Archives of A Course in Miracles

Lesson 348 I have no cause for anger or for fear.  For You surround me.  And in every need that I perceive, Your grace suffices me. “Father, let me remember You are here, and I am not alone.  Surrounding me is everlasting Love.  I have no cause for anything except the perfect peace and joy […]

Lesson 347 Anger must come from judgment.  Judgment is the weapon I would use against myself, To keep the miracle away from me. “Father, I want what goes against my will, and do not want what is my will to have.  Straighten my mind, my Father.  It is sick.  But You have offered freedom, and […]

Lesson 346 Today the peace of God envelops me, And I forget all things except His Love. Father, I wake today with miracles correcting my perception of all things.  And so begins the day I share with You as I will share eternity, for time has stepped aside today.  I do not seek the things […]

Lesson 345 I offer only miracles today, For I would have them be returned to me. Father, a miracle reflects Your gifts to me, Your Son.  And every one I give returns to me, reminding me the law of love is universal.  Even here, it takes a form which can be recognized and seen to […]

Lesson 344 Today I learn the law of love; that what I give my brother is my gift to me. “This is Your law, my Father, not my own.  I have not understood what giving means, and thought to save what I desired for myself alone.  And as I looked upon the treasure that I […]

Lesson 343 I am not asked to make a sacrifice To find the mercy and the peace of God. “The end of suffering can not be loss.  The gift of everything can be but gain.  You only give.  You never take away.  And You created me to be like You, so sacrifice becomes impossible for […]

Lesson 342 I let forgiveness rest upon all things, For thus forgiveness will be given me. “I thank You, Father, for Your plan to save me from the hell I made.  It is not real.  And You have given me the means to prove its unreality to me.  The key is in my hand, and […]

13.  What Is a Miracle?   Miracle, what a beautiful word, derived from the Latin word miraculum, meaning “object of wonder,” which grew from mirari, “to wonder,” forming its root from, mirus, meaning “wonderful.”  Over the years its Latin roots have come to form our Old English definition of Miracle, for example in Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary the following […]

Lesson 341 I can attack but my own sinlessness,  And it is only that which keeps me safe.   Father, Your Son is holy.  I am he on whom You smile in love and tenderness so dear and deep and still the universe smiles back on You, and shares Your Holiness.  How pure, how safe, […]

Lesson 340 I can be free of suffering today. Father, I thank You for today, and for the freedom I am certain it will bring.  This day is holy, for today Your Son will be redeemed.  His suffering is done.  For he will hear Your Voice directing him to find Christ’s vision through forgiveness, and […]