Mysteries of the World are under no obligation to reveal themselves to us. The Christian doctrine that all people are members of a single family—symbolically portrayed in the legend of Adam and Eve—is said not to be based on insights. It was revealed to them. Revelation means disclosure. When someone says, “It came as a revelation to me,” the individual means that something hitherto obscure is suddenly lit; a veil lifted, and that which previously had been concealed has now been made known. As a theological concept revelation share this basic meaning of disclosure, but focuses it in the disclosure of a specific object; namely God, his nature, and his will for humanity. God revealed himself first and foremost in what he did; not in words but in deeds. The spirit of revelation is real—and can and does function in our individual lives and in the Church. Science and religion are often cast as opponents in a battle for human hearts and minds, but science and religion are complementary. God cast us in his own image. We have free will and intelligence. The fact that our Universe is intelligible has profound implications for humankind and for the existence of God. We know that the Universe was created 13.7 billion years ago. However, these strengths have to be exquisitely fine-tuned in order for life to exist. The strength of the gravitational attraction must be tuned to ensure that the expansion of the Universe is not too fast and not too slow. #RandolphHarris 1 of 7

Do not close your eyes to the beauty still left around you. The designer of the Universe is clever enough to have devised either an evolving multitude of Universes or to have devised a way to make out present Universe create us. God is the ultimate person and, as such, is the ground of all being and the creator of finite persons. First, from eternity the Universe existed as thoughts of God; then, prior to the creation of the World they were created by God as real beings. The creation of the World was an act which God willed, and similarly the indestructibility of the World is due to the will of God. It is an expression of God’s nature, so that the creation of the World, and of this particular World of ours, was an act that could not be otherwise; and similarly the indestructibility of the World is something that cannot be otherwise. God could have created this World or created another kind of World. And similarly, if it be his will, the Lord can destroy the World, although, on the basis of scriptural verse it is not believed that God will destroy this World. God has the power to infringe upon the law of his own making and create what are known as miracles. These miracles, however, are not created arbitrarily. They are always created with design and wisdom for the good of deserving individual or deserving groups of individuals or humankind as a whole, for, God governs by direct supervision not only the World as a whole, but also the individual human beings within the World. #RandolphHarris 2 of 7

Do not shut yourself off from living the depth of life. Miracles mean universal providence, that is, the unalterable operation of the inexorable laws of nature whereby the continuity and uniformity of the various natural processes in the World are preserved. It means individual providence, that is, the suspension of the laws of nature by the will and wisdom and goodness of God for the sake of human beings whose life or well-being is threatened by the ordinary operation of those laws of nature. The Savior went around doing good acts. He taught the importance of not ignoring a spiritual prompting from the Holy Ghost. With regard to the pre-existent rational souls that become embodies, they are equal in number to the stars and are to be placed in newly born human beings whose bodies are already endowed with irrational souls. Irrational souls die with the bodies, whereas the rational souls are immortal. Immortality is a grace with which the soul was endowed by the will and power of God, and consequently it can be destroyed by the will and power of God if it has proved itself unworthy of the grace bestowed upon it. Just as God in his exercise of individual providence may see fit to infringe upon the laws of nature and create miracles, so has he also seen fit to endow humans with the miraculous power to infringe upon the laws of his or her nature, so that by the mere exercise of one’s will humans may choose to act contrary to all the forces in one’s nature. This conception of free will is what may be called absolute free will. #RandolphHarris 3 of 7

Miracles come in moment. Be ready and willing. Human knowledge, like all other events in the World are either natural, in the sense that they are operated by God though the laws of nature which he has implanted in the World, or supernatural, in the sense that they are miraculously created by God in infringement upon those laws of nature, so also human knowledge is either natural or supernaturally, or, divinely revealed. Under natural knowledge are various types from sensation to ratiocination. Prophetic knowledge, like all miracles, is part of God’s exercise of his providence over individuals, groups of individuals, or humankind in general. God has disclosed himself to us, inescapably and overwhelmingly. God is a Lord of goodness and love. Though this might be less obvious to outsiders, it is overwhelmingly evident to people who have faith and are immediate recipients. Gratitude is the most powerful of all human emotions. It is the genesis of love, joy, and happiness. We can unfold the secret of everything we want through gratitude. Gratitude is the origin of all beneficial emotions. It creates magical feelings in our heart, mind, and soul. The admiration of beauty, kindness, and intellect form a deep feeling of gratitude for our existence. And this creates a divine attraction to love, joy, and happiness, which lead to human bliss. #RandolphHarris 4 of 7

Freedom has come to us as an act of sheer, spontaneous, unmerited grace, a clear instance of God’s unanticipated and astonishing love. Once the realization of God’s love has taken root, it will spread quickly to encompass everyone. Besides God’s power and love, God is intensely concerned with human beings and their doings. This is why gratitude is the most powerful force in the Universe. The human mind established the existence not of a corporeal God immanent in the World, but of an incorporeal God above the World. We know God because we have a clear vision of the Uncreated One. Gratitude opens the doors to new relationships and life opportunities and improves not just our physical but also psychological health (decreasing the number of pains, aches and depression, increasing happiness, empathy and self-esteem, the quality of our sleep is enhanced, and gratitude helps us overcome stressful trauma). People who know how to express gratitude are the ones who choose to embrace the things they have in the present, instead of dwelling on what they do not have, what they could have or what they lost. God is knowable and describable through his essence, which means that the essence of a thing is known only through its likeness to others thins in genus and species. For that reason, people who are at peace with who they are, have the spirit of God, ad that is how they manifest abundance. #RandolphHarris 5 of 7

This life is absolutely, most certainly, and without a doubt, a miracle. Gratitude helps us clarify our values and intentions and therefore gives us an opportunity to calculate our resources and invest them in what really matters to us. Once, we count our blessings, meaning becomes clear. The various terms by which God is described are to be taken as mere verbal variations of the property of God to act, in which he is unlike all other beings. For to act is the unique property of God; the property of all created beings is to be animated. People who express gratitude know what makes them happy, what fulfills their dreams and where they should invest their energy, time, and money. This gives them the opportunity to increase their self-worth and net-worth and spiritual-worth at the same time. Also, gratitude promotes social relationships, they have no problem connecting and collaborating with like-minded individuals. They do not see others as competitors but assets to their personal and mutual success. People who are grateful are usually abundant at every moment because they do not wait for huge, significant success to celebrate. They appreciate and celebrate each step of their journey. Indirectly, both knowledge of the World and of the existence of God derived therefrom are attained laboriously by the slow process of observation and logical reasoning. #RandolphHarris 6 of 7

We must keep our mind and heart open to the possibilities in life. In the case of the direct way, both the knowledge of the World and of the existence of God derived therefrom are flashed upon the mind suddenly and simultaneously by divine inspiration. However, it is wholly impossible that God according to his essence should be know to any human creator. We are going to do something extraordinary as long as we keep expressing gratitude in life. Of course, we have to forego some good things in order to choose others that are better or best because they develop faith in the Lord and strengthen our families. Most of us have more things expected of us than we can possibly do. We may face many choices on what we will do with out time and other resources. We should recognize the reality that just because something is good is not a sufficient reason for doing it. The number of good things we can do far exceeds the time available to accomplish them. Some things are better than good, and these are the things that should command priority attention in our lives. Count your blessings because life is a miracle. Affirm your appreciation for being alive, and you will manifest more to be grateful for in life. We have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of our own blessings. Every moment is a miracle. We have been gifted with another day to experience being alive. #RandolphHarris 7 of 7