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But you come at any differences of opinion about [[things]] that matter with multiple restraining factors right from the start. And so it is utterly [[understandable]] that you will have strong [[feelings]] and reactions to the differences among you about something that means as much to you as this mission does. And that you will struggle with agreement, with assessment, with [[beliefs]], with the details of this long-hoped for uplift you so [[desire]].

But you come at any differences of opinion about [[things]] that matter with multiple restraining factors right from the start. And so it is utterly [[understandable]] that you will have strong [[feelings]] and reactions to the differences among you about something that means as much to you as this mission does. And that you will struggle with agreement, with assessment, with [[beliefs]], with the details of this long-hoped for uplift you so [[desire]].

Dear ones, we know your struggles with this and have nothing but [[compassion]] and [[love]] for your sincere hearts, for your longing to better know and understand just what is true and what is not. Your need for certainty is all the greater for the great disruption of your world wrought by [[the rebellion]] and [[Adamic default|default]]. And it often manifests as a desire for certainty in ways that cannot yet be. Our answers to you on these things cannot always be as simple as you would like or even we would like. Again, that requirement of [[balance]] means we are continually making [[decisions]], both [[personal]]ly and in our conferences and discussions, as to what to speak to and when. If we give you too little, you founder. If we give you too much, you cease in using your own decision-making capacity to its fullest. As any parents must deal with their children's needs, so it is with us, for the [[pattern]] of parent/child, teacher/student is a [[universal]] one and the lessons thereof do not end any time soon. You are our beloved students, children of the realms, and your [[ultimate]] welfare is always of greater import than your immediate concerns. Every parent knows that this can be very difficult and even painful, and so it often is for us. But be assured your welfare is always our greatest consideration as we work with you to build a future that will bring [[light and life]] to your world.

Dear ones, we know your struggles with this and have nothing but [[compassion]] and [[love]] for your sincere hearts, for your longing to better know and understand just what is true and what is not. Your need for certainty is all the greater for the great disruption of your world wrought by [[Lucifer Rebellion|the rebellion]] and [[Adamic default|default]]. And it often manifests as a desire for certainty in ways that cannot yet be. Our answers to you on these things cannot always be as simple as you would like or even we would like. Again, that requirement of [[balance]] means we are continually making [[decisions]], both [[personal]]ly and in our conferences and discussions, as to what to speak to and when. If we give you too little, you founder. If we give you too much, you cease in using your own decision-making capacity to its fullest. As any parents must deal with their children's needs, so it is with us, for the [[pattern]] of parent/child, teacher/student is a [[universal]] one and the lessons thereof do not end any time soon. You are our beloved students, children of the realms, and your [[ultimate]] welfare is always of greater import than your immediate concerns. Every parent knows that this can be very difficult and even painful, and so it often is for us. But be assured your welfare is always our greatest consideration as we work with you to build a future that will bring [[light and life]] to your world.

I know that you all hunger for this time on [[Urantia]], the time when all will finally fall into place, fall into step with the more normal scheme of [[things]]. We also long to see this happen, to see the wrongs righted and the woes redressed. But the struggle of the [[race]]s of [[Urantia]] has ever been for [[patience]]. Part of this is simply natural to the children of the [[evolution]]ary [[universe]], but in your case, it is also part of the lack of healthy cultural training and genetic perfecting. When our beloved sovereign [[Michael]] left your world, many who had seen him believed that he would return in their lifetimes. This utterly understandable yearning has remained with you and will not fade away until such time as he does return, and the other ministries of the sons of the [[Eternal Son]] are fulfilled. This yearning is in you for a [[reason]] - it helps you to move forward even in the face of [[darkness]] and despair - it is the outward yearning towards your [[destiny]] that is fulfilled [[Inner Life|within]]. But it has always been possible to misinterpret this yearning and to make your hopes into realities that are not yet at hand. There is no shame in this. Far better that you yearn for the fulfillment of such spiritual hopes than that you languish hopeless and without direction. But when you become insistent that others interpret that [[hope]] in the same [[light]] that you do interpret it, you are in danger of falling into [[error]].

I know that you all hunger for this time on [[Urantia]], the time when all will finally fall into place, fall into step with the more normal scheme of [[things]]. We also long to see this happen, to see the wrongs righted and the woes redressed. But the struggle of the [[race]]s of [[Urantia]] has ever been for [[patience]]. Part of this is simply natural to the children of the [[evolution]]ary [[universe]], but in your case, it is also part of the lack of healthy cultural training and genetic perfecting. When our beloved sovereign [[Michael]] left your world, many who had seen him believed that he would return in their lifetimes. This utterly understandable yearning has remained with you and will not fade away until such time as he does return, and the other ministries of the sons of the [[Eternal Son]] are fulfilled. This yearning is in you for a [[reason]] - it helps you to move forward even in the face of [[darkness]] and despair - it is the outward yearning towards your [[destiny]] that is fulfilled [[Inner Life|within]]. But it has always been possible to misinterpret this yearning and to make your hopes into realities that are not yet at hand. There is no shame in this. Far better that you yearn for the fulfillment of such spiritual hopes than that you languish hopeless and without direction. But when you become insistent that others interpret that [[hope]] in the same [[light]] that you do interpret it, you are in danger of falling into [[error]].