October 27, 1979
God surrounds each of you and all of us in this joint undertaking.
Your concern for a meaningful confirmation of the validity of these messages is understandable. It is human to doubt and to wonder and to seek. Through doubt comes the desire for confirmation. This holds true in science as well as your endeavors toward an increased spiritual awareness. As a result of intense and often lengthy investigation, science can provide concrete answers. In the realm of the spirit, such concrete results or definitive findings are not to be achieved as you would seek them.
You are fully aware of the importance of searching for spiritual truths, for the searching requires faith to begin. Faith is not the product of the search solely, but it is the means through which the search is made possible. Without a faith, your search could not begin. Through this search, your faith is strengthened. The strength of faith is the end product which is bolstered through your awareness of the reality and vitality of your soul. The concrete evidence, the confirming fact, the corroborative evidence will not come forth as a single event upon which you can focus.
What then gives you the faith in the truth of these spiritual communions? In short, the answer is content. It is the content of these messages which ultimately proves its own validity. Such proof comes neither quickly nor easily. You must exert great effort to draw from these lessons in a manner which provides substance for your lives. The willful applications of these truths will provide the assurance, the confirmation which you seek.
It is not just you who wish to initiate these communions, but we also are anxious to provide you with the opportunity to advance spiritually. When you feel an urge to communicate with us or to open yourselves to God, it is often we who are providing the impetus or desire for communication. We often feel a sense of impatience when we wish to reach you but cannot get through, but that is because of our love for each of you and our desire for your growth. When for some reason we are not successful in awaking your need for us, we are persistent. It is not for us to quit nor forget that which has been charged to us by God. It is our wish and our responsibility to further your growth, and when you are busy or unable to quiet your lives and open yourselves, we remain constantly with you and wait until the opportunity is there.
The nature of many messages may at times seem repetitive, for they deal with the process of spiritual communion or contact explained in different ways by different guides. The reality of what happens remains beyond your complete understanding, and yet by continually working with you on this subject, we will slowly bring you all to a firmer position of acceptance. Faith on your part as to the validity or legitimacy of these messages will always be needed, but the faith you exercise will be grounded by greater understanding.
When this faith is unshakable, your lives will be changed. You will find that the strength of your faith in these messages, which cannot be scientifically validated, will also provide strength for you to meet those aspects of your lives that are closer to your ability to comprehend. In a sense, you are being asked and given the capacity to accept a reality which is far more difficult to comprehend than any other aspect of your earthly lives. Your continual reinforcement of God’s desire for these messages is necessary in order to take such a great step. Having the capacity to accept this completely on faith strengthens you to accept life and all that it demands of you.
The proof of these messages is the content and your faith in that content as it grows through your search for its objective. Faith requires trust, and it is our objective to inspire in your lives a trust in the content of these messages and in their origin from God, upon which your faith is built.
Each of you has concerns in your lives at this time which provide stress on your relationships with each other and with others around you. The prayers which you offer during times of stress and questioning and seeking will be answered, for no prayer offered to God is unheard. Each of you must continue to be patient in your search for answers, in your desire for results, and in your need for direction. Proceed with an open heart and with an active desire to see the hand of God leading the way. It takes effort, but the rewards will be many. God’s hand is out for each of you. Open your eyes, open your souls and grasp it.
And now we bless you in God’s holy name.
Amen.