195:3.9 Even a good religion could not save a great empire from the sure results of lack ofindividual participation in the affairs ofgovernment, from overmuch paternalism, overtaxation and gross collection abuses, unbalanced trade with the Levant which drained away the gold, amusement madness, Roman standardization, the degradation ofwoman, slavery and race decadence, physical plagues, and a state church which became institutionalized nearly to the point of spiritual barrenness.

State of Affairs
A partly sunny winter day.
It’s Sunday, so there’ll be some play.
Worship takes the center stage.
We are at peace, but wars still rage.

The biggest bully seems to win,
Until law and order do begin.
We must invoke new laws with order
Unto this world and all its warriors.

Justice on a global scale
Must be expected through travail.
We must support those who’ve been wronged.
Invasion’s never right, it’s wrong!

We must have peace to interact.
Is trust between us still intact?
World conquest cannot be!
Except with love, which makes us free!

Anticipate the best outcome.
And pray to One, where love comes from.
God will show us what’s to be.
And love will take us there for free.

Demonstrate what faith you have.
Let good in you outweigh the bad.
Decisions in this world you make
Potentially can make us great!

Thank You Father, You have my trust.
This life on earth is most robust.
Yes, we do not yet have peace.
But love on earth, is being increased!

12:7.11 Brotherhood constitutes a fact of relationship between every personality in universal existence. No person can escape the benefits or the penalties that may come as a result of relationship to other persons. The part profits or suffers in measure with the whole. The good effort of each man benefits all men; the error or evil of each man augments the tribulation of all men. As moves the part, so moves the whole. As the progress of the whole, so the progress of the part. The relative velocities of part and whole determine whether the part is retarded by the inertia of
the whole or is carried forward by the momentum of the cosmic brotherhood.

Forward Ho!
A winter day with lots of sun.
As sun is rising, day’s begun.
Every day’s a new adventure.
We must be friends and not be strangers!

Look for ways to be of help.
We all deal with cards we’re dealt.
Find best ways to do your thing
And help some other hearts to sing.

With faith you’ll see an open path.
Don’t waver when bad things go passed.
Faith that God has love for you.
Can help you find the path towards truth.

The truth will always show with time.
The ring of truth has chime and rhyme.
And as the truth does manifest
We are aware of what is best.

Once you know you redirect.
The rocky road might cause a wreck.
We avoid our past mistakes
Like potholes on the road we take.

We’re directed to smooth roads.
Accepting God’s direction shows.
There still may be some rocks ahead.
New things to find just like I’ve said.

Thank You Father when I’m upset
I know there’s something wrong, and yet
I know Your help will show the way
To just go forward another day.