer. Love has now returned | + | :''and freely let Your Love come streaming in to his awareness, healing him'' |
− | to our awareness. And we are at peace again, for fear has gone and only | + | :''of pain, and giving him Your Own eternal joy. Such is the "sacrifice" You'' |
− | love remains | + | :''ask of me, and one I gladly make; the only "cost" of restoration of Your'' |
| + | :''memory to me, for the salvation of the world.'' |
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| + | And as we pay the [[debt]] we owe to [[truth]],--a debt that merely is the letting go |
| + | of [[self]]-[[deceptions]] and of images we [[worshipped]] [[falsely]]--truth returns to us |
| + | in wholeness and in [[joy]]. We are deceived no longer. [[Love]] has now returned |
| + | to our awareness. And we are at [[peace]] again, for fear has gone and only |
| + | love remains. |
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