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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">ABRAHAM & MARY<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
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Year="2006"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">SEPTEMBER 18,
2006</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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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">I
am ABRAHAM. Greetings. I thank you each for your participation in the wellness
of our group. It is apparent that you each take a certain amount of
responsibility to create peace. Each of you really do have a gentle side. Your
tact and humor has this area of our </SPAN><st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Mission</SPAN></st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">
running like a well-oiled machine. I trust that you all had some sort of rest
and reversion this week. It is healing in many ways, physically, mentally,
spiritually, to rise above your concerns and find rest.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">I
am MARY. How wonderful it is to be with you again. It would seem that today’s
mortal life holds so many issues to ponder. It would seem that the world moves
at top speed and even then, to many it never seems like enough. In my day I
mostly worried about survival. It seems that the larger issues of that day and
age were out of reach for the people. We were deeply involved in tradition and
if one person tried to create change, of course they were going against what has
always been thought to be right.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Today you have more freedom to break from tradition and
search out new and better ways for the quality of everyday living. Technology
puts the world’s issues at your fingertips. So much information is readily
available. I suppose in my day life was much more simple because of the lack of
knowledge. We see the majority of individuals on Urantia as good people, all
wanting a just and united world. Unfortunately there are those still bound by
old tradition that keeps the cycle of ignorance in motion.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">How
you live your very lives is the best you can do for our cause. Doing what you
think is right and good sends a message. It is easy really. Of course, Father
will set you up for special tasks that help in our rippling continuum for the
Correcting Time. You can say yes or no to these assignments. It matters not. I
do know that time made to clear the mind is always a blank canvas for Father.
Stillness is one way to rise above those thoughts that consume your mind. There
are other methods as well that refresh your mind and improve your attitude. This
is individual and those things you find that help feed your soul are also good
for mind refreshment and rejuvenation.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">As
a young woman I was plagued in mind with those things I needed to do to survive.
It was somewhat animalistic and all consuming. How grateful I was to meet my
sisters, who finally convinced me there was a better way. At first I rejected
their ideas, wondering how would I maintain my self-support? How will I eat?
Where will I lay my head at night? It took some surrendering to be open to those
seeds that Father was trying to plant. It was a struggle to believe there was
any better way and that I could actually be empowered to create it. Surrendering
for me was indeed cleansing. I knew that Father knew everything I had ever done
and still He was there to help me change in mind. I was reprieved, so to speak,
of my past sins and new life was in the works.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">This week we want to suggest pondering the issue of
surrender and what it meant when the Master said, “He who tries to save his life
will lose it and he who loses it for my sake will be saved.” Rise above all that
external stimulation. Find a time each day to feed the soul. We are so honored
to be among you as Kingdom believers. That is all. From Abraham and myself, we
bid you shalom.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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