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109:5.4 The great problem of life is the adjustment of the ancestral tendencies of living to the demands of the spiritual urges initiated by the divine presence of the Mystery Monitor. While in the universe and superuniverse careers no man can serve two masters, in the life you nowlive on Urantia every man must perforce serve two masters. He must become adept in the art of a continuous human temporal compromise while he yields spiritual allegiance to but one master; and this is why so many falter and fail, grow weary and succumb to the stress of the evolutionary struggle.

Live The Now

Slowly clearing all day long.

The sun this week, slowly gets strong.

No snow is left, the freeze is thawing.

An early spring may be what’s calling?

Too early, yet, to truly think

That Winter might be on the brink

Of being over, wishful thinking.

Winter’s return’s in the making.

Not in the forecast, no, not yet

But ‘twill return, at least I bet.

We’ll have zero, yet before

Summer closes Winter’s door

Midwinter is where we are at.

January is still where we act.

Significant winter still exists.

Winter cold surely persists.

So live there now, warm winter days.

Do outside work without delay.

Because we know it cannot last.

Winter’s not run out of gas.

Take advantage of what is.

Find the best ways you can live.

Make your insides feel their best.

Do those things so you feel blessed.

Thank You, Father, You’ve helped me

See a way to victory.

Victory over self defeat.

Victory in the life I meet.

Paul Anderson

Urantiapoet.com

102:0.3 This saving faith has its birth in the human heart when the moral consciousness of man realizes that human values may be translated in mortal experience from the material to the spiritual, from the human to the divine, from time to eternity.

Blindsided

A cloudy day, with peaks of sun.

A winter gray is what has come.

Temps above the freezing mark.

Fog begins, and keeps us dark.

The temps do hover around the freeze.

Fog can form, then, if you please.

It makes it so we cannot see.

When one sees danger, one should flee.

Don’t be foolish with your courage.

Use it wisely to encourage

Habits that can keep you healthy

Keep you from a path that’s deadly.

You must see before you walk,

Or, perhaps, you will get caught

Unprepared for what ahead.

Look inside, see where you’re lead.

Clear the fog from deep inside.

The light inside you truly shines.

The light of truth illuminates

The way ahead, if you just think.

Do, and be the best you know.

Your insides then will start to glow.

The light will shine and give direction.

A path exists for your perfection.

Thank You, Father, for Your plan.

You help each member of Your band.

I have Faith Your way is best.

There always is another crest!

Paul Anderson

Urantiapoet.com

195:5.12 (2076.3) As you view the world, remember that the black patches of evil which you see are shown against a white background of ultimate good. You do not view merely white patches of good which show up miserably against a black background of evil.

157:2.1 On Monday, August 8, while Jesus and the twelve apostles were encamped in Magadan Park, near Bethsaida-Julias, more than one hundred believers, the evangelists, the women’s corps, and others interested in the establishment of the kingdom, came over from Capernaum for a conference. And many of the Pharisees, learning that Jesus was here, came also. By this time some of the Sadducees were united with the Pharisees in their effort to entrap Jesus. Before going into the closed conference with the believers, Jesus held a public meeting at which the Pharisees were present, and they heckled the Master and otherwise sought to disturb the assembly. Said the leader of the disturbers: “Teacher, we would like you to give us a sign of your authority to teach, and then, when the same shall come to pass, all men will know that you have been sent by God.” And Jesus answered them: “When it is evening, you say it will be fair weather, for the heaven is red; in the morning it will be foul weather, for the heaven is red and lowering. When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say showers will come; when the wind blows from the south, you say scorching heat will come. How is it that you so well know how to discern the face of the heavens but are so utterly unable to discern the signs of the times? To those who would know the truth, already has a sign been given; but to an evil-minded and hypocritical generation no sign shall be given.”

Bad Weather

Freezing rain, we’re on the cusp.

33°, the rain’s robust.

Gray skies rule the here and now.

A rainy winter day somehow.

It’s a warmer winter day

For rain to come and then to stay.

In winter generally we get snow.

That’s just the way our cold wind blows.

For us to get midwinter rain

Means warmer temps are not so strange.

A warmer winter seems to be.

The outcome’s something we will see.

Wet and slippery, icy roads

Inhibit travel from abodes.

But still, there’s traffic, people go.

Accept the risk of slippery flows.

More accidents in icy weather.

People slide into each other.

Taking risks out on the road

Can lead to problems being towed.

We need to be prepared for slides.

Going slow as we do ride

Helps to minimize our risk.

We cannot go too far adrift.

Thank You, Father, keep us safe.

Help us prepare, strengthen our Faith.

Help us see with Spirit eyes

The Truth before us as it flies.

Paul Anderson

Urantiapoet.com

IF YOU ARE FACING AN IMMEDIATE CRISIS, THEN CALL TO ARCHANGEL MICHAEL FOR PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE
say: “ARCHANGEL MICHAEL, HELP ME! HELP ME! HELP ME!” Archangel Michael is the Commander of the Hosts of the Lord. He can no more fail to respond than a fire house would fail to respond to your call for help. He is instantly at your side. His main purpose in life is to serve and protect you.

https://www.summitlighthouse.org/traveling-protection-archangel-michael/?query_highlight=Archangel+Michael

123:5.1 Jesus was now seven years old, the age when Jewish children were supposed to begin their formal education in the synagogue schools. Accordingly, in August of this year he entered upon his eventful school life at Nazareth. Already this lad was a fluent reader, writer, and speaker of two languages, Aramaic and Greek. He was now to acquaint himself with the task of learning to read, write, and speak the Hebrew language. And he was truly eager for the new school life which was ahead of him.

Snow Days

Warmer temps, but still we freeze.

The temps below 30°.

But 20 something’s not at zero.

Warmer air lasts through tomorrow.

Normal Winter, in degrees.

And now there’s snow up to our knees.

The dead of Winter’s what we face.

But Spring will come, do not lose Faith.

For now, a Winter Day we have.

Winter sleet can be a drag.

A foggy sleet hangs in the air.

Winter weather we do bear.

There’s nowhere that I have to go.

I can sit here, away from snow.

But every day I need to grow.

I need explore all things I know.

Improve myself in some one-way.

We all go different ways today.

You’ll see the task, if you just look.

Decide right now to read His book.

Not the only thing to do

But reading truly will ensue.

Reading truly helps fulfill.

And dreams and lessons are instilled.

Thank you, Father, improvement comes

Slowly but it’s never done.

Always striving to be better.

No matter what a real go-getter!

Paul Anderson

Urantiapoet.com

SIMON ZELOTES ASKED QUESTION JESUS HOW TO PERSUADE PEOPLE FOR THEIR SALVATION

When Simon Zelotes and Jesus were alone, Simon asked the Master:

“Why is it that I could not persuade him?

Why did he so resist me and so readily lend an ear to you?”

Jesus answered:

“Simon, Simon, how many times have I instructed you to refrain from all efforts to take something out of the hearts of those who seek salvation?

How often have I told you to labor only to put something into these hungry souls?

Lead men into the kingdom, and the great and living truths of the kingdom will presently drive out all serious errors.

'When you have presented to mortal man the good news that God is his Father, you can the easier persuade him that he is in reality a son of God.'

And having done that, you have brought the light of salvation to the one who sits in darkness.

Simon, when the Son of Man came first to you, did he come denouncing Moses and the prophets and proclaiming a new and better way of life?

I came not to take away that which you had from your forefathers but to show you the perfected vision of that which your fathers saw only in part.

Go then, Simon, teaching and preaching the kingdom, and when you have a man safely and securely within the kingdom, then is the time, when such a one shall come to you with inquiries, to impart instruction having to do with the progressive advancement of the soul within the divine kingdom.”

~ TUB, (141:6.2)

SELF-MASTERY THROUGH SALVATION TEACHES BY JESUS

(143:2.6)
“Salvation is by the regeneration of the spirit and not by the self-righteous deeds of the flesh.

You are justified by faith and fellowshipped by grace, not by fear and the self-denial of the flesh, albeit the Father’s children who have been born of the spirit are ever and always masters of the self and all that pertains to the desires of the flesh.

When you know that you are saved by faith, you have real peace with God.

And all who follow in the way of this heavenly peace are destined to be sanctified to the eternal service of the ever-advancing sons of the eternal God.

Henceforth, it is not a duty but rather your exalted privilege to cleanse yourselves from all evils of mind and body while you seek for perfection in the love of God."

(143:2.7)
“Your sonship is grounded in faith, and you are to remain unmoved by fear.

Your joy is born of trust in the divine word, and you shall not therefore be led to doubt the reality of the Father’s love and mercy.

It is the very goodness of God that leads men into true and genuine repentance.

Your secret of the mastery of self is bound up with your faith in the indwelling spirit, which ever works by love.

Even this saving faith you have not of yourselves; it also is the gift of God.

And if you are the children of this living faith,

you are no longer the bond slaves of self but rather the triumphant masters of yourselves, the liberated sons of God."

167:2.2 “A certain ruler gave a great supper, and having bidden many guests, he dispatched his servants at suppertime to say to those who were invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’ And they all with one accord began to make excuses. The first said, ‘I have just bought a farm, and I must needs go to prove it; I pray you have me excused.’ Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go to receive them; I pray you have me excused.’ And another said, ‘I have just married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’ So the servants went back and reported this to their master. When the master of the house heard this, he was very angry, and turning to his servants, he said: ‘I have made ready this marriage feast; the fatlings are killed, and all is in readiness for my guests, but they have spurned my invitation; they have gone every man after his lands and his merchandise, and they even show disrespect to my servants who bid them come to my feast. Go out quickly, therefore, into the streets and lanes of the city, out into the highways and the byways, and bring hither the poor and the outcast, the blind and the lame, that the marriage feast may have guests.’ And the servants did as their lord commanded, and even then there was room for more guests. Then said the lord to his servants: ‘Go now out into the roads and the countryside and constrain those who are there to come in that my house may be filled. I declare that none of those who were first bidden shall taste of my supper.’ And the servants did as their master commanded, and the house was filled.”

Ways&Byways

No snow, but clouds will rule the day.

Tomorrow sun will have its way.

Cold though in the single digits.

It’s wintertime and it’s just physics.

Every day the things we do

Requires a choice based on what’s true.

We must decide and then must choose

How we work to pay our dues.

How we do things in this world

Reflects how well we’ve taught our souls.

When we follow what’s inside

With It we are identified!

God is what exists within.

Let God guide and you will win.

It takes time to learn new skills—

To truly find and do His will.

But as you gain this attitude

New skills erupt, you do exude

An aroma that uplifts.

On God’s path there are many gifts.

To become what can’t be done

Is not the mission of God’s son.

God will never ask you to

Do something that is untrue.

Thank You, Father, precious Life.

I cling to it though I’m getting ripe.

Soon the years will break this form.

I’m going to hear then, Gabriel’s horn.

Paul Anderson

Urantiapoet.com

110:6.4 When the development of the intellectual nature proceeds faster than that of the spiritual, such a situation renders communication with the Thought Adjuster both difficult and dangerous. Likewise, overspiritual development tends to produce a fanatical and perverted interpretation of the spirit leadings of the divine indweller. Lack of spiritual capacity makes it very difficult to transmit to such a material intellect the spiritual truths resident in the higher superconsciousness. It is to the mind of perfect poise, housed in a body of clean habits, stabilized neural energies, and balanced chemical function – when the physical, mental, and spiritual powers are in triune harmony of development – that a maximum of light and truth can be imparted with a minimum of temporal danger or risk to the real welfare of such a being. By such a balanced growth does man ascend the circles of planetary progression one by one, from the seventh to the first.

Morning Light

The morning comes in increments.

Clouds and snow are dominant.

But slowly morning light does come

With blowing snow before it’s done.

With morning light, we see some beauty.

It snowed last night, the dusting’s pretty.

Twill only last an hour or two.

The wind disturbs the morning hue.

Beauty comes and beauty goes.

Does it reflect time as it flows?

It reflects the hand of God!

God makes beauty, it evolves.

He’s an artist with His brush.

He paints real pictures with snow dust.

He’s mastered beauty to our eyes.

He puts the blue up in the sky.

Anytime you take to look

One can see His hands at work.

Beauty is in the beholder.

It excites and fills with wonder.

Take the time to look inside.

Excitement comes, you do decide

To follow what you find in there.

God knows you well, and He’s aware.

Thank You, Father, deep inside.

You know exactly how I’ve tried.

I do share my life with You.

You’re with me in all things I do.

Paul Anderson

Urantiapoet.com