ACIM Lesson 274
Today belongs to love. Let me not fear.
Today belongs to Love.
There is something gentle in that declaration. I do not have to spend the day wrestling with fear or trying to make it disappear. I can simply give the day to something larger.
I can begin again with Love.
Before judgment settles in, before an old story takes hold, before I decide what another person means or what the day will bring, I can remember: this day belongs to Love.
And perhaps that changes how I see.
The brother I might have judged becomes my brother again. The person I had reduced to a story becomes someone whose innocence I am willing to see. The distance between us softens.
This is how Love enters the ordinary moments of a day—not as an idea I understand, but as a way of seeing and meeting what is before me.
Fear may still knock at the door. But I do not have to give it the day.
I can return, again and again, to this simple prayer:
Today belongs to Love.
Let me see with Love.
Let me meet my brother with Love.
Let me remember that Love is here.
And let me not fear.
A Listening Practice
Before entering the silence, you may wish to listen to today’s Prayer Song.
Let the words and music be with you for a while. There is nothing to understand and nothing you need to accomplish.
When the music ends, allow the quiet to remain.
Rest with the lesson.
Listen.
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