Changes

===Opening===

===Opening===

I am ABRAHAM. I am here. Greetings, my friends. It is always wonderful for me to participate in this group. I feel at ease to be myself. I believe you each have my best interests at heart. I realize you each make me more than I am.

I am ABRAHAM. I am here. Greetings, my friends. It is always wonderful for me to participate in this group. I feel at ease to be myself. I believe you each have my best interests at heart. I realize you each make me more than I am.

===Lesson==

===Lesson===

As a mortal I wanted those life victories that would bring me glory or favor in Father's eyes. I felt that my fellows interest in me would signify my importance in the world. If I could not earn their praise through good works, I would use power or fear to attain it. I longed for those mortal rewards. I did at one time believe they brought me happiness or a sort of self-acceptance--that I was valued and truly belonged.

As a mortal I wanted those life victories that would bring me glory or favor in Father's eyes. I felt that my fellows interest in me would signify my importance in the world. If I could not earn their praise through good works, I would use power or fear to attain it. I longed for those mortal rewards. I did at one time believe they brought me happiness or a sort of self-acceptance--that I was valued and truly belonged.