THE GIFTS OF GOD — Sondra Ray and Markus Ray on A Course in Miracles

“Love created me like itself.” This is the first lesson in which our Self is identified as Love. We accept our function as the Sons and Daughters of God. And God has only positive attributes. God is not a “punishing and vengeful god” that we may have been taught in our organized religions. God is Love and that is what we are too.

God gives us only happiness. So if we are not happy, then we are not in touch with our Divine Source. This lesson associates our function with our happiness. Fulfilling our function must result in happiness. God wills it, so we need to tap into the power of this statement: "My happiness and my function are one." 

This Lesson #65 further clarifies our function. It is the one God gave us. Every other goal is not only secondary, but can be preventing us from accepting this only goal God gave us. We are introduced to the absolute nature of the Divine Will in this Lesson. We are given the means for true meditation in this Lesson. The preceding 4 Lessons come to a head in this one Lesson. The question is, “Will you accept your only function?”

We have forgotten our function is to be the light, and to be the light is to be supremely happy. Our job here is to remember who we are as God created us. Our job here is to be constantly happy. Forgiving everything that is not pure joy is the means we are given to fulfill our function. We are asked not to "substitute our own" for God's, because that is our real function. That is why we are here; to forgive and be happy. 

We are told we are the light of the world. We are told our function as this light is to master forgiveness. Now we are told this mastery will "bring peace to every mind." The people who are the hardest to love need our love the most. Can we practice our forgiveness on them? This is the question. Sondra and Markus give a sober look at their practice with "the noisy neighbor next door." 

We need to make contact with true forgiveness. What is its Power? The Lesson says "it will remove all sense of weakness, strain and fatigue from your mind." Do we want that? Let's dedicate this day to fulfilling our function. Forgiveness is my function as the light of the world.

This lesson is a leap in human evolution. "I am the light of the world." Who can say this and have it be their truth? Notice the challenges that come up in your everyday life that require you to accept this as a fact. "What is not love is murder." (TEXT;Chapter 23; Section IV; ❡1) We can take Action in the middle of the darkness. This is our purpose for being here. This is our acceptance of the Light that we are. "I am the light of the world. That is my only function. That is why I am here."

This is the last Lesson of the first Review. Where do we need the Peace of God the most? In situations in our life that are the most upsetting is where we need to apply the lessons. Sondra and Markus discuss "the noisy neighbor" and the situation in the world, and how the Lessons can help us to navigate through and around our fears. Their vulnerability is palpable in this AYIGTG Podcast. 

We are surrounded by the Love of God. This is a fact. We need the connection to our Source to experience the grace and the Gifts of God. We can simply give attention to this Divine Connection. This focus of our attention can undo our troubles, concerns, doubts, and fears. This is a good set of lessons in which to make this contact. 

Our holiness is the subject of these Lessons. We are asked to make contact with it, and actually use it in our dealings in the world. "My holiness blesses the world." is the miracle of Lesson #37. In light of the current events happening around the world, can we stay in our center, forgive ourselves for our own mistakes, and send the vibration of Peace out to those in need? We are blessed in this action.