By Gonny It is easy to say, “I love God.”
It sounds noble, even holy. But the Course gently asks us:
“Do you really? Then show Me in how you see your brother.”
Because here is the truth: we cannot claim to love the Father while secretly holding resentment, judgment, or fear toward His Son. Every time we slip into irritation or fear, it is not only a rejection of our brother, it is an attack on God Himself.
That may sound dramatic, but in daily life it is very simple to recognize.
When a neighbor passes without a greeting, when someone cuts you off in traffic, when a colleague takes credit for your work… how do you react?
Does your small self immediately want to rise up in defense: “See how unfair they are! See how right I am!”
That is how you attack God.
But imagine if in that very moment you remember:
This person is my brother. He is not my enemy. He is not separate. He is the Son of God, just as I am.
That is how you say: “I love God.”
That pause does not magically erase what happened, but it shifts the energy. It frees you from the reflex of attack and gives you the space to respond differently.
Instead of saying, “You always steal my ideas!” you might simply add,
“I would like to point out that I worked on this as well.”
The difference is subtle but powerful: you are no longer accusing, you are simply expressing your own experience without making your brother guilty. The scene changes. The irritation loses its bite. Fear dissolves, and love quietly slips in.
And if in that moment you slipped, if you didn’t remember? Here is your second chance (
): ask the Holy Spirit for forgiveness. Nothing ever truly happened.
This is how we come to God. Not by running away from the world, but by remembering that every brother is the doorway. And each time we walk through that doorway, fear of God dissolves into love for God.
It is not complicated. It is not even hard.
It is simply a choice, made again and again:
“I will see my brother as innocent, and in doing so I will remember God.”
(Today’s Lesson 246: To love my Father is to love His Son.)
With love and light,