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147:3.3
In speaking to those assembled, Jesus said: “Many of you are here, sick and afflicted, because of your many years of wrong living. Some suffer from the accidents of time, others as a result of the mistakes of their forebears, while some of you struggle under the handicaps of the imperfect conditions of your temporal existence. But my Father works, and I would work, to improve your earthly state but more especially to insure your eternal estate. None of us can do much to change the difficulties of life unless we discover the Father in heaven so wills. After all, we are all beholden to do the will of the Eternal. If you could all be healed of your physical afflictions, you would indeed marvel, but it is even greater that you should be cleansed of all spiritual disease and find yourselves healed of all moral infirmities. You are all God’s children; you are the sons of the heavenly Father. The bonds of time may seem to afflict you, but the God of eternity loves you. And when the time of judgment shall come, fear not, you shall all find, not only justice, but an abundance of mercy. Verily, verily, I say to you: He who hears the gospel of the kingdom and believes in this teaching of sonship with God, has eternal life; already are such believers passing from judgment and death to light and life. And the hour is coming in which even those who are in the tombs shall hear the voice of the resurrection.”

Improve?
There’s beauty in the air around us.
Winter has yet to surround us!
Gradually the world does tilt.
It’s quite the world that You have built!

A harmony of all Your forces.
Life’s a lesson – many courses!
As we live, it’s said we learn.
To do His will’s what we discern!

A gradual change occurs within.
Decisions for God’s will begin!
Work towards the best you can imagine.
To do what’s right’s not out of fashion!

Trust the Lord! He loves you most!
He’s truly real! He is no ghost!
He’s with you in the dead of night.
He’ll help through trials. Do what’s right!

If you have a sincere heart
And truly try to do your part,
You will learn God’s fact of will.
You can acquire God-like skill!

Improvement is its own reward.
It happens when you love the Lord!
As you learn to do His will
You acquire loving skills!

Thank You Father, adventure calls.
Decisions can give new resolve!
This day exists for us to use.
Let’s help this world be Spirit infused!
147:3.3
In speaking to those assembled, Jesus said: “Many of you are here, sick and afflicted, because of your many years of wrong living. Some suffer from the accidents of time, others as a result of the mistakes of their forebears, while some of you struggle under the handicaps of the imperfect conditions of your temporal existence. But my Father works, and I would work, to improve your earthly state but more especially to insure your eternal estate. None of us can do much to change the difficulties of life unless we discover the Father in heaven so wills. After all, we are all beholden to do the will of the Eternal. If you could all be healed of your physical afflictions, you would indeed marvel, but it is even greater that you should be cleansed of all spiritual disease and find yourselves healed of all moral infirmities. You are all God’s children; you are the sons of the heavenly Father. The bonds of time may seem to afflict you, but the God of eternity loves you. And when the time of judgment shall come, fear not, you shall all find, not only justice, but an abundance of mercy. Verily, verily, I say to you: He who hears the gospel of the kingdom and believes in this teaching of sonship with God, has eternal life; already are such believers passing from judgment and death to light and life. And the hour is coming in which even those who are in the tombs shall hear the voice of the resurrection.”

Improve?
There’s beauty in the air around us.
Winter has yet to surround us!
Gradually the world does tilt.
It’s quite the world that You have built!

A harmony of all Your forces.
Life’s a lesson – many courses!
As we live, it’s said we learn.
To do His will’s what we discern!

A gradual change occurs within.
Decisions for God’s will begin!
Work towards the best you can imagine.
To do what’s right’s not out of fashion!

Trust the Lord! He loves you most!
He’s truly real! He is no ghost!
He’s with you in the dead of night.
He’ll help through trials. Do what’s right!

If you have a sincere heart
And truly try to do your part,
You will learn God’s fact of will.
You can acquire God-like skill!

Improvement is its own reward.
It happens when you love the Lord!
As you learn to do His will
You acquire loving skills!

Thank You Father, adventure calls.
Decisions can give new resolve!
This day exists for us to use.
Let’s help this world be Spirit infused!

110:6.13The seventh circle. This level is entered when human beings develop the powers of personal choice, individual decision, moral responsibility, and the capacity for the attainment of spiritual individuality. This signifies the united function of the seven adjutant mind-spirits under the direction of the spirit of wisdom, the encircuitment of the mortal creature in the influence of the Holy Spirit, and, on Urantia, the first functioning of the Spirit of Truth, together with the reception of a Thought Adjuster in the mortal mind. Entrance upon the seventh circle constitutes a mortal creature a truly potential citizen of the local universe.

Joy
I greet this day! I kiss the sky!
The weather’s great! My spirit flies!
I know there’s much that needs be done.
Don’t shy away, it can be fun!

Look inside and find what’s there.
Judge yourself so you are fair!
Don’t delude/dilute your mind.
Accept the fact of what you find!

Imagination ignites a light.
The best imagined is what’s right!
Let your inner light shine forth
Even if your candle’s short!

When you find your way to shine
Shine your light and give it time.
God has planned far in advance.
Just do His work, let Him enhance!

Patience helps things all to work.
And our persistence won’t divert
From our goal of loving kindness
Soaked throughout all earth environs!

Today with You my inner life
Enlightens why I’ve had much strife!
So many days I blindly lived
Each day the same in it’s passage!

Thank You now I see how choice
Helps the soul inside rejoice!
And that reveals to me direction!
The joy inside becomes infection!

*THERE ARE 3 TYPES OF PEOPLE IN OUR LIVES :*

*1.* The *LEAF* People.
*2.* The *BRANCH* People.
*3.* The *ROOT* People.
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*1. “LEAF” PEOPLE . . .*

⬛ These are people who come into our lives just for a *season.*
➖ You can't *depend* on them because they are WEAK, they *only come* to TAKE what they WANT but if the *wind* comes they will LEAVE.
➖ You need to be *careful* of these people because they [only] LOVE you when *things* are OKAY.
➖ But when the *wind* comes they will LEAVE you.
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*2. “BRANCH” PEOPLE . . .*

⬛ They are STRONG, but you *need* to be CAREFUL with them TOO.
➖ They *break away* when life becomes TOUGH, and they can't *handle* TOO MUCH WEIGHT.
➖ They *may stay* with you in *some seasons* but they will go when it becomes HARDER.
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*3. “ROOT” PEOPLE . . .*

⬛ These people are *very important* because they DON'T DO THINGS TO BE SEEN.

2:4.2 God is inherently kind, naturally compassionate, and everlastingly merciful. And never is it necessary that any influence be brought to bear upon the Father to call forth his loving-kindness. The creature’s need is wholly sufficient to insure the full flow of the Father’s tender mercies and his saving grace. Since God knows all about his children, it is easy for him to forgive. The better man understands his neighbor, the easier it will be to forgive him, even to love him

The Flow
This world went round once more again.
A new day starts. It does begin!
Many places I must be
To focus my reality.

There is a place I want to go.
Timing reflects traffic flow.
In the city congestion rules.
You need to use your traffic tools.

What’s a traffic tool you ask?
And can it truly make you fast?
Use your head before you go.
Don’t get caught where traffic’s slow!

Thinking through your favored route
May give you pause or even doubt.
You know where your past trouble spots
Occurred, so there, do not get caught!

There’s many apps that you can use.
They analyze the traffic truths!
They take what everybody says
And analyze for their best guess!

But even apps can make mistakes.
They can miss-guess how long it takes.
Sometimes they miss a road that’s closed.
And get you stuck where this app dozed!

The path of life can also work.
Use your faith and don’t get shook!
Faith in love is what’s required
As it can never be miss-wired!

Thank You Father for Your love.
Today I’ll truly try to solve
How Your love should manifest
Within my life. I’ll do my best!

27:7.7Sometimes all Paradise becomes engulfed in a dominating tide of spiritual and worshipful expression. Often the conductors of worship cannot control such phenomena until the appearance of the threefold fluctuation of the light of the Deity abode, signifying that the divine heart of the Gods has been fully and completely satisfied by the sincere worship of the residents of Paradise, the perfect citizens of glory and the ascendant creatures of time. What a triumph of technique! What a fruition of the eternal plan and purpose of the Gods that the intelligent love of the creature child should give full satisfaction to the infinite love of the Creator Father!

Our Direction
Today we have a lot to do.
We wish to show our love for You.
Along with You we wish to walk.
And also with You wish to talk!

You guide us in most subtle ways.
You ne’er coerce to make a change!
It’s up to us. We do decide.
The change in us is deep inside!

Inside yourself promote more joy.
Decisions you make do employ
Spirit forces in your soul.
Joy can be your inside goal!

Follow what you know to be
And life becomes reality!
You reflect the way you are
With joy inside become a star!

You reflect your light inside
Let it shine as you abide
By the decisions you have made.
The upward path’s a steady grade.

A gradual change, you note, within.
An upward climb from where you been.
New perspectives now you see.
A revelation’s come to ye!

The gratitude within my soul
Increases as I see Your goal.
A world where love’s the force of rule!
And we become Your new love tools!

130;8.3At Messina they stopped for only one day, but that was long enough to change the life of a small boy, a fruit vendor, of whom Jesus bought fruit and in turn fed with the bread of life. The lad never forgot the words of Jesus and the kindly look which went with them when, placing his hand on the boy’s shoulder, he said: “Farewell, my lad, be of good courage as you grow up to manhood and after you have fed the body learn how also to feed the soul. And my Father in heaven will be with you and go before you.” The lad became a devotee of the Mithraic religion and later on turned to the Christian faith.

Change
The beauty of this day begins.
We open eyes and light comes in.
We realize what day it is
And how it’s filled with Your riches!

We can’t rest on laurels past.
We must make new ones as we pass!
Experience – we’re on the cutting edge.
Let living truth be how your led!

The truth has got a certain vibe.
It fits with everything alive!
It’s rhythm comes from fundamentals.
To it we dance when we assemble!

That is, if we’re all sincere
And truly know that God is near!
He’s as near as you imagine!
Things will work out with His compassion!

Imagine God is with you now.
What you imagine’s true somehow!
God’s within us— Everyone!
Look for Him and good’s begun!

Make the changes you need to make
But be sincere! Yourself don’t fake!
Grow in spirit by your choice
And then reflect your spirit voice!

Gratitude for life as is.
I’m thankful for what God does give!
It took much time for me to learn
But I’m just glad now I discern!

100:2.2Spiritual growth is first an awakening to needs, next a discernment of meanings, and then a discovery of values. The evidence of true spiritual development consists in the exhibition of a human personality motivated by love, activated by unselfish ministry, and dominated by the wholehearted worship of the perfection ideals of divinity. And this entire experience constitutes the reality of religion as contrasted with mere theological beliefs.

Who/What Leads You?
Today’s a day of mind expansion.
Thinking can’t go out of fashion!
Decisions must be based on truth
Or our pathways are obtuse!

If we can’t see what’s ahead
Perhaps our faith has gone to bed?
Faith enlightens—helps us be
Patient with reality!

Things progress as time goes on.
The beat of time sings many songs!
We’re all unique in how we think
And our uniqueness is distinct!

God made each and every soul
And love allows Him to control
The universe which is His Whole.
To be like Him, is that your goal?

Someday as we all improve
This world will spin more into truth.
Faith that truth shows us the way
Is all we need to grow today!

You’re either growing or you’re dying!
You must choose by His designing!
How to live your daily life?
Choose to grow and search for light!

That adventure towards what’s true
Depends on choices made by you!
And gratitude to God Who leads.
To be like Him we plant love seeds!

49:4.5Seasons and temperature variations occur on all sunlighted and sun-heated planets. Agriculture is universal on all atmospheric worlds; tilling the soil is the one pursuit that is common to the advancing races of all such planets.

Weather
The morning chill, the cooler air
Reminds us all that we’re somewhere
Where winter weather soon will rule.
Be prepared don’t be a fool!

Weather can be most disturbing
With the air around us churning
Rain and hail along with wind
Can turn to ice and keep us in!

Through generations we’ve learned much.
Control of fire has helped a bunch!
Our shelters must withstand the wind
Endure the floods till they rescind.

We also deal with freezing cold.
For several months it will unfold.
Our shelters must withstand this too
So we can work at what we do!

About our weather we have learned
What we experience will return!
Shelters built with this in mind
Can help us leave bad weather behind!

Survival through the wildest weather
Is one way that we learn to measure
How prepared our plans have been.
Survival is the way we win!

Thank You Father for the day.
Where I live we all can play!
But further south along the shore
Survival there may be a chore!

117:5.6
The progressing personality leaves a trailof actualized reality as it passes through the ascending levels of the universes. Be they mind, spirit, or energy, the growing creations of timeand space are modified by the progression of personality through their domains. When man acts, the Supreme reacts, and this transaction constitutes the fact of progression.

Time Trails
The crispness of the morning air—
It helps to make us more aware
Of the fact that Winter’s coming.
We can’t change time it keeps on drumming!

The beat of time’s a steady drum
And no one knows where time came from.
Part of God’s overall creation.
It must be part of His conception!

What could our existence be
If not for time, how could we see?
It takes time for all we do.
It takes time for us to choose.

The way we live is by our choice.
Choose a path where you rejoice!
Patience with some Spirit goals
Is worth some time as life unfolds!

Think a little as you live.
Think what you can truly give.
Beautify your thinking too.
Make beauty part of what you do!

It’s a pathway to the stars
A place we cannot go by car.
Inward thinking enlightens thoughts!
We see more what our God hath wrought!

Thank You Father, especially for
Encouraging thinking more and more.
As we think we blaze some trails
Through time itself – we will prevail!

5:1.1
The inability of the finite creature to approach the infinite Father is inherent, not in the Father’s aloofness, but in the finiteness and material limitations of created beings. The magnitude of the spiritual difference between the highest personality of universe existence and the lower groups of created intelligences is inconceivable. Were it possible for the lower orders of intelligence to be transported instantly into the presence of the Father himself, they would not know they were there. They would there be just as oblivious of the presence of the Universal Father as where they now are. There is a long, long road ahead of mortal man before he can consistently and within the realms of possibility ask for safe conduct into the Paradise presence of the Universal Father. Spiritually, man must be translated many times before he can attain a plane that will yield the spiritual vision which will enable him to see even any one of the Seven Master Spirits.

The Way Ahead
Transition weather, transition season
The orbit of the earth’s the reason.
At times we tilt more towards the sun.
And that is when our summer comes!

It’s a scientific fact
The seasons change but all come back!
It’s a cycle we observe
But still our weather has some curves!

Lately weather’s more severe.
We’re told that climate change is here!
Just a few degrees of change
Can make this planet rearrange!

When all the ice melts in the summer
What results is quite the bummer!
Ocean levels rise so much
Our coast lines will be quite debauched!

There’s always winners when there’s change.
And these adapters set the stage.
A brand new shift in where to live.
A change can be most stimulative!

Commerce change also occurs.
What’s important becomes blurred.
People with love as their anchor
Will become the happy campers!

Thank You Father, there will be
A way ahead for all to see!
With faith I choose as best I can.
The way ahead I know’s Your plan!