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<BR>GINNY: I'm reminded of Michael, his time on earth, how he handled all these
<BR>situations where people had doubts and questions, were acting – like, picture
<BR>Jesus smacking his head and saying "I could've had a V-8!" or being a little
<BR>frustrated about the density of the people, that they weren't getting it, so
<BR>I very often think about what he did and ... not what he said so much as how
<BR>he said it and what he did. They certainly had this immense truth to give to
<BR>those around him and a lot of them just weren't getting it. I can imagine
<BR>his frustration.
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<BR>Well, maybe not! Maybe there was no frustration. Maybe there was just more
<BR>love. Thank frustration. So that's where I'm at.
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<BR>AARON: The ability to perceive the capacities of the hearer as empty vessels
<BR>wanting to be filled or not open to whatever he might have to give, or
<BR>whatever you might have to give, is an advantage we might all aspire to
<BR>discern. That would certainly alleviate a lot of expended energy spinning
<BR>your wheels. The Master was always willing to stop and teach and minister in
<BR>his days of teaching the multitudes. He would get in his boat and push off
<BR>from shore to be able to see them and they him. He could feel the emptiness,
<BR>the hunger, the spiritual hunger of the people and the Father, through him,
<BR>fed the people.
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<BR>If there were no empty vessels he could fill, he wiped the dust from his feet
<BR>and went on to the next town. If the people were not listening to him, as
<BR>they stood there, do you think he would have wasted his time teaching and
<BR>preaching to those who were busy, murmuring among themselves, making change,
<BR>selling pigeons, hustling women, negotiating politics, or whatever it is that
<BR>humanity occupies itself with in the main? He was able to perceive whether
<BR>or not he was feeding the hungry. How valuable that perspective would be!
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<BR>THOROAH: We could use a lesson or three on developing that perception.
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<BR>GINNY: How do we know if somebody is ready or not?
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<BR>AARON: By your one-on-one ministry <B>you develop the sensitivity that will
<BR>allow you to see with eyes to see and perceive with the Father's eye.
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<BR>GINNY: I imagine a lot of that comes soul. Our souls.
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<BR>AARON: A lot of it too will come with practice in the field, just as you have
<BR>come today having been in the field and having questions about how to be a
<BR>better teacher and preacher, a better righteousness recommender and a more
<BR>effective prayer. You don't know what you need to learn until you are faced
<BR>with those experiences which leave you feeling unfulfilled as a presenter of
<BR>that which you are entrusted with. Thus you open yourself to greater
<BR>capacity, greater willingness to be an instrument, a channel, a conduit.
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<BR>GINNY: I can draw a very good analogy with my teaching children piano lessons.
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<BR>AARON: Yes.
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<BR>GINNY: The natural reaction is I want to smack them upside the head some of
<BR>the times if they don't practice, but they don't understand that, but I also
<BR>know that I don't want to teach like that and they will not love learning
<BR>if I do that, so I need to practice all kinds of patience and even though I
<BR>know that they are trying to learn, takes a great deal of skill to figure out
<BR>how to Teach them without insulting them or without making them feel bad,
<BR>so it's a good analogy for me, what I want to do, what you need to do with
<BR>children.
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<BR>AARON: You need to also look to them for a picture, a reflection of what they
<BR>can give to the task based on their life circumstances and their inherent
<BR>limitations and their own yearning to please their own rebellious nature and
<BR>their own love of learning. These perspectives that are the basis of the
<BR>Ancients of Days perspective, offer a grand view of what has gone into who
<BR>they are and how they perform. Thus many times they are to be held
<BR>accountable for their actions and many times they are to be held blameless
<BR>for falling short of their potential. This too is part of loving others as
<BR>Jesus loves you.
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<BR>GINNY: And as the Father loves us.
<BR>ARON: Amen.
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<BR>Well, good then. Are you going to have another opportunity this week to be
<BR>in a position wherein you might have occasion to discuss theory and
<BR>philosophy to the extent that you would be able to invite the Spirit of Truth
<BR>to conjoin with you in your association with others such that Our Father
<BR>might be able to make His presence known as well?
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<BR>GINNY: Well, I think every opportunity offers that.
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<BR>AARON: I'll challenge you then to look at your encounters as you go about
<BR>your business this week and observe how to identify the empty vessels as
<BR>compared to those who are filled. Any questions?
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<BR>THOROAH: I think it's been a very informational, enlightening session.
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<BR>GINNY: Yes, it has. This is the constant dilemma for me, so I'm working on
<BR>how to be more effective without being arrogant and without putting anybody
<BR>down or acting superior.
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<BR>AARON: Yes, for as you are superior, it will reflect in your character and
<BR>you won't have to make it known; it will simply be.
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<BR>Thank you for your company. I've enjoyed myself this afternoon. I look
<BR>forward to our next get-together.
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<BR>GROUP: Thank you, Aaron.
<BR>AARON: On behalf of all of us in attendance today, farewell.</FONT></HTML>