Abraham041105WoodsCrossUT_PeopleNeedPeople

Woods Cross Group

Abraham

People Need People

April 11, 2005

I am ABRAHAM. Greetings, I am enjoying the friendship among you this evening. It is beautiful to see your individual growth, but truly is it phenomenal to look back over your years together, through the good times and bad, and still you are as committed to each other as any family I have ever seen. I am honored to be a part of that.

It is always helpful to look back upon the relationships of the twelve apostles. They had their petty disagreements. They had their personality differences and yet, for the most part that is very well what helped them to grow as an individual and as a family. Always was the love for the Master their common thread that held them together through hardship, disappointments, life and death.

You each are agreed in heart and mind that Father is your sovereign. As hard as it is sometimes to turn to Him, especially in heated discussion, you always manage to follow through. You always manage to stand outside of self to allow Father’s spirit to be revealed. Your intentions are known and this is what unifies you as a family. Well done.

God is spirit. His person is not discernable to the material eyes. Through faith His works are understood, but definitely is faith a more difficult journey while sojourning in the flesh. Much of the time it is your fellowship with one another, family and friends outside of this group, even strangers that assist in the faith system.

Jesus spoke of a few great commandments. The first being, "You shall love the one God with all your heart and mind." The next being, "You shall love your brother as yourself." We can see that many times the apostles helped to strengthen one another’s faith. With their focus mostly upon the Master they were able to stand aside of their desires to go forth with the common good of the whole.

There are examples where one or two of the men would be downcast, but the majority would not let this attitude infect the group. Much of the time there was always the humorous words of Nathaniel to lighten the mood. On occasion even our doubting Thomas would set aside what he thought was his better judgment to follow through with the plans of the Master.

Man is really a social being. People need people. Think of all the valuable lessons you could impart to a growing child and certainly we could all agree that love is what the child can best comprehend. Without it all other facts are seemingly without value. Of course, there are difficulties from time to time dealing with your fellows. There are times when you need to be alone, but for the most part where would mankind be without one another? As time goes forward it will become more apparent that no amount of technology can replace a person.

It is obvious that those religious orders that choose a life of solitude are missing half of their mortal lessons. As you mature in spirit and grow in this Kingdom family, you can see all others as equal, not above nor below you. Said Jesus, "Love one another as I have loved you." The Master saw all people, from kings to little children as the Father’s own. He could talk to all people. He could relate with people because he genuinely loved them. He saw not their exterior, their standing in the community, their race or religion. He saw one of the Father’s own.

Sure the Master was hurt or disappointed from time to time with His fellows attitudes and a great deal of the time He had to practice being somewhat detached. He always held fast however to the First Source and Center. This was key to dealing with individuals of all kinds.

This week ponder the value of your relationships. Be at ease to relate with Father’s children. How does a person’s exterior influence your ability to relate with them? This is the Brotherhood, my friends. Enjoy. That is all. Know that I am with gratitude to look upon your faces and see living hope. My love goes with you. Until next time, shalom.

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Abraham041805WoodsCrossUT_SpiritualConnectionIsEssential

WOODS CROSS GROUP

ABRAHAM

Spiritual Connection Is Essential

APRIL 18, 2005

I am ABRAHAM. Greetings, I am enjoying this peaceful evening. Your open hearts and minds make my task easy. Your seeking attitude links us to the cosmic mind.

I do well remember how influential the material world was and still is. It is easy to become more material than spirit. Daily living without spiritual practice draws us further into a life of materialism, a life lived through ego. We find during our moments of connection that to live spiritually is rather easy. It takes practically no effort to do right, to live right. We find our emotional levels to be stabilized and life’s top priorities come to the forefront of our minds. Spiritual fruits become most important and easily attainable.

How do we continue to have somewhat of a consistent connection to spirit? If we lived by the Master’s example, then we would always strive to live out our faith. Our beliefs would be acted upon. There would be effort made to move from the ego’s needs toward the will of our loving Father. In the opportunity to participate in gossip you would find reason to remove yourself from it. In the opportunity to unfairly criticize another you would well practice taming the tongue. In the opportunity to take what is not rightly yours you would simply lose such a desire to have it.

Living a life of the spirit indeed takes effort. To have freedom from spirit poisons there needs to be secure connection. We have secure connection by acting upon our beliefs. Certainly it is understood that the mortal has desires and delayed gratification is sometimes hard to embrace in the mind. Making effort toward living out your understanding of spirit, the right decisions become easier to make, to act upon. We all know that your time and Father’s time does differ and many times your impatience gets the better of you.

What can we do to avoid becoming overwhelmed by impatience? What can we do to assure spirit connection and turn our faith potentials into living actuals? What can we do to align our minds with God’s time? I would suggest simple creativity, an exercise of the mind that is productive and detaches you from the anxiety of impatience—write something, draw something, build something. Do something that puts the ego on hold until the spirit can make a solid connection.

Jesus suggested that we be childlike in the manner that a child trusts a parent. He well advised us to avoid being childish. As the spirit grows the animal is diminishing. We are learning to grow the spirit by staying spiritually connected, which means the material in all its forms must be mastered. The Father wants for your abundance in all ways. He wants not spirit disconnection. Living a life in the flesh there is always temptation to take instant gratification. As we mature in spirit we find God’s will more gratifying than anything.

You are each a torch of hope in your little environment. Your advancement means the advancement of your fellows. You have committed to help usher this world into Light and Life. Your light is best seen through your actions, through your courage to live out what you truly believe. That is all. I am always nourished by our fellowship. I thank you. Go in peace. Until next time, shalom.

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