A Psalm of Recognition and Praise

Instinctively, Lord,
I see You teaching me conscious fellowship
right here in the midst of life.

Glory, oh glory!
You are ever present,
guiding my heart to know You more.

You are great, my God.
Majestic in Your ways,
faithful in Your love.

Forever will I praise You,
for You dwell with me always.
Selah.

The Answer to What’s Happening in the Summer of 2025

 Paper 117.6.9–10: The Answer to What’s Happening in the Summer of 2025 

Look around us this summer of 2025.

The world feels like it’s on fire.

Political tensions at a breaking point.

Economic fears biting at the edges of communities.

Wars abroad. Division at home.

Families split by ideology, friendships lost over beliefs.

Everywhere, it seems like people are bracing for what’s next.

But here’s the truth drawn straight from Paper 117.6.9–10:

Love is the dominant characteristic of all God's personal dealings with his creatures. God is love; therefore his only personal attitude toward the affairs of the universe is always a reaction of divine affection. The Father’s love follows us now and throughout the endless circle of the eternal ages.

The love of God is universal. “Whosoever will may come.” He would “have all men to be saved by coming into the knowledge of the truth.” He is “not willing that any should perish.”

This is not a season of collapse.

It’s a season of awakening.

Because if the world is bracing for what’s next, then what’s next must be us.

Those who choose to love when it’s hardest.

Those who carry a light that refuses to go out.

God’s love isn’t some fragile thing.

You can’t legislate it away.

You can’t bomb it into submission.

You can’t cancel it, censor it, bury it, or silence it.

It’s like the wind: invisible but irresistible.

Like water: patient but relentless, shaping the hardest stone.

Like light: unafraid of darkness, claiming every shadow.

And here’s the thing about this summer of 2025:

We can choose to be carriers of that love in real, tangible ways.

Because love isn’t abstract.

It’s not just poetry or prayer.

It’s action.

It’s listening when you want to argue.

It’s serving when you want to turn away.

It’s giving even when it feels costly.

It’s seeing God’s child in the face of the so-called enemy.

The Urantia Book tells us love is God’s dominant characteristic.

So what does that make us, if we claim to know him?

We’re not gatekeepers of love.

We’re its channels.

Not dams to hold it back.

But rivers to let it flow.

This summer of 2025—this moment in history—it’s not about waiting for the world to get better.

It’s about choosing to be better in the world.

It’s about saying:

 “Father, let me see as you see. Let me love as you love.”

Because that’s how the kingdom grows.

One heart at a time.

One choice at a time.

Until it spreads like sunrise across this weary planet.

So let’s be that.

Let’s be the ones who choose love when it’s hardest.

Who refuse to let division define us.

Who stand as living proof that God’s love can’t be contained.

Because that’s the answer to what’s happening in the summer of 2025.

Not fear.

Not hate.

Not despair.

But love. Real. Dynamic. Unstoppable. Divine.

Blessings. Peace. Light. Love. Always.