Lesson 120

For morning and evening review:

• "I rest in God."

"I rest in God today, and let Him work
In me and through me, while I rest in Him
In quiet and in perfect certainty."

• "I am as God created me."

"I am God's Son. Today I lay aside
All sick illusions of myself, and let
My Father tell me Who I really am."

On the hour: "I rest in God."

On the half hour: "I am as God created me."

Lesson 121

"Forgiveness is the key to happiness."

Here is the answer to your search for peace. This is the key to meaning in a world that makes no sense. Here is an end to all uncertainty and all questions are answered. The unforgiving mind is full of sadness and fear without hope of respite and release from pain. It suffers and abides in misery. It wants to live, yet wishes it were dead. There is only despair in the unforgiving mind, with only more despair in its future. Its judgment of the world is irreversible. It does not ask or question because it thinks it knows. Forgiveness is not inherent in the mind and is acquired. Each unforgiving mind presents you with an opportunity to teach your own mind how to forgive itself. The unforgiving mind must learn through your forgiveness that it has been saved from hell. You will learn as you teach the salvation of forgiveness. Today we practice learning to forgive. This is the key to happiness, use it on your own behalf. Practice this towards one whom you think of as an enemy and one you consider a friend and learn to see them both as one. Close your eyes and see your enemy, perceive some light in him somewhere, a spark of brightness shining through the ugly picture you hold of him. Expand this light all around him until the picture looks good and beautiful. Perceive him now as more than friend to you, for in that light his holiness shows you your savior, saved and saving, healed and whole. Then let him offer you the light you see in him, and let your ‘enemy' and friend unite in blessing you with what you gave. Now you are one. You have been forgiven by your own self. Throughout the day, remember the role forgiveness plays in bringing happiness to every unforgiving mind.

Lesson 122

"Forgiveness offers everything I want."

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 Son of God, and clears your memory of all dead thoughts so remembrance of your Father can arise across the threshold of your mind. Forgiveness stands before you like an open door calling you to enter in and make yourself at home. All the complexities of the world disappear. Remember the gifts forgiveness gives and accept salvation now as the gift of God. With the light of truth behind appearances retain your gifts in clear awareness. Hold them firmly in your mind. Remind yourself in your awareness how precious and powerful they are.

"Forgiveness offers everything I want.
Today I have accepted this as true.
Today I have received the gifts of God."

Lesson 123

"I thank my Father for His gifts to me."

Today let us be thankful. Be grateful for your gains, which are greater than you realize. Give thanks that He has not abandoned you. Be glad you have a function in salvation to fulfill. Be thankful your value is greater than your gifts and judgments. Lift your heart above despair and be grateful. As we go through our day today we smile upon everyone and walk light footed. God offers you the thanks you give. Your gifts will grow strong and powerfully until the world is filled with gladness and gratitude. As you receive his thanks know how limitless his care is for you.

Lesson 124

"Let me remember I am one with God."

Give thanks for our identity in God. We can fail at nothing. No miracle can ever be denied to those who know they are one with God. Everything we see reflects the holiness within the mind at one with God and with itself. How easily errors disappear, exchanging death for everlasting life. God is our companion as we walk the world. No meaningless anxieties can come between our faith and awareness of his presence. We feel Him in our hearts. Secure your peace by practicing awareness you are one with your creator. Be with him for half an hour and he will do the rest. If you are not ready to accept the benefit today, you will recognize it with certainty when it does come to you. This half hour is your gift to God and His return is a deep sense of love and joy for you. The sinless light belongs to you as a reflection of your own self.

Lesson 125

"In quiet I receive God's Word today."

Quietly listen and hear His Word today making peace possible around the world. This world will change through you as you hear and accept the message. He is only led by love, not force. He does not cherish the illusions which you hold about yourself. He has not hid Himself while you have wandered off from Him. Today He speaks to you. His voice awaits your silence. His Word can be heard by a quiet mind, it is your voice to which you listen as he speaks to you. It is your word he speaks. Quietly listen to your Self today. Receive the Word of God today. Every hour be still for a moment and remind yourself you have a special purpose for this day.

Lesson 126

"All that I give is given to myself."

If you believed this statement, there would be no problem in complete forgiveness. You would understand the means by which salvation comes to you, and you would not hesitate to use it now. Do not make forgiveness an eccentricity, in which you sometimes choose to give indulgently an undeserved reprieve. It remains your right to let the sinner not escape the justified repayment for his sin. The world's salvation cannot depend on this. God is not satisfied with empty gestures. True forgiveness must heal the mind which gives, for giving is receiving. What remains unreceived has not been given. Make forgiveness meaningful and a proper priority. Share your practicing of truth today. Even if you catch only a glimpse of the release of this concept, it is a day to rejoice. This thought will release your mind and let you realize its worth to you.

"All that I give is given to myself.
The Help I need to learn that this is true
Is with me now. And I will trust in Him."