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− | Creation's gentleness is all I see. | + | <center>'''Creation's gentleness is all I see.'''</center> |
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− | I have indeed misunderstood the world, because I laid my sins on it and saw
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− | them looking back at me. How fierce they seemed! And how deceived was I
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− | to think that what I feared was in the world, instead of in my mind alone.
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− | Today I see the world in the celestial gentleness with which creation shines.
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− | There is no fear in it. Let no appearance of my sins obscure the light of
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− | Heaven shining on the world. What is reflected there is in God's Mind. The
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− | images I see reflect my thoughts. Yet is my mind at one with God's. And so
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− | I can perceive creation's gentleness.
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− | In quiet would I look upon the world, which but reflects Your Thoughts, | + | I have indeed misunderstood the world, because I laid my [[sins]] on it and saw |
− | and mine as well. Let me remember that they are the same, and I will see | + | them looking back at me. How fierce they seemed! And how [[deceived]] was I |
− | creation's gentleness. | + | to [[think]] that what I feared was in the world, instead of in my [[mind]] alone. |
| + | Today I see the world in the celestial [[gentleness]] with which [[creation]] [[shines]]. |
| + | There is no [[fear]] in it. Let no [[appearance]] of my sins obscure the light of |
| + | [[Heaven]] shining on the world. What is [[reflected]] there is in [[Mind of God|God's Mind]]. The |
| + | images I see reflect my [[thoughts]]. Yet is my mind at one with God's. And so |
| + | I can [[perceive]] creation's gentleness. |
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| + | :''In quiet would I look upon the world, which but reflects Your Thoughts,'' |
| + | :''and mine as well. Let me remember that they are the same, and I will see'' |
| + | :''creation's gentleness.'' |
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