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===Lesson===

===Lesson===

Life lives within life - in both directions. We live in the living body of our Father. He surrounds us. He nourishes us. He sustains us. He recreates us moment by moment, and yet we are free. Though we live in Him, and He lives right within us, He gives us ourselves by our very nature, by the way in which we were created. He gives us to ourselves, so we can choose who and what we will become.

Life lives within life - in both directions. We live in the living [[body]] of [[our Father]]. He surrounds us. He nourishes us. He sustains us. He recreates us moment by [[moment]], and yet we are [[free]]. Though we live in Him, and He lives right within us, He gives us ourselves by our very [[nature]], by the way in which we were [[creativity|created]]. He gives us to ourselves, so we can [[choose]] who and what we will become.

Recently Michael and I have invited you to feel complete. We have invited you to realize that you are a living part of absolute reality. You need do nothing to fulfill yourself. There is nothing you are lacking to be a living center of absolute experience. This is what Michael and I mean when We invite you to rest in Us. Be not anxious for your reality for it resides in our Father. We are in His hands and They are secure far beyond your ability to know.

Recently Michael and I have invited you to feel complete. We have invited you to [[realize]] that you are a living part of [[absolute]] [[reality]]. You need do nothing to fulfill yourself. There is nothing you are lacking to be a living center of absolute [[experience]]. This is what Michael and I mean when We invite you to rest in Us. Be not anxious for your [[reality]] for it resides in [[our Father]]. We are in His hands and They are secure far beyond your ability to know.

Now: here comes another moment…and another…and another. They too will be yours forever. Think about this - with Me – for a moment. Our Father is inexhaustible. He will always be there, creating us. You will always be there. When you think of the future, My children, don’t forget to put yourself in the picture! - whether on Urantia, or on the mansion worlds, whether on Salvington - the headquarters world of Michael and Myself, or any of the thousands of evolutionary worlds you will visit, just getting started.

Now: here comes another moment…and another…and another. They too will be yours forever. Think about this - with Me – for a moment. Our Father is inexhaustible. He will always be there, creating us. You will always be there. When you [[think]] of the future, My children, don’t forget to put yourself in the picture! - whether on [[Urantia]], or on the [[mansion worlds]], whether on [[Salvington]] - the headquarters world of Michael and Myself, or any of the thousands of [[evolution]]ary worlds you will visit, just getting started.

This is what you will become, and it will be you and no one else, because at each step, you will have a choice. Now this might sound frightening, for you will never outrun your need to choose. But this, too, is a choice. You can choose to welcome the very need to choose, day by day - sometimes, as you well know, even minute be minute, just to get through next minute! But you can choose to welcome this as a most precious gift of our Father. For with this need, you can co-create, with Him, your own life. This makes it yours. Can you see the necessity of this, My children? Can you see how this has to be for you to be yours and His alone? There in no escape from reality, for there need be none. You are real. You participate in creation.

This is what you will become, and it will be you and no one else, because at each step, you will have a [[choice]]. Now this might sound [[fear|frightening]], for you will never outrun your need to choose. But this, too, is a choice. You can choose to the very need to choose, day by day - sometimes, as you well know, even minute be minute, just to get through next minute! But you can choose to welcome this as a most precious gift of our Father. For with this need, you can [[co-create]], with Him, your own life. This makes it yours. Can you see the [[necessity]] of this, My children? Can you see how this has to be for you to be yours and His alone? There in no escape from reality, for there need be none. You are real. You participate in [[creation]].

Now for the miracle: in this, too, you can grow without limit. This is an ability you share with our Father. This is another choice you are given. You cannot only accept this need to chose, you can put your full will behind it. This way you can make the power of necessity your own.

Now for the [[miracle]]: in this, too, you can grow without limit. This is an ability you share with our Father. This is another choice you are given. You cannot only accept this need to chose, you can put your full will behind it. This way you can make the [[power]] of necessity your own.

You are a single living cell in a gigantic body. As such, you are carried along by life itself. On the physical plane of existence, you know of the size of the universe and its motions. Yet within this almost absolute regularity, there is something of the next moment that our Father creates afresh and new. The living body of God continues to grow. And as you continue to grow, you can have this choice of what you will become. This is not foreordained. This is a true choice and you make it moment by moment, day by day.

You are a single living [[cell]] in a gigantic [[body]]. As such, you are carried along by life itself. On the [[physical]]  of existence, you know of the size of the universe and its motions. Yet within this almost absolute regularity, there is something of the next moment that our Father creates afresh and new. The living body of God continues to grow. And as you continue to grow, you can have this choice of what you will become. This is not [[predestination|foreordained]]. This is a true choice and you make it moment by moment, day by day.

So We invite you to give it your attention, My children. Think about your life! Wonder about it. Use the spiritual power of your personality to imagine: what do I want to become? All the while you are resting in Our absolute assurance that you already are. Does this tickle your spirit of adventure, My children?

So We invite you to give it your [[attention]], My children. Think about your life! [[Wonder]] about it. Use the [[spiritual]] [[power]] of your [[personality]] to [[imagine]]: what do I want to become? All the while you are resting in Our [[absolute]] [[assurance]] that you already are. Does this tickle your [[spirit]] of [[adventure]], My children?

Group: Yes!

Group: Yes!

Can you see our Father’s graciousness in all of this? Can you welcome and appreciate His gift of your freedom? Can you help Him help others be free? Now you feel this security in trusting Him to create the next moment…and the next…can you let go and give yourself to others, knowing that it is not only you yourself but also He who will recreate you again? This is the joy that He offers His children, right in the way He created you: that together you go forward forever. This is a bit to think about, My children. So I ask you to ponder these spiritual truths in the coming days. Give yourself permission to rest in Me, and know - through Me - your own faith in our Father’s endless creativity.

Can you see our Father’s [[grace|graciousness]] in all of this? Can you [[welcome]] and appreciate His gift of your [[freedom]]? Can you help Him help others be free? Now you feel this [[security]] in [[trust]]ing Him to create the next moment…and the next…can you let go and give yourself to others, knowing that it is not only you yourself but also He who will recreate you again? This is the joy that He offers His children, right in the way He created you: that together you go forward forever. This is a bit to think about, My children. So I ask you to [[ponder]] these spiritual [[truth]]s in the coming days. Give yourself permission to rest in Me, and know - through Me - your own [[faith]] in our Father’s endless [[creativity]].

But for now, let Me answer any questions or comments you might wish to share with Me.

But for now, let Me answer any questions or comments you might wish to share with Me.

===Dialogue===

===Dialogue===

Student: Yes, Mother. You talk about choices and choosing to live as God intended us to live, and being asked about our intentions. There are some choices that determine a certain path or a direction of our life. And I feel like I’m at one of those crossroads - where the choices I make determine many lives, affect many lives. Because I’ve been, lately, pushed and pulled from many different people about moving into a bigger house because the place we live in is small. My lady friend’s sons want this. My mother is pushing to do this, or make a decision. And now my daughter wants to come and live with me. And so there’s this great push for me to make a decision within the next couple of months of: either we continue living together and move into a bigger house that will accommodate my daughter as well, or for me to carry on with just my daughter, living where I live now. But it’s not a decision I can take lightly – obviously – with so many lives involved.

Student: Yes, Mother. You talk about choices and choosing to live as God intended us to live, and being asked about our intentions. There are some choices that determine a certain path or a direction of our life. And I feel like I’m at one of those crossroads - where the choices I make determine many lives, affect many lives. Because I’ve been, lately, pushed and pulled from many different people about moving into a bigger house because the place we live in is small. My lady friend’s sons want this. My mother is pushing to do this, or make a decision. And now my daughter wants to come and live with me. And so there’s this great push for me to make a decision within the next couple of months of: either we continue living together and move into a bigger house that will accommodate my daughter as well, or for me to carry on with just my daughter, living where I live now. But it’s not a decision I can take lightly – obviously – with so many lives involved.