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A: Yes, this is exactly right. You have [[understood]] a [[complex]] idea and brought through its [[simple]] [[essence]] very well.

A: Yes, this is exactly right. You have [[understood]] a [[complex]] idea and brought through its [[simple]] [[essence]] very well.

==FEAR NOT THE TROUBLES OF TODAY==

==Session 22==

===Lesson===

===Lesson===

Our main purpose and objective, as we have stated many times, is to reveal the Father through the life and teachings of our Lord, Christ Michael. His mission here was fraught with difficulty and full of many tragic circumstances. Like you, Martha, He lost His father to an accident, which was the supreme tragedy of His young life, affecting his entire earth life. He did, however, persevere in the face of this tragedy, this tragedy which came to color His life because it occurred at such a young age. The children affected in this tragedy will also be forever affected by the loss of their father. [The tragedy Ham refers to involves the loss of Martha's family members to an accident.]

Our main [[purpose]] and objective, as we have stated many times, is to [[reveal]] [[the Father]] through the life and teachings of our Lord, [[Christ]] [[Michael]]. His [[mission]] here was fraught with [[difficulty]] and full of many [[tragic]] circumstances. Like you, Martha, He lost His [[father]] to an [[accident]], which was the [[supreme]] [[tragedy]] of His [[Youth|young life]], affecting his entire [[earth]] life. He did, however, [[persevere]] in the face of this tragedy, this [[tragedy]] which came to color His life because it occurred at such a young age. The [[children]] affected in this [[tragedy]] will also be forever affected by the loss of their [[father]]. [The tragedy [[Ham]] refers to involves the loss of Martha's [[family]] members to an [[accident]].]

I have given many lessons on the positive effects of adversity, and yet still it grieves me to see these tragedies occurring in your lives. But the young will grow and time will pass. The seasons will change and change back again. There will be time for grieving. There will be time for rejoicing anew in life and living. There will be time for the recounting of your lives, of the growth of the children, of the many wonderful things that will happen to them in the future to their fathers. Parents and grandparents will see their children grown and rejoice in this. There will be much happiness and laughter altogether in this future time. When you are troubled, think of this picture you have had of this future rejoicing, this recounting, this happiness in reunion, and fear not the troubles of today.

I have given many lessons on the [[positive]] [[effects]] of [[adversity]], and yet still it [[grieves]] me to see these [[tragedies]] occurring in your lives. But the young will [[grow]] and time will pass. The [[seasons]] will change and [[change]] back again. There will be time for [[grieving]]. There will be time for [[rejoicing]] anew in life and living. There will be time for the recounting of your lives, of the [[growth]] of the [[children]], of the many wonderful things that will happen to them in the [[future]] to their fathers. [[Parents]] and grandparents will see their children grown and [[rejoice]] in this. There will be much [[happiness]] and [[laughter]] altogether in this [[future]] time. When you are troubled, think of this [[picture]] you have had of this [[future]] rejoicing, this recounting, this happiness in reunion, and fear not the [[troubles]] of today.

===Dialogue===

===Dialogue===

Q: If God is a good, kind, loving Father, does he allow the little children in Ethiopia and a lot of the other countries to suffer so with diseases and starving to death. I understand that the grown-ups have probably made their own beds and have to lie in them, so to speak, but the young children, I can't understand. Could you help me with it, please?

Q: If [[God]] is a [[good]], kind, loving [[Father]], does he allow the little [[children]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eritrean-Ethiopian_War Ethiopia] and a lot of the other countries to suffer so with [[diseases]] and [[starving]] to death. I [[understand]] that the grown-ups have probably made their own beds and have to lie in them, so to speak, but the young [[children]], I can't [[understand]]. Could you help me with it, please?

A: Yes. There is no suffering which our Father is unaware of. He does not turn away from those in need. He is suffering with any one who suffers and is ever-present in the heart of all who believe. It is not any part of God's plan for to allow for suffering. It is the natural outworking of the overall Divine plan to allow human free will. Adult free will decisions multiplied over long periods indeed may result in much human suffering. We are all God's children, small children and adults alike. No suffering is in God's purpose for us. Evolution and human societal structuring is progressive and will eventually eliminate this horrible spectacle of intense human misery. It is a passing age on Urantia, which will some day sprout into a new world, one in which there is lessened, year after year, suffering and pain and misery. Perplexing as it is, it is a passing thing. You must use spiritual eyes to see that dawn will come after darkness.

A: Yes. There is no [[suffering]] which [[our Father]] is unaware of. He does not turn away from those in need. He is suffering with any one who suffers and is ever-present in the [[heart]] of all who believe. It is not any part of [[God]]'s [[plan]] for to allow for suffering. It is the [[natural]] outworking of the overall [[Divine]] [[plan]] to allow human [[free will]]. Adult free will [[decisions]] multiplied over long periods indeed may result in much [[human]] [[suffering]]. We are all God's children, small children and adults alike. No suffering is in God's [[purpose]] for us. [[Evolution]] and human societal structuring is [[progressive]] and will eventually eliminate this horrible [[spectacle]] of [[intense]] human misery. It is a passing age on [[Urantia]], which will some day sprout into a new world, one in which there is lessened, year after year, suffering and [[pain]] and misery. Perplexing as it is, it is a passing thing. You must use [[spiritual]] eyes to see that [[dawn]] will come after [[darkness]].

==GOD THE SUPREME==

==GOD THE SUPREME==