Today let us be thankful. We have come to gentler pathways and to
smoother roads. There is no thought of turning back, and no implacable
resistance to the truth. A bit of wavering remains, some small
objections and a little hesitance, but we can well be grateful for our
gains, which are far greater than we realize.
A day devoted now to gratitude will add the benefit of some insight into
the real extent of all the gains which you have made; the gifts you have
received. Be glad today in loving thankfulness your Father has not left
you to yourself, nor let you wander in the dark alone. Be grateful He
has saved you from the self you thought you made to take the place of
Him and His creation. Give Him thanks today.
Give thanks that He has not abandoned you, and that His Love forever
will remain shining on you, forever without change. Give thanks as well
that you are changeless, for the Son He loves is changeless as Himself.
Be grateful you are saved. Be glad you have a function in salvation to
fulfill. Be thankful that your value far transcends your meager gifts
and petty judgements of the one whom God established as His Son.
Today in gratitude we lift our hearts above despair, and raise our
thankful eyes, no longer looking downward to the dust. We sing the song
of thankfulness today in honor of the Self Which God has willed to be
our true identity in Him. Today we smile on everyone we see, and walk
with lightened footsteps as we go to do what is appointed us to do. We
do not go alone. And we give thanks that in our solitude a Friend has
come to speak the saving Word of God to us.
And thanks to you for listening to Him. His Word is soundless if it be
not heard. In thanking Him the thanks are yours as well. An unheard
message will not save the world, however mighty be the Voice that
speaks, however loving may the message be. Thanks be to you who heard,
for you become the messenger who brings His Voice with you, and let It
echo round and round the world.
Receive the thanks of God today, as you give thanks to Him.
For He would offer you the thanks you give, since He receives your gifts
in loving gratitude, and gives them back a thousand and a hundred
thousand more than they were given. He will bless your gifts by sharing
them with you, and so they grow in power and in strength, until they
fill the world with gladness and with gratitude.
Receive His thanks and offer yours to Him for fifteen minutes twice
today. And you will realize to Whom you offer thanks, and Whom He thanks
as you are thanking Him. This holy half an hour given Him will be
returned to you in terms of years for every second; power to save the
world eons more quickly for your thanks to Him.
Receive His thanks, and you will understand how lovingly He holds you in
His Mind, how deep and limitless His care for you, how perfect is His
gratitude to you. Remember hourly to think of Him, and give Him thanks
for everything you gave His Son, that he might rise above the world
remembering his Father and his Self.