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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">3-28-04<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Subject: Trust<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Teachers: Daniel, Aaron, Michael<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-outline-level: 1"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Opening Prayer (Bob S.): Friends, this is <B>Daniel</B>, let us pray<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><EM><FONT size=4>Source of all good, all truth, all beauty, Source of all, we reach out to You with gratitude in our hearts, knowing we are Your children, and one day we will meet face to face.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This time between that moment and our experience, of today, is fraught with difficulties, for Your children, here gathered, cannot see what lies before them.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Allow them to feel Your presence, to hear your words, to know of Your existence.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Clear their eyes, strengthen their hope, increase their trust, and always be present with them, with encouragement and Your mercy.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Be with the teaching staff tonight as we attempt to convey words of truth and beauty and goodness, clearly and completely.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In the Masters name we pray.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Amen.<o:p></o:p></FONT></EM></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; tab-stops: list .75in left 2.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">-<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">My trust and faith have been shaken, by the passing of friends, more than I anticipated.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I had thought I was stronger than that. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It comes out in me, usually in anger.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I get mad at people in ways that don’t make any sense at all.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>How do we increase our trust?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; tab-stops: list .75in left 2.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">-<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Series of events, over time, have moved me away from trusting.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Thinking God was a partner in my life, wanting to create good and exciting things.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I saw life as a fun adventure, to be explored each day, and to find newness, adventure. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I do not see life that way any more.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I experience a lot more apprehension and anxiety, more of a sense of things not working out well, than expecting them to.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; tab-stops: list .75in left 2.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">-<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">God is always there, supporting us, He is our friend, and never would let any thing really bad happen to us. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Death has really hit me hard.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Intellectually I understand, what an opportunity it is for those who have moved on.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>However, I see those of us who are left, and I do not think it is a good opportunity for us.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Things were better in my life when Debbie and Bill were here.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It has shaken my faith. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I thought I had things kind of figured out.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Now, I do not have things figured out.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; tab-stops: list .75in left 2.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">-<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">It could be.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I have for years asked that my will be aligned with God’s.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I assumed, as I work with that, it’s gotten better, but these deaths that have occurred, have shaken me more than I would have anticipated.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>So, it is a fight between my animal side and my spiritual side.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>My spiritual side knows that all will be okay in the end.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I know that!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I am positive, but the other side of me is saying “that may well be, but I ain’t feeling very good.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoBodyTextIndent style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Daniel’s lesson on people surviving under harsh conditions, were the ones who made the best of the situation. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Being of service.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is not the controlling of the circumstances, but the controlling of one’s reactions to them.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I haven’t been feeling that trust to form that partnership with God.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I have been doing things on my own instead of being really in partnership with God.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I don’t experience God with me.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I know that God is always there with me, so it must be me that is not connected in the same trusting way.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The type of incredible reserves that people have, who not only lived through, but have grown in the midst of just horrendous things - what sort of trust did they have?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They clearly had trust in the ultimate outcome that let them just be. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Aaron</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> (Bob D.): I am Aaron.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Let me take a moment today to thank you for your heart felt sharing, on this topic of trust.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I would offer a few comments related to this topic.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I recognize your progression of thought, from an inward focus discerning the difficulties you have, in various circumstances.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I also note your general sense of assurance, and comfort-ability, in areas where you are looking outward at what you can do.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Your abilities play a role in developing trust.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For when you are moving away from a self-focus, toward creativity, then you are losing, letting go, of that which you have no control over, to that which you can do.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>When you apply yourself toward that which you can do, you initiate a loss of focus on the self, and a creative focus that utilizes various components, of your being in an integrated fashion.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 2.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">There is a spiritual principal here, for when your resources are utilized in creativity, your trust begins to build, not only in your self, but also through that creation.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You begin to trust that value is evident, within and outside, in the world around you.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>So, if you can look to creativity as the bridge between, or the bridge that you can cross over, into developing a more trusting nature, you may be surprised at the buildup of your trust resources.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Also, you will be aware of the reality that you are a productive citizen, and thus serving the world and the universe.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>So, in some sense, yes, Bob, as you intimated earlier, if you can reduce the amount of time thinking about your problems, and increase the amount of time applying yourself in various avenues, the solution will be self evident.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 2.5in"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Michael</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> (Nancy K.): My friends, My children, I am your Father, Brother, Michael, here with you in verbal communication again this week.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I appreciate your efforts as you challenge the realities forced upon you through material living. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I, too, from My experience, know the many nuanced and varied levels of trusting.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I lost My human father and had to take the roll of father to My brothers and sisters.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I became the breadwinner.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And I wondered how I could do it all and still achieve the purpose, the greater purpose, for My bestowal mission.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>That was My human response.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>My spiritual response was to rely on My Father, to trust that He knew the many twists and turns of My life career, and the varied circumstances that I would confront.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And so, I combined trust in My Father with creative action, as shared with you, by Aaron, to complete My life’s work. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 2.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">I would point to three legs that provide the balance to the stool of trust:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">My precious children I ask of you that you turn your thoughts to Me when you are in doubt, when you struggle.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I wish you to know that I understand, not just intellectually, no, but experientially, I have walked where you walk.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>My love, My support, My guidance, is always there for you.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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