Library of Christ Mind Teachings
ACIM Original Edition
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1 Today let us be thankful. We have come to gentler pathways
and to smoother roads. There is no thought of turning back and no
implacable resistance to the truth. A bit of wavering remains, some
small objections, and a little hesitance, but we can well be grateful
for our gains, which are far greater than we realize.
2 A day devoted now to gratitude will add the benefit of some
insight into the real extent of all the gains which you have made; the
gifts you have received. Be glad today in loving thankfulness your
Father has not left you to yourself, nor let you wander in the dark
alone. Be grateful He has saved you from the self you thought you made
to take the place of Him and His creation. Give Him thanks today.
3 Give thanks that He has not abandoned you and that His Love
forever will remain shining on you, forever without change. Give thanks
as well that you are changeless, for the Son He loves is changeless as
Himself. Be grateful you are saved. Be glad you have a function in
salvation to fulfill. Be thankful that your value far transcends your
meager gifts and petty judgments of the one whom God established as His
Son.
4 Today in gratitude we lift our hearts above despair and
raise our thankful eyes, no longer looking downward to the dust. We sing
the song of thankfulness today in honor of the Self Which God has willed
to be our true Identity in Him. Today we smile on everyone we see and
walk with lightened footsteps as we go to do what is appointed us to do.
We do not go alone. And we give thanks that in our solitude a Friend has
come to speak the saving Word of God to us.
5 And thanks to you for listening to Him. His Word is
soundless if it be not heard. In thanking Him the thanks are yours as
well. An unheard message will not save the world, however mighty be the
Voice that speaks, however loving may the message be. Thanks be to you
who heard, for you become the messenger who brings His Voice with you
and let it echo round and round the world.
6 Receive the thanks of God today, as you give thanks to Him.
For He would offer you the thanks you give, since He receives your gifts
in loving gratitude and gives them back a thousand and a hundred
thousand more than they were given. He will bless your gifts by sharing
them with you, and so they grow in power and in strength until they fill
the world with gladness and with gratitude.
7 Receive His thanks and offer yours to Him for 15 minutes
twice today. And you will realize to Whom you offer thanks, and Whom He
thanks as you are thanking Him. This holy half an hour given Him will be
returned to you in terms of years for every second, power to save the
world eons more quickly for your thanks to Him.
8 Receive His thanks, and you will understand how lovingly He
holds you in His Mind, how deep and limitless His care for you, how
perfect is His gratitude to you. Remember hourly to think of Him and
give Him thanks for everything He gave His Son that he might rise above
the world remembering his Father and his Self.