{"id":141,"date":"2022-09-18T21:45:10","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T03:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lairdslantern.us\/?page_id=141"},"modified":"2024-02-25T20:51:04","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T03:51:04","slug":"lairds-life-lines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lairdslantern.us\/?page_id=141","title":{"rendered":"Laird&#8217;s Everlasting\u2013Life Lines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#13bf2d;font-size:19px\">Herein, I place little lines of thought, to be like blaze marks in a forest or rock cairns in the desert, to show the pathways I&#8217;ve found to be safe and joyful routes through life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#13bf2d\">&lt;==&gt;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#583b8c\">Some say that when we leave this life by death, we go to a better place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#583b8c\">How sad, that we should think so. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#583b8c\">This is a wonderful place!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#583b8c\">Our Father, God, delighted in designing this elegant Earth, this spectacular solar system and this grand galaxy; all for our learning, achievement and joy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#583b8c\">Our Brothers, Jesus Christ and Adam, carefully organized and positioned Earth and all the planets and stars therein, for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#583b8c\">We likely assisted therein and certainly sang in joy about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#583b8c\">Our Father, God, designed our bodies so that our spirits could experience physical life, learn, and enjoy a new level of existence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#583b8c\">&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#832fa1\">They designed all here just as all such systems are organized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#832fa1\">Satan; assessing Adam and Eve&#8217;s recollection of pre-Earth life; mentioned that this world, Earth, is designed just like the world we came from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#832fa1\">So; when we die and our spirit returns home to where we lived before, it will be like life here, in all aspects, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#832fa1\">&lt;==&gt;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#d92121\">Repentance is not intended to be a &#8220;Re&#8221;-&#8220;Pain&#8221;-&#8220;Dance&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#d92121\">Repentance is intended to be a &#8220;Reap (a leason)-Plan and Dance&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#d92121\">&lt;==&gt;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#327d99\">Christ&#8217;s Atonement was also an Attainment!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#2eb0a3\">As Jesus Christ overcame sin, sickness, sadness and sorrow for others the process lifted him to a greater level of being, empowering him with strength, perspective and greater Divinity!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#2eb0a3\">&lt;==&gt;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#c26a25\">We&#8217;ve often been taught that an ideal life would be void of sadness and sorrow; disappointment and despair; illness and injury; and all things difficult at all!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#ba9525\">That would be an unjoyful journey; existence without experience; leaving without learning!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c3eb2935fac3a9979e359575189168c7 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#bef502\">We can find joy in the midst of whatever difficulties occur in our lives and ultimately it is the perspectives, strengths and relationships we can attain in response to those difficulties that can truly bring joy into our lives.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-528578896c14460649d43046f2bb0fc9 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#0c5df2\">When I have suffered severe illness, it has given me cause to consider whether God exists. Then, in response to my prayers, God has sent people to meet my needs, sufficiently evidencing his existence and his compassion towards me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9f0c8a83819896b84b0dbac8a13fe299 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#0c5df2\">God has not healed me of my illnesses, but he has always sent fine physicians, superb surgeons, and nice neighbors whenever I needed them. My illnesses have taught me endurance, compassion, appreciation and given me perspective that is only acquired through such ordeals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-55d21d6910bb0cc8342728a3df689fc9 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#0c5df2\">Since I sometimes cannot run or dance, work or even whistle; when I can, I Do so with great exuberance and delight!   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#2cc6d1\">Sometimes; It is in falling, that we learn how to fly!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#2cc6d1\">Laird<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#2cc6d1\">&lt;==&gt;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#3f9c24\"> When we pass from this life to the next by death, our heavenly parents and siblings will say: Welcome; Thank you; Here&#8217;s your next assignment!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#3f9c24\">&lt;==&gt;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#996a1f\">When I teach children all the marvelous things I&#8217;ve learned in life; They teach me all the wonderful things I&#8217;ve forgotten in life!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#bd7522\">Children still know to laugh and cry; sing and dance; and to always ask &#8220;Why &#8230;?&#8221;!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#bd7522\">&lt;==&gt;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#c4237b\">Perhaps; it is not one Heavenly Mother that resides with our Heavenly Father, but Heavenly Mothers; that watch over their children&#8217;s sojourn here; delighting in their children&#8217;s joys; sorrowing with their children&#8217;s travails; hoping for their children&#8217;s happiness; quietly awaiting their joyful reunion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#c4237b\">&lt;==&gt;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#b57324\">Inn keepers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#b57324\">~~<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#b57324\">We must each have, within our Earthly sojourn, our opportunities to be &#8220;Good Samaritans;&#8221; &#8220;Wounded Strangers;&#8221; and &#8220;Inn Keepers.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#b57324\">The Good Samaritan rushed in, heroically, at a crucial moment to carry the Wounded Stranger to safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#b57324\">We each need to be the rescuer at times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#b57324\">The Wounded Stranger was living a meaningful life; when suddenly all changed and he was in need of rescue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#b57324\">Each of us need rescued at times in life; from our injuries and illnesses, sorrows and sadness, disappointments and desperations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#b57324\">The Inn Keeper was there, caring for the Wounded Stranger, day after day, night after night; perhaps, for years; perhaps, for a lifetime, No scripture lauds their diligence or announces their attentiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#b57324\">We each are called upon at times to be Inn Keepers; diligently and attentively, quietly and conscientiously caring for the wounded strangers delivered into our lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#b57324\">&lt;==&gt;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#2499a6\">Two Plans<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#2499a6\">&lt;-&gt;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#2499a6\">Two plans were proposed in the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#2499a6\">~<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#2499a6\">Satan proposed the theme: &#8220;You can have anything in this world, for money&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#2499a6\">Satan then proceeded to buy up armies and navies; false priests, who oppress; and is reigning with blood and horror on this Earth!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#2499a6\">~<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#2499a6\">Jesus proposed the theme: &#8220;Feed the hungry; clothe the naked; lift the feeble!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#2499a6\">Jesus then proceeded to feed the hungry, for free; heal the sick, for free; and teach, for free!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#2499a6\">&lt;==&gt;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Herein, I place little lines of thought, to be like blaze marks in a forest or rock cairns in the desert, to show the pathways&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lairdslantern.us\/?page_id=141\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Laird&#8217;s Everlasting\u2013Life Lines<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"h5ap_radio_sources":[],"iawp_total_views":36,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-141","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lairdslantern.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lairdslantern.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lairdslantern.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lairdslantern.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lairdslantern.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=141"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/lairdslantern.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":320,"href":"https:\/\/lairdslantern.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/141\/revisions\/320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lairdslantern.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}