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===Topic: ''About MIlestones''===

Group: S. E. Idaho TeaM

Cora(Bill): I am Cora. Let us pray. Michael, our brother and Father, we stand in Your presence; and like this group listens for the urgent messages which may be coming over their telephones, we would have ears attuned to Your guidance that leads us into all truth, that takes us past the fences of prejudice, of small mindedness, of selfishness into the pastures where Your sheep are well fed. Tonight it is our will to do Your will, oh great Universal Father, Eternal Son, and Infinite Spirit. So, may our perception be keen and our resolve complete. Amen.

 

Teachers: Cora, Nebadonia

 

Cora: Indeed, I am Cora, and it is my night to speak, partly in honor of Martie, but also because it has been granted that we personal teachers have a go at it and assist our good brothers Daniel, [[Minearisa]] Melchizedek, our brother [[Aaron]] and other visiting teachers. Since this is a birthday celebration, in part, I wish to talk with you about milestones.

 

Cora: Indeed, I am Cora, and it is my night to speak, partly in honor of Martie, but also because it has been granted that we personal teachers have a go at it and assist our good brothers Daniel, Minearisa Melchizedek, our brother Aaron and other visiting teachers. Since this is a birthday celebration, in part, I wish to talk with you about milestones.

As you know, milestones mark distances. They also are used to give you feedback on how accurate your estimations of distance are. You can assess your odometer accuracy by taking note of milestones. Birthdays have been set arbitrarily as milestones of a year in time. And, as you know, the meaning of those milestones in years can be the subject of a vast range of human emotions, including sorrow, anxiety, humor, pleasure, and satisfaction. It is not the designated number of the milestone which induces those emotional reactions, except in cases of significant milestones such as twenty five, a quarter century, or forty, the top of the hill. Usually the meaning of milestones has to do with how a person feels about their progress in life so far.

As you know, milestones mark distances. They also are used to give you feedback on how accurate your estimations of distance are. You can assess your odometer accuracy by taking note of milestones. Birthdays have been set arbitrarily as milestones of a year in time. And, as you know, the meaning of those milestones in years can be the subject of a vast range of human emotions, including sorrow, anxiety, humor, pleasure, and satisfaction. It is not the designated number of the milestone which induces those emotional reactions, except in cases of significant milestones such as twenty five, a quarter century, or forty, the top of the hill. Usually the meaning of milestones has to do with how a person feels about their progress in life so far.

I wish for you, Martie, another year filled with successful progress on the uncharted waters of the future as you steer your ship toward our Paradise destination. To the rest of you...the same wish, that you all will be successful as you pilot your individual ships in this little fleet of boats moving across the waters of God's time and space experience toward His home, His destination. I have finished my little homily and I would be glad to engage in discussion, comments, or questions. The floor I now share with you.

I wish for you, Martie, another year filled with successful progress on the uncharted waters of the future as you steer your ship toward our Paradise destination. To the rest of you...the same wish, that you all will be successful as you pilot your individual ships in this little fleet of boats moving across the waters of God's time and space experience toward His home, His destination. I have finished my little homily and I would be glad to engage in discussion, comments, or questions. The floor I now share with you.

Martie: Cora, I don't have any questions, I think. But I certainly appreciate your coming and talking to me. It always give me another little boost of faith that I am on the right track, even when I sometimes wonder. Thank you so much!

Martie: Cora, I don't have any questions, I think. But I certainly appreciate your coming and talking to me. It always give me another little boost of faith that I am on the right track, even when I sometimes wonder. Thank you so much!

Cora: Yes, it is such a life on such a planet! You Agondonters will be amazed at what this tough life that you live will mean for your future usefulness as you journey to Paradise, and after that. That is why we teachers keep telling you that we are envious of you being in the flesh where you can make all these growth enhancing decisions in such a dramatic environment of choice which most of us have never experienced. The results are truly wondrous, for you will be assigned to jobs, and you will have the knowledge of how to do them that others will not have. You should, perhaps, sometime do a study on the status and role of Agondonters in the Urantia Book. I think you would be most amazed. So don't let the rough waters take you down and throw you on the deck of your ship that you cling in terror to the guard rails. Rather, as you stand there and the waters rock you, hang on to the guard rail of your faith, and all will be well. Others?

Cora: Yes, it is such a life on such a planet! You Agondonters will be amazed at what this tough life that you live will mean for your future usefulness as you journey to Paradise, and after that. That is why we teachers keep telling you that we are envious of you being in the flesh where you can make all these growth enhancing decisions in such a dramatic environment of choice which most of us have never experienced. The results are truly wondrous, for you will be assigned to jobs, and you will have the knowledge of how to do them that others will not have. You should, perhaps, sometime do a study on the status and role of Agondonters in the Urantia Book. I think you would be most amazed. So don't let the rough waters take you down and throw you on the deck of your ship that you cling in terror to the guard rails. Rather, as you stand there and the waters rock you, hang on to the guard rail of your faith, and all will be well. Others?

(Long pause) Very well, I will have you all stand once again and unite your souls with each and your hands grasp each other and I will offer prayer.

(Long pause) Very well, I will have you all stand once again and unite your souls with each and your hands grasp each other and I will offer prayer.

Nebadonia, dear Mother, we thank You for Your spiritual presence in this universe, that we can always turn to You and rest our heads on Your bosom. We thank you for your ministering angels, our faithful guardians. We desire to cooperate with them as they help us in mortal estate, and to work with them more fully in our morontia estate. Bless all of these, my younger brothers and sisters, with an ever expanding faith, depth of trust, and overflowing love. Even so, Michael, in Your name I pray. Amen.

Nebadonia, dear Mother, we thank You for Your spiritual presence in this universe, that we can always turn to You and rest our heads on Your bosom. We thank you for your ministering angels, our faithful guardians. We desire to cooperate with them as they help us in mortal estate, and to work with them more fully in our morontia estate. Bless all of these, my younger brothers and sisters, with an ever expanding faith, depth of trust, and overflowing love. Even so, Michael, in Your name I pray. Amen.