JOY

 


Don’t Forget to Laugh


Into eternity, where all is one, there crept a tiny,
mad idea, at which the Son of God remembered not to
laugh. In his forgetting did the thought become a
serious idea, and possible of both accomplishment and
real effects. Together, we can laugh them both away,
and understand that time cannot intrude upon eternity.
It is a joke to think that time can come to circumvent
eternity, which means there is no time.

 

Perception's basic law could thus be said,   "You will rejoice at what you see because you see it to rejoice." And while you think that suffering and sin will bring you joy, so long will they be there for you to see.  
Nothing is harmful or beneficent apart from what you wish. It is your wish that makes it what it is in its effects on you. Because you chose it as a means to gain these same effects, believing them to be the bringers of rejoicing and of joy. Even in Heaven does this law obtain. The Son of God creates to bring him
joy, sharing his Father's purpose in his own creation, that his joy might be increased, and God's along with his.

 

  

In Fearlessness and Love I Spend Today

This day, my Father, would I spend with You, as You
have chosen all my days should be. And what I will
experience is not of time at all. The joy that comes
to me is not of days nor hours, for it comes from
Heaven to Your Son. This day will be Your sweet
reminder to remember You, Your gracious calling to
Your holy Son, the sign Your grace has come to me, and
that it is Your Will I be set free today.

We spend this day together, you and I. And all the
world joins with us in our song of thankfulness and
joy to Him Who gave salvation to us, and Who set us
free. We are restored to peace and holiness. There is
no room in us for fear today, for we have welcomed
love into our hearts.

  

An ancient hate is passing from the world.

And with it goes all hatred and all fear. Look back no
longer, for what lies ahead is all you ever wanted in
your heart. Give up the world! But not to sacrifice.
You never wanted it.

What happiness have you sought here that did not bring
you pain? What moment of content has not been bought
at fearful price in coins of suffering? Joy has no
cost. It is your sacred right, and what you pay for is
not happiness.

Be speeded on your way by honesty, and let not your
experiences here deceive in retrospect. They were not
free from bitter cost and joyless consequence.
 

God, being Love, is also happiness.
And it is happiness I seek today.
I cannot fail, because I seek the truth.