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102:2.8 Again, there are other types of unstable and poorly disciplined souls who would use the sentimental ideas of religion as an avenue of escape from the irritating demands of living. When certain vacillating and timid mortals attempt to escape from the incessant pressure of evolutionary life, religion, as they conceive it, seems to present the nearest refuge, the best avenue of escape. But it is the mission of religion to prepare man for bravely, even heroically, facing the vicissitudes of life. Religion is evolutionary man’s supreme endowment, the one thing which enables him to carry on and “endure as seeing Him who is invisible.” Mysticism, however, is often something of a retreat from life which is embraced by those humans who do not relish the more robust activities of living a religious life in the open arenas of human society and commerce. True religion must act. Conduct will be the result of religion when man actually has it, or rather when religion is permitted truly to possess the man. Never will religion be content with mere thinking or unacting feeling.

Preparations

Another dry, Fall day begins.

Desert like, the weather winds.

The grass is brown, because it’s dry.

We need more rain from our blue skies.

Perhaps our future will be dry.

There’s weather change, one can’t deny.

Warmer, yes, it’s going to be,

But what will be our history?

Do desert futures come to pass?

A dryness that is going to last?

Or will more rain ameliorate,

And give our plants a healthy drink?

No one knows exactly what

Will change, but change is not all luck.

Experts will make their predictions

Of our future weather conditions.

We will cope with what does come.

As time goes on, we gain wisdom.

The wisdom comes from our experience.

Time gives us those rich ingredients.

As best we can, prepare for change.

We know it’s coming to our range.

Warmer Summers, longer Falls,

Early Springs, answer God’s call.

Thank You, Mother/Father/Son.

We learn as time goes on and on.

Our progeny depends on us

To cope with weather when we’re dust.

Paul Anderson

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