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Beloved Children of the Eternal Father,
"Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid,"1 for the grand purposes of life are full of promise, both at the personal level and at the level of the world community. He who said, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up," spoke of the spiritual renewals possible to those who believe in the love of life within the heart of God.2
There are many in the world who would spread abroad an oppressive fear that is without justification or purpose. The scriptures declare that "the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,"3 but this statement has often been misunderstood. Perhaps it would have been more meaningful if the translators had said, "The awe of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." For, truly, none of us who contemplate the greatness of the universe, the myriad and far-off stars that are without and the great star of purpose that is within, ever feel bereft or alone.
The Father's care for even a tiny bird speaks to the hearts of many of his consideration for each one. He answers prayers; he hears the calls of men; he assists them in their bright moments to keep the balance, and in their dark moments to hold a stable hope.
What can I say of his love, of the miracle of his strength, of the omnipresence of his being? Although often without welcome in the hearts of those who do not understand, he is nigh unto all at the moment of their greatest need. He does not practice the principle of vengeance, albeit vengeance is his.4
He assigns to each man his own factors of judgment. He assigns to the Karmic Board the judgment of a planet. The carrying out of his will as judgment is given as a gentle pruning, and then again as a harsher one, in order to prepare for a greater and more abundant fruit. Without consulting him, some through the misuse of their free will have darkened the door of their understanding; consequently, the lamp of true knowledge has not been lit. But, had it been possible, these through their unlawful gathering of power would long ago have wrested control of the universe from the lords of love, light, and wisdom.
That they in reality have no power is clear in the archives of heaven. Even when the fool says within his heart, "There is no God,"5 the echo of his mockery brings back to him a silent refutation that lodges in the secret place of his heart where God belongs and where, because He is unwelcome, a vacancy exists.
We encourage, then, every father and mother, every young man and woman to face the future with a sense of moral integrity. All conditions will eventually be righted by the immutable law of God; for all of the struggle, all of the turmoil, all of the oppressive events parading before you on the world scene are the vanity of human delusion. We know that at times they produce confusion in the minds of men; but they need not, blessed hearts. For the eternal love of God, when rightly comprehended, is a stability of hope that banishes the darkness of the most terrible conditions and turns those conditions into the miracle of daylight, of the coming dawn, of the star of hope, and of the memory of Christmas beauty. The moments of love that echo from the chambers of the past may also be born in the future in a more abundant way. Life is abundant and life is God; it is the most precious and adorable gift from his heart that has ever been given, a gift which he alone is capable of bestowing.
In the image of the Lord Christ men may see the image of themselves as a babe. They, too, are wrapped in the swaddling garments of uncertainty; for an uncertain future lay before the Lord of Creation on that blessed day of his birth. Many arrows pierced the heart of his mother. Many sought to destroy his own life. He came as the bearer of good tidings; and the message of his coming was the fruit long planted by God in the heart of the earth, brought forth at last into the light of day.
Every life was so intended. God did not fashion one life to be a miracle life and all others to be mundane. Every life was designed with a purpose in mind. The discovery of that purpose and the recognition of the high adventure of future attainment buoys men over the roughest road; for when the heart is seized not with a sense of tragedy or longing but with a sense of nearing fulfillment, apprehension becomes the gift of the throbbing heart - the heart that throbs with the certain knowing that at last its expectancy will be fulfilled.
The night is long passed. Again and again, through the repetitious cycles, the world has fulfilled a portion of its destiny only to let it slip away in a moment of frustration, in a turmoil of ignorance, in a sense of nonfulfillment; such has been the great failure of man to realize his true purpose.
Now the builders come, the helpers of the Christ, those who see in themselves the role of wayshower. Inflamed with hope, they do not exceed the purposes of their design. They are satisfied to come as humble bearers of truth; or, if the moment require it, as those who can utter the well-chosen word of cosmic truth that raises man out of the density of self into the radiance of Selfhood.
Let the struggles of men continue, for out of their struggles the fruit of greatness can be born. The 'fall of man' was not, as so many have thought it, a fall in the literal sense of the word, but a descent into matter for the purposes of overcoming and expansion with the attendant privilege of communication with higher octaves. That man failed to hear the voice of God, that he failed to realize while in the garden the greatness of his opportunity - this was the great departure from the light of truth that was offered unto him, which men have called 'the fall'. Subsequently, after being put out of the garden, his wandering in the wilderness was intended to evoke in him a pining for the Promised Land.
And if the soul, in its great longing for reunion with the central flame of the Father, occasionally bursts into the flame of fervor within the heart of clay, let men understand that God is pursuing himself. The feelings of discontent which come to humanity in those moments when all of their tiredness is spent, when all of their energy is likewise gone and they feel very much alone, are also a manifestation of the soul's desire for reunion with higher spheres. When these moments come, let men realize the balm of our hope as an eternal bough, swinging earthward as an arc from God's own hand and having within it the energy of his purpose. Let them let go of every fear, of every doubt; and, committing themselves to the ship of his high estate, let them journey onward with certainty, the certainty of his promise.
God has spoken, and they will now listen. His joy will fill their hearts. His flame will burn and never be quenched. Through love let them live, and let their flame be eternal.
Out of the depth of holy wisdom have I spoken with certitude.