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*02/25/92 Tuesday a.m. message from Will:

*02/25/92 Tuesday a.m. message from Will:

===Lesson===

===Lesson===

Good morning, my friend. I am your companion and teacher, Will.

Good morning, my [[friend]]. I am your [[companion]] and [[teacher]], Will.

I was touched by your reaction, yesterday, to the thought of me comforting you. Of course I comfort you! How foolish it is that your people pretend to carry their burdens alone. No wonder they feel isolated and resentful. Yet I was glad to see that you could feel a morontia touch. It is not like the touch of a material being, for it soothes a different, and somewhat unfamiliar, you. You, like all your study group, are growing in morontia power, and gaining an existence in that new transition realm. I can touch that part of you. It is very like your material body, but is built from the product of growing spiritual awareness.

I was [[touched]] by your [[reaction]], yesterday, to the thought of me [[comforting]] you. Of course I comfort you! How [[foolish]] it is that your people pretend to carry their burdens [[alone]]. No [[wonder]] they feel [[isolated]] and resentful. Yet I was glad to see that you could feel a [[morontia]] [[touch]]. It is not like the touch of a [[material]] [[being]], for it soothes a different, and somewhat unfamiliar, you. You, like all your [[study]] [[group]], are growing in [[morontia]] [[power]], and gaining an [[existence]] in that new [[transition]] realm. I can [[touch]] that part of you. It is very like your [[material]] [[body]], but is built from the product of growing [[spiritual]] [[awareness]].

I will [[respond]] to the question of the [[missionary]] trip to Mexico: This is a [[good]] thing, a [[worthy]] effort, but it is not asked. It is not [[necessary]] for any of you to go anywhere or do anything in order to do [[the Father]]'s work. The very notion is counterproductive -- that [[the Father]]'s [[work]] must be done in some special place. [[Opportunities]] abound within arm's reach daily, yet you do not [[perceive]] them. While specifically disapproving the concept of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_isolationism isolationism], as [[expressed]] in the popular bumper-sticker philosophy of ''Fix America First'', we will say that you need to [[concentrate]] your [[resources]] rather than scatter them. By this, we do not deny that valuable lessons and [[insights]] and the ever-growing [[simple]] joys of [[service]] are to be gained through such [[missionary]] [[acts]]. These things are equally true no matter where they are [[learned]]. The lesson is no less true for the locality in which it was learned. But I say to you again that it is unnecessary for you to go to any place to be about [[the Father]]'s work. This very day, you will be insensitive to your fellows who need what you already have and are able to dispense freely. This is akin to [[the Master]]'s easiest [[prediction]]: that Peter would deny him three times, before even the cock crowed. It is like saying the [[sun]] shall set this evening.

I will respond to the question of the missionary trip to Mexico: This is a good thing, a worthy effort, but it is not asked. It is not necessary for any of you to go anywhere or do anything in order to do the Father's work. The very notion is counterproductive -- that the Father's work must be done in some special place. Opportunities abound within arm's reach daily, yet you do not perceive them. While specifically disapproving the concept of isolationism, as expressed in the popular bumper-sticker philosophy of Fix America First, we will say that you need to concentrate your resources rather than scatter them. By this, we do not deny that valuable lessons and insights and the ever-growing simple joys of service are to be gained through such missionary acts. These things are equally true no matter where they are learned. The lesson is no less true for the locality in which it was learned. But I say to you again that it is unnecessary for you to go to any place to be about the Father's work. This very day, you will be insensitive to your fellows who need what you already have and are able to dispense freely. This is akin to the Master's easiest prediction: that Peter would deny him three times, before even the cock crowed. It is like saying the sun shall set this evening.

We neither approve nor disapprove the [[activity]] proposed; we simply find it unnecessary. If you [[desire]] to utilize your [[vacation]] time in this [[manner]], that is your [[choice]], but whether you stay, or go, or go to some other place, we can guarantee that you will encounter occasions to advance [[the Kingdom]]. Beyond that, there is nothing to say.

==Session 14==

==Session 14==

*February 27, 1992

*February 27, 1992