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==Session==

==Session==

===Opening===

===Opening===

I am ABRAHAM. Greetings, my friends. I will begin this meeting with a short prayer.

I am ABRAHAM. Greetings, my [[friends]]. I will begin this meeting with a short [[prayer]].

Father, as we stand here today before you we are with grateful hearts to know that you love and accept us as we are. You have opened up a vast realm of possibilities for growth by fueling us with your all-encompassing, never-ending, always-empowering love and acceptance--for that we offer up ourselves to you. All that we say, think, feel and do is offered to you as our gift for your honor and glory to use as you will. Our unending love and gratitude to you always. Amen.

Father, as we stand here today before you we are with [[grateful]] hearts to know that you [[love]] and [[accept]] us as we are. You have opened up a vast realm of [[possibilities]] for [[growth]] by fueling us with your all-[[encompassing]], never-ending, always-empowering love and [[acceptance]]--for that we offer up ourselves to you. All that we say, [[think]], [[feel]] and do is offered to you as our gift for your [[honor]] and [[glory]] to use as you will. Our unending love and [[gratitude]] to you always. [[Amen]].

My friends, I am always touched by your conversations. I am made to go further in my thinking and I am made better by knowing you. I feel an important part of our family unit. With your acceptance I am made to see new possibilities for growth in myself.

My friends, I am always [[touched]] by your [[conversations]]. I am made to go further in my [[thinking]] and I am made better by knowing you. I feel an important part of our [[family]] unit. With your [[acceptance]] I am made to see new possibilities for [[growth]] in myself.

===Lesson===

===Lesson===

As a child we have all experienced that loneliness of un-acceptance. The pain of not being accepted leads us to close off and lose hope. There are many individuals who really never recover from not being accepted or being an outcast of sorts. To stand immovable in un-acceptance of someone closes your eyes to their potential. To reject a fellows personality make-up is to invalidate their experience, their struggles. Un-acceptance of others is binding to them like that small child who feels not hope of new possibilities, new growth, yes.

As a child we have all experienced that loneliness of un-acceptance. The pain of not being accepted leads us to close off and lose hope. There are many individuals who really never recover from not being accepted or being an outcast of sorts. To stand immovable in un-acceptance of someone closes your eyes to their potential. To reject a fellows personality make-up is to invalidate their experience, their struggles. Un-acceptance of others is binding to them like that small child who feels not hope of new possibilities, new growth, yes.