LESSON 349
December 15
"Today I let Christ's vision look upon
All things for me
and judge them not, but give
Each one a miracle of love instead."
PRACTICE SUMMARY
(See Part II Practice Summary, and also Part II Introduction)
COMMENTARY
"The law of love," mentioned in the second sentence, has been referred to in lessons 344, 345, and 346. We are likely to forget how Lesson 344 defines it: "Today I learn the law of love; that what I give my brother is my gift to me." The law of love is the law that giving and receiving are the same, that generosity and loving extension is a practical way of life because what I give, I receive. Understanding what the law of love is, the words of this lesson make perfect sense:
"So [by not judging, but giving a miracle of love instead] would I liberate all things I see, and give to them the freedom that I seek. For thus do I obey the law of love, and give what I would find and make my own" (1:1-2).
Do I want others to refrain from judging me, forgive my mistakes, and offer me miracles of love? Let me give what I seek; let me give what I want to find for myself.
Each time I accept a gift of God, I have added to my repertoire of miracles I can give (1:4-5). Each time I give that miracle to another, I have solidified my learning that the miracle belongs to me (1:6). And thus I remember God.
Let me not judge today, but offer miracles of love instead. Let me give what I want to receive.
(See Part II Practice Summary, and also Part II Introduction)
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