The way we read another person’s smile, and the emotions which it may be said to indicate, depends upon the mental faculties and instincts upon which we rely for guidance. That mental equipment is obviously unique to each individual, and therefore serves some people better than others. Naturally, it can improve or deteriorate with age, so that the naïve observation of youth may, with luck, give way to the wisdom of years. It may also vary in quality and reliability depending upon circumstances too various even to imagine. And sometimes we exhibit our full measure of humanity simply by getting it wrong. We are easily capable of misreading another person’s smile, misinterpreting or misunderstanding it, and the consequences of that can be tragic or merely comical. Everybody has a blind spot, and there is nothing quite so reassuring as the discovery that somebody else’s is more ridiculous than your own. It would be interesting if some day we should read a headline in the daily newspaper which said, A germ of fear is not operating in a certain locality, or infecting a whole community. And it would be interesting if the same article were to tell us that a group of people were working to counteract this fear germ by broadcasting faith. And then after a while we would pick up another newspaper which had a headline reading, We are now inoculated with faith, and the fear germ has disappeared. #RandolphHarris 1 of 8

In most encounters we can determine the kind of experience we are going to have by how we respond. The quickest and most effective method to get rid of fear is to get quiet and lift up the whole though in confidence and faith to something bigger than we are. It is like going from a cold, dark room into the sunshine and just sitting there, letting the rays of the Sun penetrate the whole being with warmth and colour until the darkness and the dampness are gone. So it is with the life of prayer and faith, of affirmative meditation and of communion with that divine spirit which is closer to us than our very breath. The raw materials of creation are all around us. Sculptors of life we are, with our uncarved souls before us. Everyone of us is carving a soul. Let us determine now to make those souls pure and chaste. Create homes filled with love and serenity. Relieve suffering. Create enduring testimonies of eternal truths in ourselves and others. Do we recognize in our own lives the opportunities for creation that there are? Do we prize the gifts, talent, and choice spirits that God has given us? Do we share the creations of our hearts, minds, and hands with others? Let us not forget if fear is contagious, faith is doubly so. How wonderful it is to realize that we can so influence our environment that everyone who steps into it will be benefited. If this is what we are doing, the very stars in their courses will conspire to assist us. #RandolphHarris 2 of 8

The miracles recorded in the Bible have done more than anything else to set the stage for all subsequent paranormal phenomena in Western culture, outside as well as inside a specifically religious context. There are over two hundred instances of paranormal powers recorded in the Gospels that in many quarters still stand as the primary exemplar of what a human who is more than a human-machine might do. Miracles provide the type for the new phenomena that people imagine and hope that they might find in life. Faith is the absolute trust that there is wisdom and power beyond what we can measure, know or control, and that the mysterious nature of the Universe will work in our favor as we learn to welcome it. For many, this means that we have faith that God will intervene or take over our situations for the better. The World is not corrupt and things will work out for the best. Faith is linked to extraordinary things and outright miracles from God. The power of our mind can make objects at a distance (including human bodies) undergo physical changes in the direction we desire. We can, through faith, intervene in the normal chains of causation and form and transform matter. #RandolphHarris 3 of 8

And we may be certain of something else—there is at the center of our beings a strong fortress of faith, placed there by a power greater than we are, by an intelligence that knows everything, and forevermore held in place by a divine presence which is the God in us. It is to this indwelling God that we must turn. So how would it be if we worked out a method for doing this? First of all, if we are filled with fears we cannot harbour them as a great secret in our life, but in prayer look at God as a close friend or confidant to whom we may unburden our whole soul. This will release the tension which our fears have built up in our bodies. Prayer can be a conversational talk with God, as if he is a calm, confident person, who can point out the reason why we need not entertain these fears, and that is a great relief. We are circled eternally in God’s arms of love. The next thing we have to do is build our faith, and realize that we would not be here were there not a power greater than we are that put us here. We must learn to have confidence in this power. As we confess our fears to ourselves before this power, and reach a little higher in faith than where we were in fears, we will discover a miracle is taking place—fears will begin to recede, until finally they appear as a speck on the horizon of our mind, and then they seem to walk over that horizon and disappear entirely, like darkness running away from the light. #RandolphHarris 4 of 8

Casting out doubt and fear and stress is not as difficult as it sounds. We all need to resurrect the innocence within us, which has unfortunately has been so buried in our unhappy experiences that we have almost forgotten that the purity of heart and spirit was ever there. However, we have not quite forgotten, have we? We all need to resurrect the confidence in life which we have in our youth. To recapture this dream of youth is the wisest and the most intelligent thing any person can do. Fear has brought confusion. Faith will give birth to confidence. Stress has brought days filled with conflict and nights full of dread. Faith aloe can heal this confusions and drive from our minds all thoughts of fear, and dissipate all stress. Love alone can bring harmony into out lives. God is at work in modern times, and we must never give up hope and faith. Lay all fear aside, and have confidence and complete faith in the one perfect divine presence. God is not limited in any degree nor any respect. He is totally sovereign. We must know that the light of truth shines upon our paths, as divine love guides us into the secret place of the Most High, where we dwell under the light of the Almighty. There is nothing to be afraid of in God’s World. Fear cannot operate in us, nor can it go forth from us. The spirit will speak to us. We must be patient, ask in faith, and we will receive guidance in our creative efforts. #RandolphHarris 5 of 8

We cannot be paralyzed from fear of making mistakes. At the very center of our being there is complete confidence, complete faith. There is a consciousness of the protection of divine love, the guidance of divine wisdom, and the strength of divine power. In every language, the spirit of God—the Holy Ghost—guides, or can guide, everyone as it has from the beginning, the spirit of God inspires worthy souls. And so we turn in thought to the whole World and know that the words of God is bringing light and life and a feeling of strength and confidence to everyone. Angels speak by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore, they know that love and intelligent guidance is directing their thoughts and actions to all the nations of Earth and awakening them in the realization that there is good enough to go around; that there is a divine government under which they all may be protected from the fear of each other. We need not live in fear of the future. We have every reason to rejoice and little reason to fear. If we follow the promptings of the spirit, we will be safe, whatever the future holds we will be shown what to do. #RandolphHarris 6 of 8

The voice of the spirit is a still, powerful voice—a voice that is felt rather than heard. It is part of the creative imagination of the human race and assures us that there is a feeling and a presence at the center of everything waiting to make itself known. It is not unusual for one to have received the gift and not really know it. We must turn to the great God, who knows all things and who can do all things and allow him to lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom and lift us up. It is awakened with prayer and cultivated by obedience to the laws and ordinances of Gospel. Each of us has agency to learn that the tempter—the adversary—uses those same channels of the mind and heart to inspire us to evil, to laziness, to contention, even to acts of darkness. He can take over our thoughts and lead us to mischief. However, we can learn to sort out the promptings from the temptations and follow the inspiration of the Holy Ghost. The gift of the Holy Ghost, a sacred spiritual power, can be a constant companion to every soul who will receive it. God has set up the Universe in a hierarchy of laws, and the law of faith is actually a higher law than the laws of nature. That is where it miracles come in. Because when faith is used, the law of faith goes into practice, and the law of faith can actually do more than the laws of physics. God wants our faith to supersede the law of nature. #RandolphHarris 7 of 8

God is in the mountain-moving business. Do not doubt nor underestimate what he wants to do in your life. Christian apologists were, early on, only too well aware of how our Savior demonstrations must look to outsiders. “Have faith in God! If you have faith in God and do not doubt, you can tell this mountain to get up and jump into the sea, and it will. Everything you ask for in prayer will be yours, if you only have faith,” reports Mark 11.22-24.  We must open our eyes that we may see. There is another way down this road, we are getting closer to the place where we belong. Under the stars, familiar, now we are here, we can be who we are. In the darkness I found you, all that matters is how you want to live your life. Every turn, taking it slowly with you, and I am going to be there by your side. You are a believer of everyone. Darling, you are one in a million, and you have go to know it was in you all along. The most satisfying experience is to see what the gospel does for people. It gives them a new outlook on life. It gives them a perspective that they have never felt before. It raises their sights to things noble and divine. Something happens to them that is miraculous to behold. They look to God and come alive. God, may you open our hearts wide to receive the love of God. As we receive God’s love as Universal supply, all our affairs are healed. We realize and accept the healing power of the Universe as love, and allow the healing power that is love to penetrate our lives. We feel God’s love in our affairs, and know all is well. #RandolphHarris 8 of 8