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127:3.14 For four years their [[standard of living]] had steadily declined; year by year they felt the pinch of increasing [[poverty]]. By the close of this year they faced one of the most [[difficult]] [[experiences]] of all their uphill struggles. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James,_brother_of_Jesus James] had not yet begun to earn much, and the expenses of a [[funeral]] on top of everything else staggered them. But [[Jesus]] would only say to his [[anxious]] and [[grieving]] [[mother]]: " [[Mother-Mary]], sorrow will not help us; we are all doing our best, and [[mother]]'s smile, perchance, might even [[inspire]] us to do better. Day by day we are strengthened for these tasks by our [[hope]] of better days ahead. " His sturdy and [[practical]] [[optimism]] was truly [[contagious]]; all the [[children]] lived in an [[atmosphere]] of [[anticipation]] of better times and better things. And this hopeful [[courage]] contributed mightily to the [[development]] of strong and [[noble]] [[characters]], in spite of the depressiveness of their [[poverty]].

127:3.14 For four years their [[standard of living]] had steadily declined; year by year they felt the pinch of increasing [[poverty]]. By the close of this year they faced one of the most [[difficult]] [[experiences]] of all their uphill struggles. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James,_brother_of_Jesus James] had not yet begun to earn much, and the expenses of a [[funeral]] on top of everything else staggered them. But [[Jesus]] would only say to his [[anxious]] and [[grieving]] [[mother]]: " [[Mother-Mary]], sorrow will not help us; we are all doing our best, and [[mother]]'s smile, perchance, might even [[inspire]] us to do better. Day by day we are strengthened for these tasks by our [[hope]] of better days ahead. " His sturdy and [[practical]] [[optimism]] was truly [[contagious]]; all the [[children]] lived in an [[atmosphere]] of [[anticipation]] of better times and better things. And this hopeful [[courage]] contributed mightily to the [[development]] of strong and [[noble]] [[characters]], in spite of the depressiveness of their [[poverty]].

127:3.15 [[Jesus]] [[possessed]] the [[ability]] effectively to mobilize all his [[powers]] of [[mind]], [[soul]], and [[body]] on the task immediately in hand. He could [[concentrate]] his deep-[[thinking]] [[mind]] on the one problem which he wished to solve, and this, in [[connection]] with his untiring [[patience]], enabled him serenely to [[endure]] the [[trials]] of a difficult [[mortal]] [[existence]]—to live as if he were " seeing Him who is invisible. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Letters_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_XI]

127:3.15 [[Jesus]] [[possessed]] the [[ability]] effectively to mobilize all his [[powers]] of [[mind]], [[soul]], and [[body]] on the task immediately in hand. He could [[concentrate]] his deep-[[thinking]] [[mind]] on the one problem which he wished to solve, and this, in [[connection]] with his untiring [[patience]], enabled him serenely to [[endure]] the [[trials]] of a difficult [[mortal]] [[existence]]—to live as if he were " seeing Him who is invisible. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Letters_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_XI]

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[[Category:Paper 127 - The Adolescent Years]]

[[Category:Paper 127 - The Adolescent Years]]

[[Category: Poverty]]

[[Category: Poverty]]