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Study of Text, C 14: IV. Your Function in the Atonement, P 6. 4-3-17

IV. Your Function in the Atonement, P 6
6 When you have learned how to decide with God, all decisions become as easy and as right as breathing. There is no effort, and you will be led as gently as if you were being carried down a quiet path in summer. Only your own volition seems to make deciding hard. The Holy Spirit will not delay in answering your every question what to do. He knows. And He will tell you, and then do it for you. You who are tired will find this is more restful than sleep. For you can bring your guilt into sleeping, but not into this.

Journal
I have been practicing asking the Holy Spirit to decide for me in everything. My practice has not been perfect, but then, if it were perfect, I wouldn’t need the practice. Some days I turn to Spirit when I am confused or upset, and this is helpful. Some days I give the whole day to Him. I can really see the difference in my life when I surrender the day to Holy Spirit. I feel peaceful and at ease and I am energetic all the way to the end of the day. In fact, I don’t feel tired at all, just as Jesus suggests in this paragraph.

There are times, though, when I seem to refuse His help. Crazy, right? I know. But for some reason, it still happens. Sometimes it is subtle, in that I just don’t let myself think about it. I just make decisions by myself (which means, I make them with ego.) I seem to think that I have enough information at my disposal to decide without help.

Other times, I am driven by fear or guilt and act to relieve these feelings. The other day when I was experiencing fear, I asked Holy Spirit to decide for me before I acted. But then my fear drove me to act without waiting for guidance. Unsurprisingly, it was a mistake. If I had just waited the situation would have resolved itself and I would not have had the chance to make it worse. Instead, I acted in response to my fear and I brought guilt into the situation. Well, it wasn’t the first time, but maybe it is the last time.

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