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*Monday, March 2, 1992 Ann,
*Monday, March 2, 1992 Ann,
===Lesson===
===Lesson===
There is time yet in life. You are not alone. The comings and goings of those close are in themselves opportunities to learn of the importance of living in the Father's love.
===='''''[[Service]]'''''====
There is [[time]] yet in life. You are not [[alone]]. The comings and goings of those close are in themselves [[opportunities]] to [[learn]] of the importance of living in [[the Father]]'s [[love]].
The material world is a harsh school. Many lives are broken -- although not irretrievably -- primarily because of the failure of concern for the fellow creatures who share this life experience. Your world will continue as a world of suffering while the people refuse even the idea of the common good. Yet blessed are they who embrace the Father's love, and show their understanding by attending their brothers and sisters. Indescribable joys can be experienced in even such a place, for those who tread the Father's path. It is an anomaly, but it is not an inconsistency. Life is not destined to be a veil of tears.
The [[material]] world is a harsh [[school]]. Many lives are broken -- although not irretrievably -- primarily because of the [[failure]] of concern for the fellow [[creatures]] who [[share]] this life [[experience]]. Your world will continue as a world of [[suffering]] while the people refuse even the [[idea]] of the [[common]] [[good]]. Yet [[blessed]] are they who [[embrace]] [[the Father]]'s [[love]], and show their [[understanding]] by attending their [[brothers and sisters]]. Indescribable [[joys]] can be [[experienced]] in even such a place, for those who tread [[the Father]]'s [[path]]. It is an [[anomaly]], but it is not an inconsistency. Life is not [[destined]] to be a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vale_of_tears vale of tears].
By service, you will meet them, your companions, and learn to care for them, and love them. There is no reason to avoid them, for they will be known to you in the afterlife. This experience continues, indeed, it is the only work worth doing. We shall all grow together in the afterlife, and in that realm there is only family, for we are all His children, and He loves us alike, wherefore we have always called them Brother and Sister. By devotion to each other, and in the abstract sense the common good, we pay respect to our Father, who loves us in a special way. We are His family, as the spirit ministers are His servants, and He knows the way is both long and hard.
By [[service]], you will meet them, your [[companions]], and [[learn]] to care for them, and [[love]] them. There is no reason to avoid them, for they will be known to you in the [[afterlife]]. This [[experience]] continues, indeed, it is the only [[work]] [[worth]] doing. We shall all [[grow]] [[together]] in the [[afterlife]], and in that realm there is only [[family]], for we are all His children, and He [[loves]] us alike, wherefore we have always called them Brother and Sister. By [[devotion]] to each other, and in the [[abstract]] sense the [[common]] [[good]], we pay [[respect]] to [[our Father]], who loves us in a special way. We are His [[family]], as the [[Ministering spirits|spirit ministers]] are His servants, and He knows the way is both long and hard.
Seen in this [[light]], categories begin to look [[artificial]], for [[the Father]] has performed a feat of [[alchemy]]. He has [[breathed]] life into the mud of the [[material]] [[universes]] and we are the result. We could not begin our climb further from [[the Father]], but we are [[destined]] to see the entire range of [[creation]], as part of our [[travels]]. There is no [[profit]] in [[discriminating]] between degrees of mud. We must turn our eyes to the [[light]] and for company we shall have each other, the members of our [[family]]. Let us then begin to treat them properly, and tend them, and [[love]] them. --
==Session 5==
==Session 5==
*March 7, 1992
*March 7, 1992
