06.15.25 "I Want The Peace of God" with Rev. Elaine Turner

There was little time this week to prepare for a talk and I mentioned that to the Holy Spirit. "Rev Tony needs me to step in on Sunday, one week away, as he will be away at a conference, so I don’t have weeks to ponder and look for signs and stories. Give it to me straight." "Pick up your Course book and open it to a lesson. That will be your talk," the Holy Spirit responded.

So, I did just that. I opened to Lesson 185. The address to the home I grew up in. 185 Lake Street, Brighton, MA. My Dad was just discharged home this week after 3 months in the hospital and in rehabilitation, to 185 Lake Street. While hospitalized I would bring him something from Dunkin' (aka: Dunkin Donuts). He’d say, “That’s nice, thank you very much but I just want to go home.”

My Dad didn’t even care if he could walk. He simply wanted to be left alone in peace and return to his routine. Read his prayer book, consume his morning concoction, watch his show, play scrabble, prep a meal, and tend to his plants. He knew at home he could heal. At the ripe age of 94, is that a lot to ask?

Surely ACIM teaches peace. As a matter of fact, it mentions the concept of peace 965 times! "To say these words is nothing. But to mean these words is everything. If you could but mean them for just an instant, there would be no further sorrow possible for you in any form, in any place or time." (WkBk.185.1)

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