Gratitude

Greetings ACIM Buddies!

We had a wonderful meeting yesterday, and we thank all of you who joined us as we closed our Listen, Learn, and Do! series. We enjoyed every moment of our time together over these last eight weeks.

Next Sunday (9/6), there will be NO MEETING as it is Labor Day Weekend. We will resume our weekly meetings on SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13th.

During our time away, we encourage you to focus on GRATITUDE! The last two paragraphs of Lesson 195 will help:

“Today we learn to think of gratitude in place of anger, malice, and revenge. We have been given everything. If we refuse to recognize it, we are not entitled therefore to our bitterness, and to a self-perception which sees us as in a place of merciless pursuit, where we are badgered ceaselessly and pushed about without a thought or care for us or for our future. Gratitude becomes the single thought we substitute for these insane perceptions. God has cared for us and called us Son. Can there be more than this?

“Our gratitude will pave the way to Him, and shorten our learning time by more than we can ever dream of. Gratitude goes hand in hand with love, and where one is the other must be found. For gratitude is but an aspect of the love which is the source of all creation. God gives thanks to you, His Son, for being what you are: His Own completion and the source of love, along with Him. Your gratitude to Him is one with His to you. For love can walk no road except the way of gratitude, and thus we go who walk the way to God.”

As a group, let’s “undo the blocks to the awareness of love’s presence” by bringing gratitude to every area of our lives. When we are together on Sunday, September 13th, we will spend some time sharing about our experiences.

Additionally, on that same day, we will begin our journey through the Manual for Teachers. We are excited to begin this study with you!

Love to all,
Annette and Ada