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− | Forgiveness offers everything I want. | + | [[Forgiveness]] offers [[everything]] I want. |
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− | What could you want forgiveness cannot give? Do you want peace? | + | What could you want forgiveness cannot give? Do you want [[peace]]? |
− | Forgiveness offers it. Do you want happiness, a quiet mind, a certainty of | + | Forgiveness offers it. Do you want [[happiness]], a [[quiet]] [[mind]], a [[certainty]] of |
− | purpose, and a sense of worth and beauty that transcends the world? Do you | + | [[purpose]], and a sense of [[worth]] and [[beauty]] that [[transcends]] the world? Do you |
− | want care and safety, and the warmth of sure protection always? Do you | + | want [[care]] and [[safety]], and the warmth of sure protection always? Do you |
− | want a quietness that cannot be disturbed, a gentleness that never can be | + | want a quietness that cannot be disturbed, a [[gentleness]] that never can be |
− | hurt, a deep, abiding comfort, and a rest so perfect it can never be upset? | + | hurt, a deep, abiding [[comfort]], and a [[rest]] so [[perfect]] it can never be upset? |
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− | All this forgiveness offers you, and more. It sparkles on your eyes as you | + | All this forgiveness offers you, and more. It [[sparkles]] on your eyes as you |
− | awake, and gives you joy with which to meet the day. It soothes your | + | [[awake]], and gives you joy with which to meet the day. It soothes your |
− | forehead while you sleep, and rests upon your eyelids so you see no dreams | + | forehead while you [[sleep]], and rests upon your eyelids so you see no [[dreams]] |
− | of fear and evil, malice and attack. And when you wake again, it offers you | + | of [[fear]] and [[evil]], malice and [[attack]]. And when you wake again, it offers you |
| another day of happiness and peace. All this forgiveness offers you, and | | another day of happiness and peace. All this forgiveness offers you, and |
| more. | | more. |
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− | Forgiveness lets the veil be lifted up that hides the face of Christ from those | + | Forgiveness lets the [[veil]] be lifted up that hides the [[face]] of [[Christ]] from those |
− | who look with unforgiving eyes upon the world. It lets you recognize the | + | who look with unforgiving eyes upon the world. It lets you [[recognize]] the |
− | Son of God, and clears your memory of all dead thoughts so that | + | Son of God, and clears your [[memory]] of all dead thoughts so that |
− | remembrance of your Father can arise across the threshold of your mind. | + | remembrance of [[your Father]] can arise across the [[threshold]] of [[your mind]]. |
| What would you want forgiveness cannot give? What gifts but these are | | What would you want forgiveness cannot give? What gifts but these are |
− | worthy to be sought? What fancied value, trivial effect or transient promise, | + | worthy to be sought? What fancied [[value]], [[trivial]] [[effect]] or transient [[promise]], |
| never to be kept, can hold more hope than what forgiveness brings? | | never to be kept, can hold more hope than what forgiveness brings? |
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− | Why would you seek an answer other than the answer that will answer | + | Why would you seek an [[answer]] other than the answer that will answer |
− | everything? Here is the perfect answer, given to imperfect questions, | + | [[everything]]? Here is the perfect answer, given to imperfect questions, |
| meaningless requests, halfhearted willingness to hear, and less than halfway | | meaningless requests, halfhearted willingness to hear, and less than halfway |
− | diligence and partial trust. Here is the answer! Seek for it no more. You will | + | [[diligence]] and partial [[trust]]. Here is the answer! Seek for it no more. You will |
| not find another one instead. | | not find another one instead. |
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− | God's plan for your salvation cannot change, nor can it fail. Be thankful it | + | God's plan for your [[salvation]] cannot [[change]], nor can it fail. Be thankful it |
| remains exactly as He planned it. Changelessly it stands before you like an | | remains exactly as He planned it. Changelessly it stands before you like an |
− | open door, with warmth and welcome calling from beyond the doorway, | + | open door, with [[warmth]] and welcome [[calling]] from beyond the doorway, |
− | bidding you to enter in and make yourself at home, where you belong. | + | bidding you to enter in and make yourself at [[home]], where you belong. |
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− | Here is the answer! Would you stand outside while all of Heaven waits for | + | Here is the answer! Would you stand outside while all of [[Heaven]] waits for |
− | you within? Forgive and be forgiven. As you give you will receive. There is | + | you within? Forgive and be forgiven. As you give you will [[receive]]. There is |
− | no plan but this for the salvation of the Son of God. Let us today rejoice that | + | no plan but this for the [[salvation]] of the Son of God. Let us today rejoice that |
− | this is so, for here we have an answer, clear and plain, beyond deceit in its | + | this is so, for here we have an answer, clear and plain, beyond [[deceit]] in its |
− | simplicity. All the complexities the world has spun of fragile cobwebs | + | [[simplicity]]. All the [[complexities]] the world has spun of fragile cobwebs |
− | disappear before the power and the majesty of this extremely simple | + | disappear before the [[power]] and the [[majesty]] of this extremely simple |
− | statement of the truth. | + | statement of the [[truth]]. |
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− | Here is the answer! Do not turn away in aimless wandering again. Accept | + | Here is the answer! Do not turn away in aimless [[wandering]] again. [[Accept]] |
| salvation now. It is the gift of God, and not the world. The world can give | | salvation now. It is the gift of God, and not the world. The world can give |
− | no gifts of any value to a mind that has received what God has given as its | + | no gifts of any value to a [[mind]] that has received what God has given as its |
| own. God wills salvation be received today, and that the intricacies of your | | own. God wills salvation be received today, and that the intricacies of your |
− | dreams no longer hide their nothingness from you. | + | [[dreams]] no longer hide their nothingness from you. |
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− | Open your eyes today and look upon a happy world of safety and of peace. | + | Open your eyes today and look upon a [[happy]] world of [[safety]] and of [[peace]]. |
− | Forgiveness is the means by which it comes to take the place of hell. In | + | [[Forgiveness]] is the means by which it comes to take the place of [[hell]]. In |
− | quietness it rises up to greet your open eyes, and fill your heart with deep | + | [[quietness]] it rises up to greet your open eyes, and fill your [[heart]] with deep |
| tranquility as ancient truths, forever newly born, arise in your awareness. | | tranquility as ancient truths, forever newly born, arise in your awareness. |
− | What you will remember then can never be described. Yet your forgiveness | + | What you will [[remember]] then can never be described. Yet your forgiveness |
| offers it to you. | | offers it to you. |
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− | Remembering the gifts forgiveness gives, we undertake our practicing today | + | Remembering the gifts forgiveness gives, we undertake our [[practicing]] today |
− | with hope and faith that this will be the day salvation will be ours. Earnestly | + | with [[hope]] and [[faith]] that this will be the day [[salvation]] will be ours. Earnestly |
| and gladly will we seek for it today, aware we hold the key within our | | and gladly will we seek for it today, aware we hold the key within our |
| hands, accepting Heaven's answer to the hell we made, but where we would | | hands, accepting Heaven's answer to the hell we made, but where we would |
| remain no more. | | remain no more. |
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− | Morning and evening do we gladly give a quarter of an hour to the search in | + | [[Morning]] and [[evening]] do we gladly give a quarter of an hour to the search in |
| which the end of hell is guaranteed. Begin in hopefulness, for we have | | which the end of hell is guaranteed. Begin in hopefulness, for we have |
− | reached the turning point at which the road becomes far easier. And now the | + | reached the [[turning point]] at which the road becomes far easier. And now the |
| way is short that yet we travel. We are close indeed to the appointed ending | | way is short that yet we travel. We are close indeed to the appointed ending |
| of the dream. | | of the dream. |
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− | Sink into happiness as you begin these practice periods, for they hold out | + | Sink into [[happiness]] as you begin these practice periods, for they hold out |
− | the sure rewards of questions answered and what your acceptance of the | + | the sure rewards of [[questions]] answered and what your acceptance of the |
| answer brings. Today it will be given you to feel the peace forgiveness | | answer brings. Today it will be given you to feel the peace forgiveness |
− | offers, and the joy the lifting of the veil holds out to you. | + | offers, and the [[joy]] the lifting of the veil holds out to you. |
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− | Before the light you will receive today the world will fade until it | + | Before the [[light]] you will [[receive]] today the world will fade until it |
− | disappears, and you will see another world arise you have no words to | + | disappears, and you will see another world arise you have no [[words]] to |
− | picture. Now we walk directly into light, and we receive the gifts that have | + | picture. Now we walk directly into [[light]], and we receive the gifts that have |
| been held in store for us since time began, kept waiting for today. | | been held in store for us since time began, kept waiting for today. |
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− | Forgiveness offers everything you want. Today all things you want are | + | [[Forgiveness]] offers [[everything]] you want. Today all things you want are |
− | given you. Let not your gifts recede throughout the day, as you return again | + | given you. Let not your [[gifts]] recede throughout the day, as you return again |
− | to meet a world of shifting change and bleak appearances. Retain your gifts | + | to meet a world of shifting [[change]] and bleak [[appearances]]. Retain your gifts |
− | in clear awareness as you see the changeless in the heart of change; the light | + | in clear [[awareness]] as you see the changeless in the [[heart]] of [[change]]; the light |
| of truth behind appearances. | | of truth behind appearances. |
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− | Be tempted not to let your gifts slip by and drift into forgetfulness, but hold | + | Be [[tempted]] not to let your gifts slip by and drift into forgetfulness, but hold |
− | them firmly in your mind by your attempts to think of them at least a minute | + | them firmly in [[your mind]] by your attempts to think of them at least a minute |
| as each quarter of an hour passes by. Remind yourself how precious are | | as each quarter of an hour passes by. Remind yourself how precious are |
− | these gifts with this reminder, which has power to hold your gifts in your | + | these gifts with this reminder, which has [[power]] to hold your gifts in your |
− | awareness through the day: | + | [[awareness]] through the day: |
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| <center>''Forgiveness offers everything I want.''</center> | | <center>''Forgiveness offers everything I want.''</center> |