There is one more thing I forget to mention:
If you are going through the financial wringer and have no money, this is good!
Rejoice! You’re right on track.
All ideas must be disrupted. A Course in Miracles is about undoing every idea of “security” that you have. If you think that your safety and security lies in money, jobs or time and space, I can practically guarantee your world will be turned upside down at some point. Your safety and security lies in God, and nowhere else. Trust is the first characteristic of a Teacher of God, and there are 6 stages of “development of trust” and 4 of those stages are complete disruption (described in the Trust section in the Teachers Manual) and they really kinda suck!
Sorry to inform you this, but it’s true. It’s right there in the Course for you to read. I’m not making this up. It’s in your course book and I know from personal experience that there will be periods in your life when it looks like you are failing miserably.
You’ll have an easier time if you simply accept this statement as true … and keep going!
You’re doing great. Don’t stop when it looks like things are falling apart. Just let things fall apart and TRUST.
TRUST, TRUST, TRUST , TRUST, TRUST.
You must be undone completely before you get to the stage of achievement.
If you are reading this message, you asked for my help. My responsibility is to you. I would do anything and everything for you. I love you. I want you to find your inheritance and claim it. My hope is that I don’t lose you midway through the year because you lost your job or because your world is turning upside down.
If your life is going all chaotic, there will be a tendency for you to think “this course is not working” or that you are doing something wrong.
When in fact, this is when it’s going right!! All you need is trust.
TRUST IS EVERYTHING.
You have got to trust when you start losing things … because you will lose things, and here are times when it looks like things are being taken away. Okay? I’m just telling you. This will make it easier for you if you know this is part of the journey. Keep going. Don’t stop. Trust. Pray. Ask for clarity. Write to me.
This course in miracles will take you on a bit of bumpy ride at times. It will turn you upside down and inside out. You will think it is failing. You might call God some choice swear words. You might decide to curse the day I came into your life. Some intense emotions will come up that rock you to your core.
And there are some times when it looks like things are being taken away from you. THIS IS THE TIME FOR TRUST.
This is the reason I want to work with you in every way possible that you continue to keep your commitment for the whole year.
Usually the point when most people want to quit is when they are standing right in front of their inheritance. Yet, this is the place where you think you are miles and miles in lost territory.
Please don’t bail on yourself. If you are starting to get lazy or bored in your mind, please make a new commitment to the workbook lessons.
Start asking for help. Begin praying again. Talk to Jesus. Find your center again. Open the Course. Write to me. Whatever it takes.
I know it’s overwhelming, but you are the Savior of the world, and it’s time to go the full distance. This is the Second Coming.
We do this work for the Love of God, for each other, that this world may know peace, joy and happiness.
I love you so much. You’re doing great. Write me any time. I’m right here.
Love, lisa
I am so grateful I found your blog. I really appreciate what you write every day but what you have written today is like a light beam. Thanks from the bottom of my heart.
Peter