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Group: SEI TeaM, Pocatello, Idaho

===Group: [[SE Idaho TeaM]]===

 

Teacher: Daniel

===Teacher: [[Daniel]]===

 

===TR: [[Nancy]]===

Topic: More on Trust

 

 

 

Opening prayer (Ken A.) Dear Parents, we come before You this evening with love in our hearts. We ask for your presence this evening. We accept Your love. May we have the ears to hear, and the voice to speak. May we join with you in thought, in word, and in action? We gather in your name. Amen.

Opening prayer (Ken A.) Dear Parents, we come before You this evening with love in our hearts. We ask for your presence this evening. We accept Your love. May we have the ears to hear, and the voice to speak. May we join with you in thought, in word, and in action? We gather in your name. Amen.

Friends, this spring day provides an opportunity to engage in a review of principle, you know well, and yet, a refresher course is often beneficial. Spring is one season in the cycle of seasons, following winter that follows fall that follows summer that follows spring.

Friends, this spring day provides an opportunity to engage in a review of principle, you know well, and yet, a refresher course is often beneficial. Spring is one season in the cycle of seasons, following winter that follows fall that follows summer that follows spring.

 

This cycle of seasons, in parts of Urantia, that has this style of season, is known to you, is understood, is natural. Yet, sometimes encased in the cold of winter, with the frigid temperatures, a seemingly endless snow, the knowledge that spring will come can be difficult to internalize. Now there are those who, of course, love winter, love the challenge provided by the cold and snow, love the opportunity for recreation, and the range of experiences that cannot be had in other seasons. And these stalwart individuals can be likened to those who enjoy a spiritual challenge; who eat-it-up and ask for more. But there are others of you who find the other seasons easier to deal with, prefer the spring and the fall, that a! re mild and temperate, and so, being encased in snow, battling the elements, can be difficult and these people can long for the spring. In your lives, the challenges of material living, with its certain change, its losses, its partings through death, can feel like this type of winter. And when you are experiencing loss, experiencing grief, experiencing struggles with health, it can be hard to trust that spring will come, that flowers will bud, that joy will fountain, that peace will reign supreme.

This cycle of seasons, in parts of Urantia, that has this style of season, is known to you, is understood, is natural. Yet, sometimes encased in the cold of winter, with the frigid temperatures, a seemingly endless snow, the knowledge that spring will come can be difficult to internalize. Now there are those who, of course, love winter, love the challenge provided by the cold and snow, love the opportunity for recreation, and the range of experiences that cannot be had in other seasons. And these stalwart individuals can be likened to those who enjoy a spiritual challenge; who eat-it-up and ask for more. But there are others of you who find the other seasons easier to deal with, prefer the spring and the fall, that a! re mild and temperate, and so, being encased in snow, battling the elements, can be difficult and these people can long for the spring. In your lives, the challenges of material living, with its certain change, its losses, its partings through death, can feel like this type of winter. And when you are experiencing loss, experiencing grief, experiencing struggles with health, it can be hard to trust that spring will come, that flowers will bud, that joy will fountain, that peace will reign supreme.

I apologize for the lengthy pause. PamElla is experiencing difficulty in the connection. I wish to open the floor to discussion, questions, and a reformulation of the obvious.

I apologize for the lengthy pause. PamElla is experiencing difficulty in the connection. I wish to open the floor to discussion, questions, and a reformulation of the obvious.

 

Virginia Daniel, I’m not sure I understand what you want us to reformulate, your lesson, or what. I’m not just sure.

Virginia Daniel, I’m not sure I understand what you want us to reformulate, your lesson, or what. I’m not just sure.

Daniel You have made an interesting connection here, with expectations and fears. Although this …. One moment please. … I apologize, for PamElla is second-guessing me. (Group humorous comments) I do wish to finish my thoughts, which were mine, not hers. The interesting connection I wish to respond to is the use of expectation and fear. Before, you see, the Apostles had their own expectations, yes, but it was their egos that were desiring protection that fought hearing what Michael, Jesus, so clearly told them.

Daniel You have made an interesting connection here, with expectations and fears. Although this …. One moment please. … I apologize, for PamElla is second-guessing me. (Group humorous comments) I do wish to finish my thoughts, which were mine, not hers. The interesting connection I wish to respond to is the use of expectation and fear. Before, you see, the Apostles had their own expectations, yes, but it was their egos that were desiring protection that fought hearing what Michael, Jesus, so clearly told them.

 

Therefore, my closing message this evening is to love those fragile, dependent, insecure, self-inflated aspects, those tender egos, that their interference in hearing may be reduced; that their need for protection may be calm; that your communication with our great Parent may be enhanced.

Therefore, my closing message this evening is to love those fragile, dependent, insecure, self-inflated aspects, those tender egos, that their interference in hearing may be reduced; that their need for protection may be calm; that your communication with our great Parent may be enhanced.

Great Parent, we thank you for your plan, that includes us, that leads us from animal origins to Your perfection. Thank you for Michael, His bestowal, and His example; a life dedicated to knowing You and doing Your will. May we all contemplate Michael’s life, Jesus’ life and its relationship to us, in this next time frame. Be with these our students as they seek to serve You in the here and now. Amen.

Great Parent, we thank you for your plan, that includes us, that leads us from animal origins to Your perfection. Thank you for Michael, His bestowal, and His example; a life dedicated to knowing You and doing Your will. May we all contemplate Michael’s life, Jesus’ life and its relationship to us, in this next time frame. Be with these our students as they seek to serve You in the here and now. Amen.