I am surrounded by the Love of God.

Debra (Debi) Yvonne Simmons

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I am surrounded by the Love of God.

I am surrounded by the Love of God.

* Always and in all ways.

* It is very comforting to me as a mom that this is true for my children and their children and their families throughout the world.

1. Father, You stand before me and behind, beside me, in the place I see myself, and everywhere I go.

* Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

²You are in all the things I look upon, the sounds I hear, and every hand that reaches for my own.

* This is something that I am learning to incorporate a bit differently in my mind lately.

* I was blessed with the witness of an existence beyond the world of form as the child of a violent alcoholic. That said, I thought there was someone here in “form” who had it together with answers and sincerity for my well-being.

* The Course has confirmed to me that this is not the case because the world of form that the ego-corrupt mind is currently in control of has denied God a place and without God, there is no SUBSTANCE of REALITY.

* That said, the Course also teaches me that I have the ability through the “miracle that is the forgiveness of the Son of God” in A Course in Miracles to bring the Light that REVEALS God’s Presence, not “to the darkness” but THROUGH the darkness and my willingness to SEE God IN MY CIRCUMSTANCE and surroundings brings my own witness of God stronger to my heart and mind and of those around me.


³In You time disappears, and place becomes a meaningless belief.

* That Holy Instant where I know that I am in the Presence of God even though it may be cloaked with decay and rust, and ego costumes and masks temporarily.

⁴For what surrounds Your Son and keeps him safe is Love itself.

* As eternal beings, you and I are safe at ALL times, regardless of the injury or offenses that occur in the confusion that is the belief in the possibility of separation from God.

⁵There is no source but this, and nothing is that does not share its holiness; that stands beyond Your one creation, or without the Love which holds all things within itself.

* Did you catch that? There is no SOURCE but LOVE ITSELF. Which just HAPPENS TO BE ~~~ GOD, HIMSELF.

⁶Father, Your Son is like Yourself.

* IE. We are Love.

⁷We come to You in Your Own Name today, to be at peace within Your everlasting Love.

* We come to God in the Name of CHRIST which IS GOD’s Name (united with His Son) and recognize our Eternal Connection and Union RESTING on the PEACE of HIS Everlasting/Eternal Love.

2. My brothers, join with me in this today.

* Jesus asks us EACH to join him in this blessed reality through the Atonement.

²This is salvation’s prayer.

³Must we not join in what will save the world, along with us?

(ACIM, W-264.1:1–2:3)

Without comments:

I am surrounded by the Love of God.

1. Father, You stand before me and behind, beside me, in the place I see myself, and everywhere I go. ²You are in all the things I look upon, the sounds I hear, and every hand that reaches for my own. ³In You time disappears, and place becomes a meaningless belief. ⁴For what surrounds Your Son and keeps him safe is Love itself. ⁵There is no source but this, and nothing is that does not share its holiness; that stands beyond Your one creation, or without the Love which holds all things within itself. ⁶Father, Your Son is like Yourself. ⁷We come to You in Your Own Name today, to be at peace within Your everlasting Love.

2. My brothers, join with me in this today. ²This is salvation’s prayer. ³Must we not join in what will save the world, along with us?

(ACIM, W-264.1:1–2:3)

Till next time, God bless, debi.