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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">ABRAHAM<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:date Month="10" Day="17"
Year="2005"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">OCTOBER 17,
2005</SPAN></st1:date><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">WOODS CROSS GROUP<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">I
am ABRAHAM. Greetings. I like what you have done with your evening. I appreciate
your topics of everyday living. One of the greatest mortal purposes is to
integrate the spiritual into the material. I really have enjoyed your feedback.
I see you here as having concern without control. When you have discussion
rarely do any of you have thoughts on ‘how will this affect me?’ You are
genuinely concerned for one another and keep possibilities open for Father’s
will to flow through the group. I am enjoying the dynamics of it
all.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">You
know the more attachment you have to something or someone, there is more of a
likelihood to have self concern and wonder how things will personally affect
you. The more attachment we have, the higher tendency to have need to control. I
am not saying have no attachments. That is unrealistic in a highly emotional
world. I am talking more about allowing a natural flow of Father’s will in
everyday living, just as you do here with one another.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Love has become a strange concept over these many years
and it has become associated with attachment and/or self-preservation. Love,
like faith, is an energy and is meant to move without fear. When mortals become
more secure in faith, love becomes a source of joy, not pain or attachment. As
we feel more connected to the Kingdom, we are conscious of others as a part of
the whole, not as a part of us personally.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Growing older in years has its advantages. Petty
difficulties are left by the wayside and those things true, beautiful and good
rise to the top. There is a definite mindal adjustment that helps you to see you
are an equal part with the whole, not more, not less. This kind of security must
grow through experience, needless to say. As children we are depending on others
to care for us. As adults we are recognizing our independence and as maturing
spirits, we are seeing our responsibility to serve, to be an integral part of
the whole.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">My
whole point of this evening’s lesson is to look at control and how it makes
mortals miserable. The need to control mostly comes from fear of personal pain.
Certainly mistrust in our divine Caretakers is not at all useful. I know it is
difficult to live with agondonter status. It takes effort to believe without
seeing. Those of you who have chosen to live a spirit-led life do gain
experience to have that security, which makes you feel at ease to allow a free
flow of Father’s will.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">As
we think about our need to control situations or people, let us look at the root
of this driving force. Let us get down to the very cause of the fearful state.
Have you faith? Then why have fear? Either you trust the celestial Caretakers or
you don’t, either way, it matters not. Experience is your best teacher and the
open-minded spirit will learn the truth one way or
another.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">This week when situations appear chaotic and you have
need to force order from your own perspective, think about that free flowing
will of Father and how you can help it move, instead of fearfully blocking it
with your own seemingly good intentions. In this life what have we to lose? What
does your faith conclude your destiny to be? What are some steps you can take to
get to the root cause of fear, to find the meanings and values that produce
love? The secure child does not cry out for attention but accepts their role in
the family happily. My fellows, we are safe and secured within the
</SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Kingdom</SPAN></st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"> of </SPAN><st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Heaven</SPAN></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">. That is all.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Know that I am honored to serve with you. Know that I am
learning alongside of you. I thank you for your willingness to be a part of my
experience. My love goes with you. Until next time,
shalom.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>