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− | God, being Love, is also happiness. | + | [[God]], being [[Love]], is also [[happiness]]. |
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− | Happiness is an attribute of love. It cannot be apart from it. Nor can it be | + | Happiness is an [[attribute]] of love. It cannot be apart from it. Nor can it be |
− | experienced where love is not. Love has no limits, being everywhere. And | + | [[experienced]] where love is not. Love has no [[limits]], being [[everywhere]]. And |
− | therefore joy is everywhere as well. Yet can the mind deny that this is so, | + | therefore joy is everywhere as well. Yet can [[the mind]] deny that this is so, |
− | believing there are gaps in love where sin can enter, bringing pain instead of | + | believing there are gaps in love where sin can enter, bringing [[pain]] instead of |
− | joy. This strange belief would limit happiness by redefining love as limited, | + | [[joy]]. This strange belief would limit happiness by redefining love as limited, |
− | and introducing opposition in what has no limit and no opposite. | + | and introducing [[opposition]] in what has no limit and no opposite. |
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− | Fear is associated then with love, and its results become the heritage of | + | [[Fear]] is associated then with love, and its results become the [[heritage]] of |
− | minds that think what they have made is real. These images, with no reality | + | minds that think what they have made is real. These images, with no [[reality]] |
− | in truth, bear witness to the fear of God, forgetting being Love, He must be | + | in [[truth]], bear witness to the [[fear of God]], forgetting being Love, He must be |
− | joy. This basic error we will try again to bring to truth today, and teach | + | joy. This basic [[error]] we will try again to bring to truth today, and teach |
| ourselves: | | ourselves: |
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| <center>''To fear Him is to be afraid of joy.''</center> | | <center>''To fear Him is to be afraid of joy.''</center> |
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− | Begin your periods of practicing today with this association, which corrects | + | Begin your periods of [[practicing]] today with this [[association]], which corrects |
− | the false belief that God is fear. It also emphasizes happiness belongs to | + | the [[false]] belief that God is fear. It also emphasizes happiness belongs to |
| you, because of what He is. | | you, because of what He is. |
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− | Allow this one correction to be placed within your mind each waking hour | + | Allow this one [[correction]] to be placed within [[your mind]] each waking hour |
| today. Then welcome all the happiness it brings as truth replaces fear, and | | today. Then welcome all the happiness it brings as truth replaces fear, and |
− | joy becomes what you expect to take the place of pain. God, being Love, it | + | joy becomes what you [[expect]] to take the place of [[pain]]. God, being Love, it |
| will be given you. Bolster this expectation frequently throughout the day, | | will be given you. Bolster this expectation frequently throughout the day, |
− | and quiet all your fears with this assurance, kind and wholly true: | + | and [[quiet]] all your fears with this [[assurance]], kind and wholly true: |
| God, being Love, is also happiness. | | God, being Love, is also happiness. |
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