You can be happy right now

Imagine it!

Welcome to Daily Miracles, a running commentary on the 365 lessons of A Course in Miracles, an influential spiritual text from the 1970s. I am James Leroy Wilson and I invite you to join me as I go through this material for the first time.

Lesson 178 (Review)

God is but Love, and therefore so am I. (ACIM, W-178)

(165) Let not my mind deny the Thought of God. (ACIM, W-178.1:1)

(166) I am entrusted with the gifts of God. (ACIM, W-178.2:1)

God and I have something in common. We both want me to be happy. The “I,” however, doubts that happiness (what I understand as “feeling good”) is sustainable.

Every time I doubt or worry, however, I am forgetting that I am one with God, who has infinite power. I am also thinking of past regrets or worrying about an uncertain future. But the past is only what I’ve imagined it to be, and the future is likewise only imaginary.

I can, however, unleash the infinite power of God and imagine happiness right now in the present moment. If you are imagining feeling good in the present moment, you are feeling good in the present moment.

And that’s what God wants for you.

James Leroy Wilson writes Daily Miracles, The Daily Bible Chapter, JLCells, and The MVP Chase. Thanks for your subscriptions and support! You may contact him for your writing, editing, and research needs: jamesleroywilson-at-gmail.com.

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