Lighting up our World

This Week's Quotation:

The sign of Christmas is a star,
a light in the darkness.
See it not outside yourself,
but shining in the Heaven within,
and accept it as the sign the time of Christ has come.

~ A Course in Miracles

Lighting up Our World

Terri McCartney

This holiday season, we honor that each of us is a fractal of our loving Source. No exceptions. Each of us is an extraordinary vehicle, just as Jesus was, for expressing spirit through form—even those who have temporarily forgotten this truth. Those of us who have remembered are radiating the light, wherever needed.

There’s no time like now to be an agent for that truth and welcome that Grace to work in and through us. There’s no day like today to take a stand for love. Let’s use our every experience as an opportunity to bring the blessing of that awareness to all that we contact.

Now that we have awakened to the true nature of all being, we are able, as Christ was, to see the unity behind the diversity and polarization. We also understand that phenomena are just phenomena. Whatever presents itself to us, we can choose to perceive it within the great cosmic Grace of life. As we free ourselves of the dramas of separation, we can support others in doing so.

This holiday season and throughout 2025, let us not underestimate the power of a smile, a kind word, or the smallest acts of compassion. We have the power to make everyone we meet feel like they matter. Because they do. We all do! Whatever arises in our experience, let us choose love over and over and over again.

About Open Windows

We, the authors of this blog, dedicate it to the transparent exploration of the world's sacred scripture and enlightened spiritual thought. We believe that the original inspiration of all faiths comes from a common source, named and revered in a myriad of ways. With that understanding, the innumerable symbols, beliefs, and practices of faith cease to divide. They become open windows to a common reality that inspires and unifies us. We find deeper insight and nourishment in our own faith and from the expression of faith from others.

We hope these weekly quotations and meditations speak to your heart and soul.