So today, Jesus says, "Tell yourself frequently today that you are as God created you. And be sure to respond to anyone who seems to irritate you with these words: You are as God created you. You are His Son eternally." (Workbook Lesson 94)
So I did that like ten million times.
Okay,I exaggerate. Although, it did seem like ten million.
This morning I thought it while I was yelling very, very loudly not to ever chew up a bunch of food and then spit it all over the living room again!
And then this afternoon I thought it while I was yelling very, very loudly not to ever chew up a bunch of food and then spit it all over the kitchen again!
It sure seems like there was an astounding abundance of opportunities to think these thoughts all throughout the day.
So I got a ton of practice!
Yay! I think.
Monday, April 4, 2011
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Dude, Where's My Jesus Fish?
I'm so excited, I could scream! In fact, I am gonna scream....
DUDE, WHERE'S MY JESUS FISH? IS NOW AVAILABLE!
This book was written by my good friend, Mike Lemieux, aka Giddy Up Mikey, just Mikey, or as I sometimes call him Michael Robert! And let me tell you, thanks to Mikey, I'm getting all this God business on a deeper level!
As I've said before, Mikey could have been nicknamed the Quote Master Flash because that guy can pick the quotes and arrange them in ways that'll blow your freakin' mind! This book is a gift to anyone who picks it up.
Oh, and the other really cool thing about this book is you CAN judge it by its cover! Its got the coolest cover I've ever even seen, I tell you!
I mean who doesn't want a book called, Dude Where's My Jesus Fish?, laying around on their coffee table? I know I do, and here's an interesting historical fact, I was the very first customer! And I'm not only satisfied, I'm stratisfied!
There's a link to Mikey's website on the top right of this page. Enjoy!
DUDE, WHERE'S MY JESUS FISH? IS NOW AVAILABLE!
This book was written by my good friend, Mike Lemieux, aka Giddy Up Mikey, just Mikey, or as I sometimes call him Michael Robert! And let me tell you, thanks to Mikey, I'm getting all this God business on a deeper level!
As I've said before, Mikey could have been nicknamed the Quote Master Flash because that guy can pick the quotes and arrange them in ways that'll blow your freakin' mind! This book is a gift to anyone who picks it up.
Oh, and the other really cool thing about this book is you CAN judge it by its cover! Its got the coolest cover I've ever even seen, I tell you!
I mean who doesn't want a book called, Dude Where's My Jesus Fish?, laying around on their coffee table? I know I do, and here's an interesting historical fact, I was the very first customer! And I'm not only satisfied, I'm stratisfied!
There's a link to Mikey's website on the top right of this page. Enjoy!
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Groundhog Day
Its Groundhog Day, again. And this year Punxsutawney Phil is predicting an early spring! Hallelujah!
This has been one of my favorite holidays ever since 1993 when the movie, Groundhog Day, came out. I never saw the fantasticness of that movie coming. When I did see it for the first time, I was blown away. The movie though totally fiction rang strangely true to me!
Its still a great flick 18 years later, and it still rings true for me! Funny how bits and pieces of the Holy Spirit's thought system show up all over. ACIM articulates the Holy Spirit's complete thought system, yet parts can pretty much be found all over hell, I mean earth! And heck, that's a good thing!
What's been fun about doing the lessons this time around is that I began on the actual 1st of January, and so far I've managed to keep a one a day pace, so this gives me the chance to see what holiday or whose birthday falls on which lesson.
Now we know, Groundhog Day falls on Lesson 33 which says, "There is another way of looking at the world." That seems fitting, huh?
This has been one of my favorite holidays ever since 1993 when the movie, Groundhog Day, came out. I never saw the fantasticness of that movie coming. When I did see it for the first time, I was blown away. The movie though totally fiction rang strangely true to me!
Its still a great flick 18 years later, and it still rings true for me! Funny how bits and pieces of the Holy Spirit's thought system show up all over. ACIM articulates the Holy Spirit's complete thought system, yet parts can pretty much be found all over hell, I mean earth! And heck, that's a good thing!
What's been fun about doing the lessons this time around is that I began on the actual 1st of January, and so far I've managed to keep a one a day pace, so this gives me the chance to see what holiday or whose birthday falls on which lesson.
Now we know, Groundhog Day falls on Lesson 33 which says, "There is another way of looking at the world." That seems fitting, huh?
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Just Enjoy the Show!
I was listening to my ipod earlier, and when I came to song number 3 on my playlist called "The Show" by Lenka, I thought, my God, this song has the Holy Spirit written all over it. He even gets in the last word.
Anyway, its cool, so I'm sharing it:
The Show
By, Lenka
I'm just a little bit caught in the middle
Life is a maze, and love is a riddle
I don't know where to go, can't do it alone, I've tried
And I don't know why
Slow it down, make it stop
Or else my heart is going to pop
Cause its too much, yeah its a lot
To be something I'm not
I'm a fool out of Love
Cause I just can't get enough
I'm just a little bit caught in the middle
Life is a maze, and love is a riddle
I don't know where to go, can't do it alone, I've tried
And I don't know why
I'm just a little girl lost in the moment
I'm so scared but I don't show it
I can't figure it out
Its bringing me down, I know
I've got to let it go, and just enjoy the show
The sun is hot, in the sky, just like a giant spotlight
The people follow the signs, and synchronize in time
It's a joke nobody knows
They've got a ticket to the show
Yeah, I'm just a little bit caught in the middle
Life is a maze, and love is a riddle
I don't know where to go, can't do it alone, I've tried
And I don't know why
I'm just a little girl lost in the moment
I'm so scared, but I don't show it
I can't figure it out
It's bringing me down I know
I've got to let it go, and just enjoy the show
Just enjoy the show
Da, dum, di, dum
Da, dum, di, dum
Just enjoy the show
I want my money back
I want my money back
I want my money back
Just enjoy the show
I want my money back
I want my money back
I want my money back
Just enjoy the show!
Anyway, its cool, so I'm sharing it:
The Show
By, Lenka
I'm just a little bit caught in the middle
Life is a maze, and love is a riddle
I don't know where to go, can't do it alone, I've tried
And I don't know why
Slow it down, make it stop
Or else my heart is going to pop
Cause its too much, yeah its a lot
To be something I'm not
I'm a fool out of Love
Cause I just can't get enough
I'm just a little bit caught in the middle
Life is a maze, and love is a riddle
I don't know where to go, can't do it alone, I've tried
And I don't know why
I'm just a little girl lost in the moment
I'm so scared but I don't show it
I can't figure it out
Its bringing me down, I know
I've got to let it go, and just enjoy the show
The sun is hot, in the sky, just like a giant spotlight
The people follow the signs, and synchronize in time
It's a joke nobody knows
They've got a ticket to the show
Yeah, I'm just a little bit caught in the middle
Life is a maze, and love is a riddle
I don't know where to go, can't do it alone, I've tried
And I don't know why
I'm just a little girl lost in the moment
I'm so scared, but I don't show it
I can't figure it out
It's bringing me down I know
I've got to let it go, and just enjoy the show
Just enjoy the show
Da, dum, di, dum
Da, dum, di, dum
Just enjoy the show
I want my money back
I want my money back
I want my money back
Just enjoy the show
I want my money back
I want my money back
I want my money back
Just enjoy the show!
Friday, January 14, 2011
My Personal Repertory of Horrors
Remember my blog about "murder"? Well, oddly or not so oddly, I'm on Lesson 14 in the Workbook today which instructs me to "With eyes closed, think of all the horrors in the world that cross your mind. Name each one as it occurs to you, and then deny its reality. God did not create it, and so it is not real. Say, for example: God did not create that war, and so it is not real."
Now, that's what I'm talking about! Let's see here...
God did not create that murder, and so it is not real.
God did not create that violence,and so it is not real.
God did not create that torture, and so it is not real.
God did not create that suffering, and so it is not real.
God did not create that pain, and so it is not real.
God did not create that death, and so it is not real.
God did not create that abuse, and so it is not real.
God did not create that addiction, and so it is not real.
God did not create that depression, and so it is not real.
He goes on to say that, "This is your personal repertory of horrors at which you are looking. These things are part of the world you see. Some of them are shared illusions, and others are part of your personal hell. It does not matter. What God did not create can only be in your own mind apart from His. Therefore, it has no meaning. In recognition of this fact, conclude the practice periods by repeating today's idea: God did not create a meaningless world."
Let the mind training continue, and thank God!
Now, that's what I'm talking about! Let's see here...
God did not create that murder, and so it is not real.
God did not create that violence,and so it is not real.
God did not create that torture, and so it is not real.
God did not create that suffering, and so it is not real.
God did not create that pain, and so it is not real.
God did not create that death, and so it is not real.
God did not create that abuse, and so it is not real.
God did not create that addiction, and so it is not real.
God did not create that depression, and so it is not real.
He goes on to say that, "This is your personal repertory of horrors at which you are looking. These things are part of the world you see. Some of them are shared illusions, and others are part of your personal hell. It does not matter. What God did not create can only be in your own mind apart from His. Therefore, it has no meaning. In recognition of this fact, conclude the practice periods by repeating today's idea: God did not create a meaningless world."
Let the mind training continue, and thank God!
Thursday, January 13, 2011
The Spelling Bee
Woo! Hoo! Talk about forgiveness opportunities you didn't see coming! George (my son) was in the spelling bee yesterday. He took ninth, by the way, out of thirty-four kids.
A crazy thing seemed to happen up on that stage. There were three rows of seats, a front, middle and back row. Each time one kid would stand up and take a turn at the microphone all the seated kids would shift over a seat...except the kid sitting just to the left of my kid. She kept keeping an extra chair between herself and George.
No other kids had an empty chair in between them. It really started to seem like she thought George had cooties or something. I watched him really closely to see if he seemed to notice, and he did! I could tell that he noticed, and I swear I saw the hurt in his eyes.
This went on for what seemed like forever. I got angrier and angrier each time the kids shifted, and there was that empty chair. It was so obvious that she refused to sit right next to George! Oh, I wanted to march right up on that stage and straighten her out or mangle her up or something.
Then Georgie got his word, "hurriedly", and he missed it, so he came down to the audience and sat. And the kids shifted up on stage, and that girl kept a seat in between her and the new next kid. And then her and the new next kid. And again. Turns out it wasn't personal. She just likes an extra seat no matter who is sitting to her right. And George could see that as plain as anyone.
So then, finally, I forgave it, and I felt extremely grateful to be so very wrong about everything all the time.
A crazy thing seemed to happen up on that stage. There were three rows of seats, a front, middle and back row. Each time one kid would stand up and take a turn at the microphone all the seated kids would shift over a seat...except the kid sitting just to the left of my kid. She kept keeping an extra chair between herself and George.
No other kids had an empty chair in between them. It really started to seem like she thought George had cooties or something. I watched him really closely to see if he seemed to notice, and he did! I could tell that he noticed, and I swear I saw the hurt in his eyes.
This went on for what seemed like forever. I got angrier and angrier each time the kids shifted, and there was that empty chair. It was so obvious that she refused to sit right next to George! Oh, I wanted to march right up on that stage and straighten her out or mangle her up or something.
Then Georgie got his word, "hurriedly", and he missed it, so he came down to the audience and sat. And the kids shifted up on stage, and that girl kept a seat in between her and the new next kid. And then her and the new next kid. And again. Turns out it wasn't personal. She just likes an extra seat no matter who is sitting to her right. And George could see that as plain as anyone.
So then, finally, I forgave it, and I felt extremely grateful to be so very wrong about everything all the time.
Monday, January 10, 2011
The Bachelor
I am going to confess that I'm a huge fan of this reality dating show called "The Bachelor." I have a date with this show every Monday night at 8 o'clock on ABC!
I had my winner all picked out during the first episode which aired last Monday. I was betting on Emily, hands down! And then wouldn't ya know it, the previews for next week's show have her saying she just wants to go home!
Hey wait a minute, that's where I wanna go, too!
Well, far be it for me to judge, and so instead, I'll just share a little of what J has to say about judgment in the Manual for Teachers.
It is necessary for the teacher of God to realize, not that he should not judge, but that he cannot. In giving up judgment, he is merely giving up what he did not have. He gives up an illusion; or better, he has an illusion of giving up. He has actually merely become more honest. Recognizing that judgment was always impossible for him, he no longer attempts it. This is no sacrifice. On the contrary, he puts himself in a position where judgment through him rather than by him can occur. And this judgment is neither "good" nor "bad." It is the only judgment there is, and it is only one: "God's Son is guiltless, and sin does not exist."
Hey, I just posted that last line like four blogs ago!
Ha-hem, He goes on to say:
Remember how many times you thought you knew all the "facts" you needed for judgment, and how wrong you were! Is there anyone who has not had this experience? Would you know how many times you merely thought you were right, without ever realizing you were wrong? Why would you choose such an arbitrary basis for decision making? Wisdom is not judgment; it is the relinquishment of judgment. Make then but one more judgment. It is this: There is Someone with you whose judgment is perfect. He does know all the facts; past, present and to come. He does know all the effects of His judgment on everyone and everything involved in any way. And He is wholly fair to everyone, for there is no distortion in His perception.
Therefore lay judgment down, not with regret but with a sigh of gratitude. Now are you free of a burden so great that you could merely stagger and fall down beneath it. And it was all illusion. Nothing more. Now can the teacher of God rise up unburdened, and walk lightly on. Yet it is not only this that is his benefit. His sense of care is gone, for he has none. He has given it away, along with judgment. He gave himself to Him Whose judgment he has chosen now to trust, instead of his own. Now he makes no mistakes. His Guide is sure. And where he came to judge, he comes to bless. Where now he laughs, he used to come to weep.
MAD COURSE STUDENT: Very clear, thanks J.
I had my winner all picked out during the first episode which aired last Monday. I was betting on Emily, hands down! And then wouldn't ya know it, the previews for next week's show have her saying she just wants to go home!
Hey wait a minute, that's where I wanna go, too!
Well, far be it for me to judge, and so instead, I'll just share a little of what J has to say about judgment in the Manual for Teachers.
It is necessary for the teacher of God to realize, not that he should not judge, but that he cannot. In giving up judgment, he is merely giving up what he did not have. He gives up an illusion; or better, he has an illusion of giving up. He has actually merely become more honest. Recognizing that judgment was always impossible for him, he no longer attempts it. This is no sacrifice. On the contrary, he puts himself in a position where judgment through him rather than by him can occur. And this judgment is neither "good" nor "bad." It is the only judgment there is, and it is only one: "God's Son is guiltless, and sin does not exist."
Hey, I just posted that last line like four blogs ago!
Ha-hem, He goes on to say:
Remember how many times you thought you knew all the "facts" you needed for judgment, and how wrong you were! Is there anyone who has not had this experience? Would you know how many times you merely thought you were right, without ever realizing you were wrong? Why would you choose such an arbitrary basis for decision making? Wisdom is not judgment; it is the relinquishment of judgment. Make then but one more judgment. It is this: There is Someone with you whose judgment is perfect. He does know all the facts; past, present and to come. He does know all the effects of His judgment on everyone and everything involved in any way. And He is wholly fair to everyone, for there is no distortion in His perception.
Therefore lay judgment down, not with regret but with a sigh of gratitude. Now are you free of a burden so great that you could merely stagger and fall down beneath it. And it was all illusion. Nothing more. Now can the teacher of God rise up unburdened, and walk lightly on. Yet it is not only this that is his benefit. His sense of care is gone, for he has none. He has given it away, along with judgment. He gave himself to Him Whose judgment he has chosen now to trust, instead of his own. Now he makes no mistakes. His Guide is sure. And where he came to judge, he comes to bless. Where now he laughs, he used to come to weep.
MAD COURSE STUDENT: Very clear, thanks J.
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