By Gonny 
A post appeared on Facebook. Raw. Honest. A cry from a parent living with the unrelenting challenges of raising a nonverbal autistic child with severe behaviors. No filters. No slogans. Just the truth of sleepless nights, shattered doors, bleeding arms, broken windows, and the constant fear of what might happen next.
It wasn’t a plea for pity. It was a testament to survival.
“Don’t call this a gift. Don’t romanticize this.
This is neurological dysfunction. Immune injury.
And he doesn’t deserve it.
We are invisible in plain sight. And we are tired.
But we are not giving up.
Not on our kids. Not ever.”
Reading this, one cannot help but ask:
How does A Course in Miracles respond to a soul in such turmoil?
How do we speak of love, peace, and forgiveness in the midst of this storm?
The Course never asks us to pretend pain isn’t there. It never says: “This is easy.”
But it does whisper: “There is another way of looking at this.”
Here is that way, not to deny suffering, but to hold it gently in a different Light:
1. Love cannot be threatened
When the Course says, “Nothing real can be threatened,” it speaks of Love, not circumstances, not bodies, not calm behavior.
What is real in this story is the fierce, unwavering, exhausted, and holy love of a parent who keeps showing up.
Even when it breaks them. Even when the world turns away.
This is the unseen miracle already happening.
2. The form is not the cause
The Course reminds us: “Projection makes perception.” Not in blame, but in deep metaphysics. The world we see is not the source of our suffering. It is the expression of a deeper belief in separation.
This child, in his essence, is not broken.
He is a soul wrapped in confusion, not cruelty. His behaviors are symbols, not sins.
He is not this body. And neither are we.
3. True strength is not control, but presence
Lesson 31 says: “I am not the victim of the world I see.”
This is not denial of hardship, but the beginning of empowerment.
Each moment this parent chooses to stay, chooses not to give up, chooses love over despair, is a holy act.
Every patched wall, every whispered prayer in the dark, is a miracle in motion.
4. Behold, do not fix
We are not asked to fix this.
We are asked to see differently.
The Course does not give formulas. It gives vision.
To look upon what seems like madness and say:
“Holy Spirit, help me see the truth beneath this pain.”
To witness suffering with compassion, not conclusions.
To say: “I won’t turn away.”
5. When the world calls it a curse… the Light still calls it a lesson in Love
Not a lesson in punishment. Not one we consciously chose. But a lesson in love’s endurance.
Because miracles are not always changes in form.
Sometimes, they are simply:
The choice to keep loving when every part of you is breaking.
That is the miracle this parent is living.
And that is why this child is not lost.
If you are walking this path too, please know:
You are not alone.
You are not unseen.
And you are never without the quiet Presence that walks beside you, saying:
“You are My beloved. I will never leave you comfortless.”
May we hold these families not with slogans, but with sacred presence.
Let us not look away. Let us see through the eyes of Love.
With love and light,
G.