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What makes merciful ministry a [[fruit of the spirit]] is your heartfelt need to do something for the one who [[suffers]], who has need. You who have your [[roots]] firmly implanted in the soil, who have life holding you up, who have your arms as branches reaching to the sky, to [[the Father]], you who are giving forth these fruits of the spirit, look not with [[disdain]] at those small shrubs who have not yet flowered. Do not trample on those small saplings, but [[glory]] in the life to come for these young ones.

What makes merciful ministry a [[fruit of the spirit]] is your heartfelt need to do something for the one who [[suffers]], who has need. You who have your [[roots]] firmly implanted in the soil, who have life holding you up, who have your arms as branches reaching to the sky, to [[the Father]], you who are giving forth these fruits of the spirit, look not with [[disdain]] at those small shrubs who have not yet flowered. Do not trample on those small saplings, but [[glory]] in the life to come for these young ones.

In [[Paper 89|your studies]] earlier this evening, you were repulsed by your [[ancestors]] of long ago and their [[practices]]. As you familiarize yourself with [[the Master]] (and his times), you [[wonder]] at the [[audacity]] of those who would jeer at [[Jesus]] and how he could state with [[forgiveness]] that they were not [[aware]] of the harm they did. Your world, my flock, is comprised mostly of those who jeer. They do not know the [[glory]] of God. Those are the ones we are here to [[salvage]], to [[embrace]], and to introduce to living [[love]]. These "filthy savages" are indwelt by God! and their [[Indwelling Spirit]] yearns to adjust the [[thinking]] of the mortal it indwells so that it, too, may [[attain]] the stature of a dignified faith son/daughter. You who raise your hands high with your many fruits have cause to [[celebrate]], but look with [[merciful]] [[ministry]] on those who follow.

In [[Paper 89|your studies]] earlier this evening, you were repulsed by your [[ancestors]] of long ago and their [[practices]]. As you familiarize yourself with [[the Master]] (and his times), you [[wonder]] at the [[audacity]] of those who would jeer at [[Jesus]] and how he could state with [[forgiveness]] that they were not [[aware]] of the harm they did. Your world, my flock, is comprised mostly of those who jeer. They do not know the [[glory]] of God. Those are the ones we are here to salvage, to [[embrace]], and to introduce to living [[love]]. These "filthy savages" are indwelt by God! and their [[Indwelling Spirit]] yearns to adjust the [[thinking]] of the mortal it indwells so that it, too, may [[attain]] the stature of a dignified faith son/daughter. You who raise your hands high with your many fruits have cause to [[celebrate]], but look with [[merciful]] [[ministry]] on those who follow.

Dear ones, I [[embrace]] you this evening. I bask in your [[presence]]. Our [[interchange]] time is upon us. I am [[eager]] to hear from you.

Dear ones, I [[embrace]] you this evening. I bask in your [[presence]]. Our interchange time is upon us. I am [[eager]] to hear from you.

===Dialogue===

===Dialogue===

Hunnah: Your words, for me, carry a [[prophetic]] quality. Am I right? Or is that just an impression?

Hunnah: Your words, for me, carry a [[prophetic]] quality. Am I right? Or is that just an impression?

TOMAS: I like to think you are correct because you are alive, you see, and as we live and [[breathe]] and grow in the [[spirit]], the [[organism]] of the [[Evolving Supreme]] itself is activated and we are activated in it, and so your remark [[encourages]] me and is [[testimony]] to you all that we are succeeding in [[our mission]] of advancing the spirit on [[Urantia]], for that call to serve which stirred within your [[heart]] is that which furthers all.

TOMAS: I like to think you are correct because you are alive, you see, and as we live and [[breathe]] and grow in the [[spirit]], the [[organism]] of the [[Evolving Supreme]] itself is activated and we are activated in it, and so your remark [[encourages]] me and is [[testimony]] to you all that we are succeeding in [[our mission]] of advancing the spirit on [[Urantia]], for that call to serve which stirred within your [[heart]] is that which furthers all.

Yes, as you grow, as we [[grow]], so it grows. It is alive, and as you take the ball and run with it, then we [[prepare]] and enable the next set of circumstances to come into [[being]]. If this were a dead [[theology]], a mental machination, it would not provide you with that stirring [[power]]. As you are called to act, the spirit lives in you and will then act around you. As you know, "The act is ours, the consequences God's" [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=48:7_Morontia_Mota] and so we will act in accordance with His will for the [[unfoldment]] of His plan.

Yes, as you grow, as we [[grow]], so it grows. It is alive, and as you take the ball and run with it, then we [[prepare]] and enable the next set of circumstances to come into [[being]]. If this were a dead [[theology]], a mental machination, it would not provide you with that stirring [[power]]. As you are called to act, the spirit lives in you and will then act around you. As you know, "The act is ours, the consequences God's" [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=48:7_Morontia_Mota] and so we will act in accordance with His will for the [[unfoldment]] of His plan.

I [[suspect]] that some of your sense is [[cumulative]], for we have rather concluded a long series of subjects and soon we party. Soon we celebrate an [[anniversary]] and begin yet a new "routine" of [[growth]]. I had asked you some time ago to give thought as to what you individually or you as a [[community]] might consider being able to do in the next time frame, and perhaps my [[words]] this evening regarding merciful ministry have struck a chord in your [[personality]] as what you feel you might do or what you feel the group would benefit in doing.

I [[suspect]] that some of your sense is cumulative, for we have rather concluded a long series of subjects and soon we party. Soon we celebrate an [[anniversary]] and begin yet a new "routine" of [[growth]]. I had asked you some time ago to give thought as to what you individually or you as a [[community]] might consider being able to do in the next time frame, and perhaps my [[words]] this evening regarding merciful ministry have struck a chord in your [[personality]] as what you feel you might do or what you feel the group would benefit in doing.

I am not in a [[position]] you see, to tell you what to do. I cannot say, "Hunnah, go out here and turn left and walk four blocks" and so forth, you see, for that is your destiny. That is your [[adventure]]. But I will say that I am glad that you felt a stirring for there is much work to be done. Hunnah: Thank you.

I am not in a [[position]] you see, to tell you what to do. I cannot say, "Hunnah, go out here and turn left and walk four blocks" and so forth, you see, for that is your destiny. That is your [[adventure]]. But I will say that I am glad that you felt a stirring for there is much work to be done. Hunnah: Thank you.

TOMAS: Thank you, Hunnah.

TOMAS: Thank you, Hunnah.

===='''''[[Race]]'''''====

===='''''[[Race]]'''''====

Elizabeth: Today I heard a program that stirred me greatly. It was regarding this case of the young [[police]] officer who killed a man, and the program addressed the question, 'What can the [[churches]] do to give voice to their anguish over the whole situation?' -- Not that we think the [[verdict]] was incorrect, because there was no possible verdict that could be really right, in the sense that it cannot bring the young man back, and it has been [[difficult]] for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_American Afro-American community] to live with this situation, but I [[thought]] the man who is running the [[radio]] station was so good because he was saying, "Can't we [[evidence]] our caring as a [[community]]? Can't we do something?"

Elizabeth: Today I heard a program that stirred me greatly. It was regarding this case of the young [[police]] officer who killed a man, and the program addressed the question, 'What can the [[churches]] do to give voice to their anguish over the whole situation?' -- Not that we think the [[verdict]] was incorrect, because there was no possible verdict that could be really right, in the sense that it cannot bring the young man back, and it has been [[difficult]] for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_American Afro-American community] to live with this situation, but I [[thought]] the man who is running the [[radio]] station was so good because he was saying, "Can't we [[evidence]] our caring as a [[community]]? Can't we do something?"

And so, of course, I was [[thinking]] that merciful ministry would be to somehow let the Afro-American community know that many of us feel very sad about this happening, and nor that we wanted this [[young man]] to be put in [[prison]], because there is probably nothing about this man that would have wanted to kill this Afro-American. I'm sure he certainly didn't want to kill him and it was some poor [[training]] or something, but it did seem to me that, my own [[family]] could give some [[money]] for a scholarship or something for some Afro-American, so that something good can come out of this terrible thing. But it is a good [[opportunity]] to think about [[merciful]] [[ministry]], I think.

And so, of course, I was [[thinking]] that merciful ministry would be to somehow let the Afro-American community know that many of us feel very sad about this happening, and nor that we wanted this [[young man]] to be put in [[prison]], because there is probably nothing about this man that would have wanted to kill this Afro-American. I'm sure he certainly didn't want to kill him and it was some poor [[training]] or something, but it did seem to me that, my own [[family]] could give some [[money]] for a scholarship or something for some Afro-American, so that something good can come out of this terrible thing. But it is a good [[opportunity]] to think about [[merciful]] [[ministry]], I think.

TOMAS: I am going to ask you to what some would consider the impossible, but what, in the [[Course in Miracles]], is "the way." I will ask you each, in the privacy of your own [[heart]] and [[soul]], to [[embrace]] yourself as a black person. Embrace your [[Thought Adjuster]] inside you, given that which you have been given in this [[society]]: your [[heritage]], your [[pride]], your fundamental [[nobility]], your [[language]], and your gifts as a son or daughter of God. You have children; you [[love]] your children like any [[man]] or [[woman]] loves his or her child. You feel those same [[feelings]]. Your [[Thought Adjuster]] cries out to be seen and known, through its [[personality]] [[expression]], as Thought Adjusters do in everyone they indwell.

TOMAS: I am going to ask you to what some would consider the impossible, but what, in the [[Course in Miracles]], is "the way." I will ask you each, in the privacy of your own [[heart]] and [[soul]], to [[embrace]] yourself as a black person. Embrace your [[Thought Adjuster]] inside you, given that which you have been given in this [[society]]: your [[heritage]], your [[pride]], your fundamental [[nobility]], your [[language]], and your gifts as a son or daughter of God. You have children; you [[love]] your children like any [[man]] or [[woman]] loves his or her child. You feel those same [[feelings]]. Your [[Thought Adjuster]] cries out to be seen and known, through its [[personality]] [[expression]], as Thought Adjusters do in everyone they indwell.

And ask yourself what has this City allowed these [[Thought Adjusters]] to do? It has allowed them to [[play]] ball; it has allowed them to [[dance]] and [[sing]]. But they have not been allowed to maintain their [[dignity]], to find work, become part of your world, or intermingle with you racially. They have been kept [[separate]]. And I sit here, as the Thought Adjuster of a black person in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pennsylvania Pittsburgh] the same as a Thought Adjuster would sit here inside the [[mind]] and [[soul]] of any mortal of [[Urantia]] today and say, "I love you, my child. I crave your [[love]] for me. I want for you your [[freedom]] and your [[happiness]]. I want for you to know the [[joys]] of life. I want for you to sing the [[music]] of the heavenly [[choir]] and to sing to your children as well."

And ask yourself what has this City allowed these [[Thought Adjusters]] to do? It has allowed them to [[play]] ball; it has allowed them to [[dance]] and [[sing]]. But they have not been allowed to maintain their [[dignity]], to find work, become part of your world, or intermingle with you racially. They have been kept [[separate]]. And I sit here, as the Thought Adjuster of a black person in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pennsylvania Pittsburgh] the same as a Thought Adjuster would sit here inside the [[mind]] and [[soul]] of any mortal of [[Urantia]] today and say, "I love you, my child. I crave your [[love]] for me. I want for you your [[freedom]] and your [[happiness]]. I want for you to know the [[joys]] of life. I want for you to sing the [[music]] of the heavenly [[choir]] and to sing to your children as well."

That people are racially different is only a part of their [[unique]], colorful [[character]], their cultural contribution. Inside, in [[God]], we are all one. We are [[equal]]. And as religionists, that is the only [[consideration]] that there is, that we [[love]] one another. There are no [[differences]] between us.

That people are racially different is only a part of their [[unique]], colorful [[character]], their cultural contribution. Inside, in [[God]], we are all one. We are [[equal]]. And as religionists, that is the only [[consideration]] that there is, that we [[love]] one another. There are no [[differences]] between us.

There is something else. But it's too late. Yes, let me get rid of it, because it's-- it has to do-- something to do with someone addressing him or herself as an [[Addiction|alcoholic]]. I have heard this for just so long, and it is so deeply ingrained in our [[consciousness]] and I have trouble watching them not let go of this.

There is something else. But it's too late. Yes, let me get rid of it, because it's-- it has to do-- something to do with someone addressing him or herself as an [[Addiction|alcoholic]]. I have heard this for just so long, and it is so deeply ingrained in our [[consciousness]] and I have trouble watching them not let go of this.

TOMAS: Let me offer you this. You have seen newsreels of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocaust the Holocaust], have you not? Hunnah: Yes.

TOMAS: Let me offer you this. You have seen newsreels of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocaust the Holocaust], have you not? Hunnah: Yes.

TOMAS: And you have heard its [[victims]] and its [[survivors]] aver that we must never forget what happened so that it may never happen again. This is the [[purpose]] of such a recitation as "I am an alcoholic." It is an acknowledgement of not forgetting where you came from. Perhaps this is why you found [[Paper 89|the Paper]] this evening so distasteful. Indeed, in your [[history]], in your [[DNA]], you were a [[cannibal]] -- and it is most undignified to acknowledge that your [[ancestry]] includes such [[barbarousness]].

TOMAS: And you have heard its [[victims]] and its [[survivors]] aver that we must never forget what happened so that it may never happen again. This is the [[purpose]] of such a recitation as "I am an alcoholic." It is an acknowledgement of not forgetting where you came from. Perhaps this is why you found [[Paper 89|the Paper]] this evening so distasteful. Indeed, in your [[history]], in your [[DNA]], you were a [[cannibal]] -- and it is most undignified to acknowledge that your [[ancestry]] includes such [[barbarousness]].

TOMAS: Just don't all talk at once!

TOMAS: Just don't all talk at once!

===='''''[[Victimhood]]'''''====

===='''''[[Victimhood]]'''''====

Hunnah: All right. What I was simply pointing out is that there is a [[victim]] [[status]] where people get stuck. Whether they're black or aged or are alcoholic or have been [[abused]], they seem to have-- It's like a club today …

Hunnah: All right. What I was simply pointing out is that there is a [[victim]] [[status]] where people get stuck. Whether they're black or aged or are alcoholic or have been [[abused]], they seem to have-- It's like a club today …