Something powerful happens when we seek to learn more about God. Spiritually we are of noble birth, the offspring of the King of Heaven. Fix that truth in your mind and hold to it. In principle almost anything imaginable—at least anything a person would let oneself imagine—should be attainable by paranormal means. How can each of us experience the power of understanding our divine identity? It begins by seeking to know God, our Father. “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.” Each of us must open our hearts to the Holy Ghost, who bears witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God. You are a child of God. He is the Father of your spirit. We have been blessed with clear vision and understanding of our true identity from the beginning. Each human being is a beloved spirit, and, as such, each has a divine nature and destiny. Coming to know these truths with certainty helps us overcome trials, troubles, and afflictions of every kind. Fear is the great enemy of humankind. If an individual is filled with stress, it is impossible for that individual to do one’s best. We are speaking about morbid fear, the type of fear that devitalizes us mentally, emotionally, and physically. We need not live in fear of the future. We have every reason to rejoice and little reason to fear. #RandolphHarris 1 of 6

 It is these morbid fears that we wish to rid ourselves of, and not the ordinary caution that is necessary to intelligent living. For instance, a person standing on top a high cliff would naturally exercise the caution of not getting too close to the edge. However, if one has a dread of high places for fear one might fall or be seized with an irresistible impulse to leap, then one has a morbid fear of altitudes. And if we could trace this fear back to its original cause we might possibly find that sometime in a previous experience this individual in a previous experience may have had a threatening experience with heights. Perhaps this is why we have a great reason for faith. We should not be afraid what is going to happen tomorrow. But rather, we should live today in a sense of confidence and peace and joyful expectancy. When tomorrow comes, it will take care of itself. Today is the only day in which we can live for. For when tomorrow comes it will be another today, and so on through all of eternity. When we feel hurt, lost, scared, upset, sad, hungry, or hopelessly abandoned in life’s extremities, it is important to realize that God will never desert us. He never has, and he never will. God cannot leave us. It is not his character to do so. However, always, as it has from the beginning, the spirit of God inspires worthy souls.  #RandolphHarris 2 of 6

True, few if any thoughtful people can be unaware of the human potential for giving false reports: of succumbing to delusions in themselves or to design to deceive others. We accept—even expect—that respected figures in business and politics will withhold vital information or make misleading statements without turning a hair. We are not shocked to hear the definition of a diplomat as a person sent abroad to lie for his or her country.  However, coming to know our Heavenly father changes everything, especially our hearts, as his gentle spirit confirms our true identity and great worth in his sight. Unless we live without fear today we shall dread tomorrow. Those who live in the dread of tomorrow generally live in morbid thoughts of what happened in the past. Their minds are filled with things that were unpleasant in their previous experience and the unhappy events that they fear will transpire in the future. By living like that, the present day in which they live is robbed of all peace and joy, and becomes a torture chamber of eternal pain and suffering. This disposition so disturbs the mind that restful sleep is impossible. Such people seldom rise in the morning filled with buoyant hope, joyful expectation, and the natural enthusiasm and zest for living which we all need if we are going to get the most out of life. #RandolphHarris 3 of 6

When it comes to some people we cannot say we are surprised when we hear that lying is so habitual to them that, if they ever find themselves telling the truth, they would be obliged to tell a lie to set the record straight. We know too, probably from our own experience, some of the temptations that may lead to such semi-casual deception. The desire to please, to show off, to draw attention, to win favours. However, especially perhaps in the context of the paranormal, the desire to gain what we call witness power is one of the basic principles of social life that society accords a special place to the person who has something to say.  God walks with us along the covenant path as we seek him through prayerful pleadings, scriptural searchings, and obedient strivings. Through God, we become a valuable resource to the community. One becomes the person who was there, who has information to impart. However, it comes as something of a shock if and when we are forced to recognize that some particular person has actually been deceiving us about a matter we care about. Even if we can argue that it is been doing in a good cause, we shall be reluctant to acknowledge it. Still we must learn to forgive others. This is not always the easiest thing to do, but it can be done. If a person can be made to see that one must forgive in order to be healed of unhappiness, one generally will make an effort to do so. #RandolphHarris 4 of 6

In all, while it is certainly not news in general that people cheat, it can be very bad news in particular. And if and when it becomes clear that someone has been cheating us about the reality of miraculous phenomena, we are sure to feel a deep sense of disappointment. Maybe there will be some, who, on reflection, choose to class it as a forgivable exaggeration, a white lie, even as compensation for all the materialist propaganda that we have to live with. Even so there will be no escaping that the same evidence that had first been seen as evidence for a remarkable and desirable human characteristic, paranormal soul-power, has become instead further evidence for an unremarkable and undesirable one, normal human untrustworthiness. Nonetheless, we still attempt to establish a more hopeful picture of what we are, so as to permit a more promising vision of where we are going. The true search for the soul will lead to exceeding great and precious promises. Meekness is a defining attribute of the Redeemer and is distinguished by righteous responsiveness, willing submissiveness, and strong self-restraint. The Holy Ghost will teach and enlighten us as we learn together about a vital aspect of the Savior’s divine nature that each of us should strive to. #RandolphHarris 5 of 6

Meekness is an attribute developed through desire, the righteous exercise of moral agency, and striving always to retain a remission of our sins. It is also a spiritual gift for which we appropriately can seek. Meekness is strong, not weak; active, not passive; courageous, not timid; retrained, not excessive; modest, not self-aggrandizing; and gracious, not brash. A meek person is not easily provoked, pretentious, nor overbearing and readily acknowledges the accomplishments of others. We are the product of the Universe; we are the offspring of the divine spirit; we are some part of its life shaped and formed and acting as humans, as individuals, as people. And how could the great divine cause of our being seek to destroy or in any way harm that life which is the offspring of its own being? As we come unto and follow the Savior, we increasingly and incrementally are enabled to become more like him. We are empowered by the spirit with disciplined self-restraint and a settled and calm demeanor. Thus, meek is what we become as disciples of the Master and not just something we do. If we have faith we must have hope; for without faith there cannot be any hope. God will guide, protect, and strengthen us as we walk in the meekness of his spirit. #RandolphHarris 6 of 6