Knowing Divine Truth

[Zara Borthwick]

Knowing Divine Truth

<O:p</O:pThe experience of Divine Love and Divine Truth for the individual today brings to light a world vision that can unite us all. Our Heavenly Father has made it so each and every individual soul has the opportunity of accepting this Divine Love. The way to experience this Divine Love is very simple. The Divine Love is God’s to give and for the souls of men and women to receive. A soul desire for this Divine Love directed to the soul of God can be enough to begin the experience in Divine Love. A little bit of Divine Love goes a long way. And upon accepting Divine Love, begins ones beautiful faith in Divine Love.

<O:p</O:pThe Divine Love cannot be controlled or determined by men and women. It is not made of men and women so therefore the giving and receiving is beyond our control. This is the humility that surpasses all understanding. The Divine Love can not be set upon with condition. Men and women irrespective of their soul condition have not the power to place conditions upon the Divine Love. This means that to take control and place condition on the experience of Divine Love is to try to control with condition the soul of God. The Divine Love is a beautiful Love that every human being can freely participate according to the needs and requirements of their own soul. The faith that comes with the Divine Love is an individual one and requires only individual participation between the soul of an individual and the soul of God. The Divine Love is like the sky that is above and surrounds us all. It is present for everyone to see.

<O:p</O:pThe experience of Divine Truth enables an individual to learn about the experience of Divine Love. Divine Truths are as the Divine Love, and free for all souls of men and women to learn and to understand the relationship between the soul of the individual and the soul of God. Divine Truth is really placed into context with God’s Divine Love. This is so because without Divine Love the Truths have little meaning. The existence of Divine Love is really significant here. Once the individual makes the Divine Love their truth and faith, the Divine Truths then give greater meaning into their experience of Divine Love and their natural life. We have in the Padgett messages many Divine Truths that relate directly to and help explain the Divine Love. Ones experience of Divine Love may begin prior to reading the Padgett messages, or in fact without ever reading them at all. I have introduced souls who desire to know and experience the Divine Love who live in their faith and who have a good and happy relationship with God. Some of these souls are not interested in learning anymore truth, or for that matter doing any healing on themselves or participating with any group. They just love knowing that when they need to they can open their heart and pray to the soul of God, and accept the receiving and inflowing of this Divine Love.

<O:p</O:pThe Padgett messages have been made into book form and presented, and are available to read today. Mankind has historically forged out its future with contrasting action and reactions. Some of these events and experiences are seen to be either positive or negative. It may well be that what seems so negative at the time, is in fact part of the experience which then enables the goodness, the love and the truth to be seen with more clarity and purity than ever before. In a strange way what is not truth galvanises those who are in truth to become brighter examples of Love. For example, the Padgett messages can be taken by those who seek to try and control the experience of Divine Truth, which ultimately means to try to control the experience of Divine Love. This is the temptation that some may find to tempting, and will proceed to try to claim it as their own. For an individual or individuals, the Padgett messages in their form are the modern day “apple”. To hold the apple in one hand having taken it from the tree and determining the way it is to be shared, seen or learnt is man’s self-perceived power. The Padgett messages in all their form can never be of one man’s belonging and ownership. They are messages written for mankind and for all of mankind to be able to read as their need arrises to learn about their experience of living with Divine Love. There are those beautiful souls who help maintain the integrity of the messages in their current forms so that the greater awareness and knowing of Divine Truth and Divine Love can flow between the souls of men and women and our Heavenly Father.

<O:p</O:pWhen an individual places themselves first and before the Truths of the Father, this momentary sense of power can attract individuals who themselves desire such power. The need to be self important may well have its origins in their past natural and imperfect experience of life. However, in all their arrogance and ignorance, the Father knows their heart and Loves them in their weakness and will make them whole in the due course of time. We may not like it, nor understand it, but with love we know that ultimately it will be the Truths and the Love that will remain standing and be their salvation. I have said often that the Truths give to us comfort that they will teach us the way of living love. This is my insight here, to see that the Truth will teach me to love another’s error and stand tall with the Father and Jesus in that moment.

<O:p</O:pThe road of truth that we all walk will have many potholes, crossroads and roads leading away from it. However the Divine Love remains always available and present with us to be accepted and embraced so that the road of Truth is lit by the Father for all souls’ journey.

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[Dan Bowman]

Goodevening in Australia to you Zara. I see you've been burning the midnight oil & have brought to us a most inspiring writing, Divine Truth, Divine Love. You touched upon several interesting points & one that I liked:
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Truth will teach me to love another’s error and stand tall with the Father and Jesus in that moment.

There is error all around us, in religion, politics, economics, prejudice & bigotry, unloving relationships and the list goes on and on. Error appears to be such a pernicious influence in our lives that appears to breed cynicicsm & apathy.

When you wrote, Truth wiill teach me to love another's error: I read this to mean to me, Truth will teach me to love the "Errorer" or the one who errs.

It reminds me of the saying that God does not love the sin but loves the sinner. Natural love appears to me to be more conditional as we love those who are in agreement with our views & who love us in return. This is a natural or reflex response in natural love.

Divine Love, though, appears to be radically different & as you say Zara, is unconditional. It appears to me at times to defy my human understanding how one could love their enemy as Jesus teaches us. Sometimes I wonder who the real enemy is as none of us faces warring neighbors as in times of old. Sometimes I wonder if the real enemy is not inside ourselves & that Divine Loves teaches us better than any other power, principal or truth, to love even that part of ourselves that is the "errorer". Of all that I have read & studied in my 55 years, Divine Love, Divine Truth is what frees me from my feelings of self deprecation and error. I identify now with that higher nature, my divinity that can now look upon my own errors & those of others in love.

What a terrific post Zara. You got my Divine Love engines fired up as I blast off in prayer for another dose of Divine Love.

Your loving friend in Divine Love,

Dan

[Kay Ann Ray]

Dear Zara, Dan and all sisters and brothers in God's Love,

Thank you for sharing your insights and enthusiasm for the wonderful spiritual truths we have been given the privilege of being guided to and accepting into our hearts and souls.

I know that many people have probably been exposed to these teachings without recognizing their value or how the application of seeking truth with heartfelt longings would bring supurb changes into their lives.

So many dear souls struggle with material concerns which often cause physical illness and create more problems. If they could learn about the potential they have to receive God's Gift of Divine Love, they could start their journey upward toward at-Onement with their Beloved Creator.

It seems to me that one of our major jobs in reaching out to our fellow human beings is to help them realize how precious they are in the sight of God, how much they are Loved and how many wonderful gifts there are in store for them. I know that it is difficult for many people to learn to love themselves in this material world under the circumstances of all the negative programming which has been propagated in society for such a long time.

Perhaps it is due to the rampant lack of self-love which has resulted in many souls not even believing there is a Loving Creator. It has been said that the best way we have of reaching out with the Truths of God's Love is to exemplify It in our daily living. That is quite a challenge which can motivate us to stay on top of our game and which can help us achieve our spiritual goals.

As I go about my daily activities, I can feel overwhelmed by all the requirements in each day or I can know that as I put my love, wholeheartedly, into each task I will feel rewarded and fulfilled. I have the free will to chose how to think, feel, act and react to each activity I choose to put my loving energies into.

'Day by day, stone by stone, build your kingdom slowly.' I feel reassured that as I continue my prayers for God's Love, have faith that I am doing my best, and know in my heart that God is watching over me, guiding me in my every thought and deed, protecting me from harm and low spirit influence, I will be uplifted in spirit and feel joyous in every activity I choose to do in my life.

God bless you, each and every one. I love you and keep you in my prayers.

Your friend, coworker and sister in the Christ Spirit, Kathryn

[doug]

Natural love appears to me to be more conditional as we love those who are in agreement with our views & who love us in return. This is a natural or reflex response in natural love.

Divine Love, though, appears to be radically different
Dan, I hope this doesn't sound like hairsplitting, but somehow I feel it's important to affirm that the natural love is also absolutely unconditional. At least in its purified form it is. To my understanding, the reason that natural love often appears to be "conditional" is that here on earth it is never manifested in its purity. When the natural love becomes blended in with our animal instincts, it starts to become very conditional indeed. I don't think this is the result of any inherent "conditionality," however, but is rather the result of its fallibility when confronted with the power of our animal drives.

In practice, the natural love is generally not strong enough to "override" the impulses of our animal natures. And so what we are accustomed to calling love is actually a curious blend of the two. We find it relatively easier to love our mate, children, immediate family, and "tribe," because both our natural love and our animal nature call us to do so. When, on the other hand, our natural love comes into conflict with the dictates of our animal inclinations (self-preservation being No. 1 on that list), we see a manifestation of natural love that appears conditional and inconsistent, if not downright unreliable.

There are many teachings of unconditional love in the Old Testament, and in other spiritual teachings before the time of Jesus. Buddhism especially teaches of unconditional love. I have no doubt that the inhabitants of the Sixth Sphere are able to continuously manifest such love.

I don't claim to be an authority regarding any of this, mind you. These are just my musings on the subject. The Padgett messages, unfortunately, don't go into great detail on the subject of the natural love. But when I "connect the dots," this is the picture I come up with.

Much love (natural and divine ;) ),

Doug

[Dan Bowman]

Doug, I agree with you completely as natural love in it's fullness is perfect, therefore perfect love is unconditional. You bring up an interesting point that I've been pondering. That is, that natural love gets a bad rap in the Padgett messages & I believe you've made the point yourself. I think about Jesus' earthly mission as he taught both paths. His Sermon on the Mount is a perfect example of natural love teachings as he helped mankind at whatever level he could. Perhaps the reason that the P messages hammer so hard on the natural love is because the distinction between it & the Father's Divine Love has been wanting. And also because man by default tends to try to solve his own problems thru self effort, therefore the seperation between man and God.

Stephen Covey once said that missing the mark is not the difference between the good and the bad, rather between better & best.

Obviously both paths of love are admirable and it is a joy to grow and to prosper in either path.

Thank you for making this clear Doug as the conditon of natural love development is yet unconditional for many and yet.........In the end all will be in harmony, all will be in love.

Your friend in the Divine Love,

Dan

[Zara Borthwick]

Good posts Kathryn, Dan and Doug

It is wonderful to think of natural love and to speak of its nature as we learn more of the intricate truths of this attribute of the soul. We have all been in it and are of it, and the Divine Love really provides one with the ability to understand it in it's workings.

The Celestials in the Padgett messages speak of the Divine Love with such reverence and then speak of natural love as a normal, human fact. Perhaps because from their perspective the Divine Love is so real and encompassing in their soul-life, and that their natural mortal love experience is somewhat in the distant past. Also, to be with and in so much Divine Love individually they would be able to speak very objectively about the differences of the loves.

It is an interesting point about a perfected natural love being unconditional. My perception is that on one hand it may well be pure, unconditional love and yet on the other hand the individual that exists in that state of being may feel no need to then partake of the Father's Divine Love as in the 6th sphere inhabitants and those natural spiritual guru's here on Earth. Herein lies a quandary of natural love. One hand what seems unconditional is in fact existing with condition. Another factor in this, is when one reads and is introduced to the workings of Divine Truth in relationship to natural and Divine Love experiences, what is very apparent are the soul-laws that determine the progression of a soul in it's condition and working of the loves. This implies that although there may be unconditional aspects in natural love, there are in fact many conditions that the Father has set in place for the soul to abide in both the material world and the spirit realms. This may account for why some people come into direct contact with Divine Truths, that they may feel confronted or even shy away from them as these Truths represent the immutable condition of the Father.

For people who like to try and get their own way and have it all their own way, in their natural love, Divine Truth may be the very thing that they do not want to meet. When an individual begins praying for the Divine Love it is in the recognition that whether you are to get what you want or not in life, the love of the Divine Love and then the love of the Father is what is resident in ones heart. I had coffee with a lovely friend who accepted the Divine Love, has bought a set of Angelic Revelations of Divine Truth books, and upon our conversation, asked me the classic question: "if I keep praying for the Divine Love, and reading the books, can I still keep my red Mercedes Benz?" We had a good laugh together. This helps to illustrate our desire to learn about living our faith in Divine Love for the Father gives and each individual has their respective life to lead and how this transpires for each individual will be unique.

The world needs a lot of love. It requires us at times to be giving of love unconditionally and at other times to give with responsibility which may infer condition. It is a balance of both however all hearts can receive unconditionally or with condition, our Heavenly Father's Divine Love.

[R...]

Dear Dan,

You wrote, "because man by default tends to try to solve his own problems thru self effort, therefore the seperation between man and God" and this is so well said. "By default" and that is why I have to come to the point and realization over and over that once again I have tried to solve things through my own efforts, and once again it is time to let go and turn it all over to God, trusting in his will. I'm always surprised to find out that once again I've gone back to default mode. But perhaps it gets easier to get out of default with practice, I don't know. Sometimes it has to get to a painful point before I remember to ask for help from the heart.

love,
Rebecca

[Dan Bowman]

Rebecca & Zara,

What I really love about the DLF is the diversity of perspectives & the undeniable love with which we interact.

Zara, you really dug in deeper on the greater truth of the natural love as there does appear to be a ceiling or a limit on what we call "unconditional". Perhaps in the true context of the Law of Love, only God's Divine Love would qualify as totally unconditional. In natural love we have what appears to be relative unconditional. Loved your post Zara as you write with such passion!

Rebecca, I thought at first you were going somewhere else with
"default", as it appears that this may be more of a conditioned condition that mankind possesses. Perhaps in our original perfect creation our default nature is to seek a relationship/dependence upon our creator.

It reminds me of sitting at the dinner table with guests & someone needs the butter. One can ask another to please pass the butter or they can reach across the table or stand up and walk around & retrieve the butter for themselves. It's obviously allot of effort to do it on your own & bad manners as well. Perhaps it is in our training or lack thereof that we try to do things the hard way, on our own.

Sometimes we do things on our own because we may believe that if you want a job done right, you do it yourself or perhaps we don't want to bother others with our problems & needs.

There appears to be a delicate balance between self reliance & interdependence with God & our brothers & sisters. That's what I really love about the Divine Love as it appeqrs to naturally bring me into that balance, where I don't have to use the method of trial & error to figure this stuff out. Rebecca, I really loved your post & I hope others get as much out of it as I did.

Your loving Brother in Christ,

Dan

[Zara Borthwick]

Good morning Dan,

I loved your post in the Soulmate and Self-love thread, and have pondered today, the conditional and unconditional aspects of Love and the Father, and in natural love too.

Quote:"but there is a condition that must be met to receive His Love & that being desire". This condition is real as God's Love is not available unless prayed & longed for. So the words conditional/unconditional have me scratching my head as I write. Perhaps Zara you'd like to help me figure this one out."

My experience has revealed to me that this very question of unconditional/conditional is a study in the drama of life in both natural and Divine Love. We could probably discuss this subject very comprehensively and still find more to say for it is the very essence that involves so much of personality and life experience. When people begin their spiritual healing, one is immediately engaged in trying to undo what has been done to gain understanding about their past, to help define themselves and liberate their future. A person free from the conditions of the past can live on the promise of an unconditional future. People who begin a spiritual life seek to do much the same. As we know without the Divine Love this is the strive towards perfecting their natural love. Even with the Divine Love we learn about our natural love as we perfect it by the Divine Love. The complete expression of this is for the soul to have progressed, ascending toward and eventually arriving in the Celestial Heavens where the expression unconditional and conditional are replaced by a greater understanding Truth. In the Celestial Heavens, the soul is close with the Father therefore the soul of an individual accepts the Truths of Love and the Father and lives according to this. The human desire and longing of the soul is transformed into knowing and soulful prayer in this knowing without being driven by human emotion. Individuals in the Celestial Heavens need not compete or pit their wills against one another in order to gain an advantage. Each individual is perfect unto their own soul and complete in this, because the Divine Love and their participation has made this so.

Personality in its struggle for definition and individuality can be subject to transgression and transgressive behaviour. Which are afflictions of the soul which create suffering, sadness and the feelings of disconnectedness to oneself that result in the end to equal unworthiness. The psychological and emotional effects to the individual are as vast and varied although finite, relative to their causes. So many individuals live out their lives subject to these influences and have become so habit forming that one perceives that this is normal. It is remarkable to think that so much has been done in this world out of fear and denial of Truth, all in the name of love and thy self. This is why many experience the humbling and will recognise their greatest friend...forgiveness.

All that I have mentioned is not a judgement it is just an observation of how mankind is always trying to unravel the drama that it creates. As I have previously mentioned in a post, whether we are unconditional or conditional the Divine Love presents a way for the individual to at least begin in quiet and peaceful steps to become the soul they were always to be. Another example is when an individual is living fully in their faith in Divine Love, reading the Truths and being totally in love with the Father amongst loved ones and friends who are completely disinterested in what you are so passionate about. Everyone in the Divine Love movement in this world is or will at some time experience this. This is our great adventure here and how we act as mature souls of the realm without judgement or creating disharmony whilst we are living in the full light of knowing the Truths among those who are in the full experience of unknowing. This obvious Divine Love experience does not happen in any of the Divine love spheres or the Celestial Heavens. The Law of Attraction takes full effect in the spiritual spheres.

In every action of life the soul of an individual is present, and in that soul is the longing and desire, its passions that venture forth to grasp life. Some have directed theirs as taught by Jesus to us in the Padgett messages, toward the soul of the Father and have received the Divine Love. On the great stepping ladder of truth, each individual is on their respective rung, learning from those above and teaching and helping those below.

Some individuals can be emotionally and intellectually driven to find the Truth. This brings into play many dynamic conditions that whereby the sincere beauty of the Divine Love may surprisingly seem not sufficient to fulfil ones self-placed ambitions with regard to fulfilling their self-placed importance. One very interesting aspect in ones soulful spiritual journey is to recognise that when one has experienced the Divine Love they have in fact found...the Truth. To accept this and to recognise what this means has vast ramifications for the individual for it is the recognition that the individual need no longer seek, for the Truth that has longingly been sought for has been found.

Unconditional and conditional the scales of life. In the balance of things and in love we can learn to ask this question: How does it weigh up in my life? Does it sit in my heart?

[Dan Bowman]

Zara, I always love getting up early in the morning when it's still dark, sipping on some hot coffee & sitting in my den that faces into a hardwood forest & turning on the DLF. And when I do I can usually find you here. I especially enjoy your original thinking about these many subjects as it takes substantial soul development to assimilate truth & associate it with the many subjects we discuss.

For instance you wrote:

Quote: "The complete expression of this is for the soul to have progressed, ascending toward and eventually arriving in the Celestial Heavens where the expression unconditional and conditional are replaced by a greater understanding Truth."

That was an interesting observation as in natural love the concept of Yin Yang, is the truth of life. In Zen, one simply learns to accept without expectation as what is called desirelessness. So in the natural order we have birth/death, good/bad, light/dakrness, good/evil, peaks/valleys, conditional/unconditional, etc.

As you mentioned in the quote, perhaps in the Celestial Heavens, Yin Yang does not exist. In the CH there is no evil, only good. There is no sadness as in the valley as they are always on the peak & as you said the dichtomy of conditional/unconditional is also transcended.

I remember reading that the soul once transformed is self existing by virtue of it's immortality. Perhaps at this level of soul development one transcends conditions on their soul as they merge their soul with God in at-onement.

It's interesting to think of how God loves all His children unconditionally but in order to receive His Love as in the "New Birth, that the Divine Love is conditional, predicated upon one's desire & longing. And then to consider that eventually one transcends this condition as we become at one with the source where the longng is constant & Yin Yang has been replaced by Love's constancy. There appears to be an evolution to these things as conditions change relative to our progression in Divine Love.

Man I loved this post!!

[Kay Ann Ray]

Dear Zara ans Dan,

Once again you have shared profound understanding of our development in our Father's Soul Love. Thank you for helping us focus our attention on these important aspects of our life's unfoldments.

I received the impression, quite awhile ago, that when we achieve residency in the Celestial Heavens we will have become the soul, child of God, that we had been created to become. Zara, you touched upon this in your post. It will have no bearing upon who our parents were, or what kind of experiences we went through in our earth life, all these conditions will be overwith and we will be the Divine soul, God's Substance of Love destined us to become.

In the meantime, as we strive to activate the highest potential of our souls, I believe that we will feel uplifted and satisfied at each new level, step up on the ladder, we manage to reach as we progress in The Love. I feel that accepting our own goodness is helpful in removing the conditons we tend to place upon ourselves by comparing our life styles to what others are doing, or what society has deemed to be acceptable behavior.

As we continue striving to do all things with great Love, we will grow and change for the better. We will progress toward closer at-Onement with our wondrous Creator and not worry about limits or conditions because we are doing our best and we know that God Loves us right where we are at this moment.

May you and your loved ones feel and enjoy God's blessings all throughout the day and week ahead.

Your friend, coworker and sister in the Christ Love, Kathryn

[Zara Borthwick]

Upon further considerations of conditional and unconditional experiences, I felt inspired to write the Divine Love.

It is quite remarkable when one ponders the event that transpired when the Father rebestowed the availability of Divine Love and Jesus was born at the same time. We have the Father and the mortal experience coinciding together. Jesus being the first soul to receive the Father's blessing of Divine Love and as he lived his life on Earth, continued to receive the Father's Love and taught others around him about this Love from his experience. It is sometimes hard to separate the drama of his life, from the simple beauty of the fact that this was a lovely man living in and with the Divine Love of His Father. At the time of his birth the Celestial Heavens were opened ready to receive and become the home of souls who had received so much Divine Love and Jesus knew when on Earth, of this place. There were so many conditions to which Jesus was subject to and toward the end of his life. However none of these could effect the condition of his soul that had resulted with such perfection and love, faith and truth in the Divine Love of the Father.

In the long years of silence until the eventual words of the Padgett messages when Jesus' voice was heard once again teaching about the Divine Love of the Father, there was no Earthly teachings of the Divine Love and yet the Divine Love and its availability was still very much in existence. Although many teachers had taught a way of living faith and a spiritual life none presented nor were the presentation of the Divine Love and the Divine Truths only that of natural man. Jesus has been living with the Divine Love from the beginning and has continued on in this way to the present day where he is now in the Celestial Heavens overseeing the whole evolving experience of men and women learning about our Father's Divine Love.

It is really nice to know and to feel that this beautiful soul Jesus has been so Loved by the Father for the entirety of his life on Earth and continued life in the spiritual realms. I feel so much love in my heart when my soul perceptions perceive Jesus and I see that having lived with the Father's Love ever since its rebestowal, reveals how unconditional and conditional mortal constraints have melted away and dissolved, so that one sees clearly as one hears clearly, the Truths of our Father's Divine Love as he so lovingly teaches. I would imagine that when Jesus is teaching those souls who are aspiring toward learning more about their experience about living with the Father in the natural and Divine Love spheres his presence of Light would uplift one so, that one would see and feel a most beautiful soul living only in the condition of the Divine Love of our Father.

[Zara Borthwick]

Hi Kathryn and Dan,

I love reading your posts as I feel so much love coming through your words as these experiences help us all to share in our love of the Father and this adventure we take together. The Divine Love Fellowship is greatly enriched and by your valued contribution is a living example for us all. There is something very good when love is being communicated and although we all live in different parts of the world, we can meet here and share and understand these wonderful discoveries. We are not bound by the conditions of time and place. This shows that our individual experiences of Divine Love are true for one and all, in all places and at all times. The pure fact that we have not necessarily met, yet intuitively and perceptually celebrate a shared and informative Divine Love experience is really cool!

At the end of the day, one voice can express and experience the Divine Love and a thousand silent eyes will agree. It is also truly fantastic to think that we are sharing in this highly spiritual Faith and Truth together and in this Great Gift given by the Father, that we so rejoice in as happy children, is entirely free. The Divine Love is a free world gift for the souls of men and women of this world.

Kathryn and Dan, Nicholas and I spent many years reading the Padgett messages. Then our circumstances changed, where we did not read the books for a number of years. This enabled us to move around in the public and to live very much among the natural love souls of the world, enjoying open communications with people, and we had to rely on our own bona-fide experience to illustrate and share that which we knew and loved so dearly. After awhile what became very apparent is that the Divine Truths soften into a far more faith-filled experience and although we had the Truths at hand, what was accessible to those we spoke with, was how we understood the Divine Love as an experience of Faith for the individual and that this faith was supported whole-heartedly by a continuous inflowing of Divine Love.

This was a very revealing experience for us, for although we knew the Truths of the Padgett messages, not laying eyes upon them for those years, really made us find resolve in the Divine Love and in our own faith. A lot of the time we were literately, going in faith on a wing and a prayer. The reason why we chose to do this, was because we had lived with the Padgett messages, and felt very comfortable with these Truths at hand. However we thought it best for our own experience and for the test of time, to see what it was like to operate free of the written word and to see just exactly how this experience of relying purely on our own efforts and faith, would be. It drew us individually closer to the Father and enforced a deeper knowing and love of the Father, and taught us to be guided by our inner spirit and to find our own vocation and expression of Truth in the Love that was entirely acceptable and approachable by any soul we met. What became apparent in this time were three things: a) That the Divine Love is available
b) That the experience of Divine Love is a soul-to-soul relationship between the soul of an individual and the soul of God
c) That when an individual experiences the Divine Love one can pray for this love openly from their heart, whenever they desire and that this Divine Love will build faith in their soul that will become rock solid, true and filled with goodness.

We found that by presenting the Divine Love in this way, people were very receptive as each person felt that they were not being challenged or told to engage in something, but rather presented with the beautiful experience of soul and love that was specific to the needs and personal requirements of ones own heart. The beginning of this year has brought back into contact with the Padgett messages and this has been very comforting and really good for now we have Faith in one hand, Divine Love in the heart and Truth in the other hand. We are both always still learning and loving what we learn and the Father has guided our sails to drift quietly to other shores and we now have our loving friends here. I would just like to send a cheerio to you both this morning, and word of encouragement to all those who are praying quietly for the Divine Love and who in their own beautiful way are sharing and communicating their experience of Divine Love in the world today.

[Kay Ann Ray]

Dearest sister in God's Love, Zara, and other Divine Love friends,

It's always good for our thoughts and feelings to think about and discuss the wondrous Gift of Grace available to our souls through our desires to develop our highest spiritual potential. Thank you for sharing your experiences.

I have not read the messages for many years. It seems to me that prayers for God's Love bring the awakening of soul to an individual and the wisdom to feel the truth day by day. I have reached understandings through receiving messages and reading other contemporary channelings, which I feel may be accurate.

Our Creator had been desiring to rebestow the great Gift of Grace upon all humankind for a long time (for example, Swedenborg had been chosen to learn about the true teachings of Jesus, but then his interpretation had gone astray, which caused him to not achieve the desired goal).

I understand that the line of spiritually developing souls which led up to the birth of Jesus, from Abraham and a succession of prophets, was preparing the progeny to become devout and sincere in their relationship to God. This enabled Jesus to long to be close to his Heavenly Father while he was still in his mothers womb. We've been told that this yearning resulted in the rebestowal of the Gift, the potential for all souls, on earth, in the spirit world and those not yet incarnated, to receive the Grace of Divine Love.

Jesus tells us that the small amount of Divine Love he received in the womb enabled him to be born without sin. He explains that it was not enough to bring about divinity in his soul, but equal to the purity of the first parents and with the potential they had when they were created. I do understand that each individual person has their own take on the nuances of how 'they feel about it' and what 'they believe happened' and that it does not change the truth about the availability of the Love.

I understand why the angles tell us that the best way we have of helping others learn about the great potential they have of receiving the Love is through example. When we achieve the joy and peace which God's Love can bring to our lives, others will take notice, they will feel the love emanations which we exude. I've been impressed by the fact that the Celestials do not try to teach about the potential to receive The Love unless, or until, the student is interested in learning about It.

I have the responsibility of developing my own soul in God's transforming Love. (I can not bring the Love into another person's soul through my prayers.) I will continue striving to become a better example of living in the Love, so I will, hopefully, attract more seekers to the Truths.

God bless you and your loved ones. I pray that you're having a peaceful and love-filled day.

Your friend, coworker and sister in the Christ Love, Kathryn

[Zara Borthwick]

Dear Kathryn,

I enjoyed with interest reading your post. It is always a pleasure to ponder the beginning of things. There are many natural facts to do with life before Jesus was born, and there have been many since. The telling fact when looking at Jesus' life all those years ago, is that we know from reading the Padgett messages that his life was fully abundant in the Father's Divine Love. It must have been quite extraordinary for him to have known of the Father and to have known of the Father's way and Love while absolutely everyone else around him was hearing it from him for the first time. It is not my place to comment on whether Jesus received Divine Love in his mother's womb, for I am sure that many things happened between the Father and Jesus that will always be between the Father and Jesus. The Father rebestowed the Divine Love and needed a soul to declare this rebestowal of Divine Love to mankind and for mankind on Earth and in the Spirit realms. As Jesus lived and taught of this here, souls grew in their awareness of the Love and the Truths in spirit. I know that this is spoken of in the Padgett messages, but it is very good to be able to discuss it here for it enables our perceptions to really see and understand the vibrancy and of these Truths because it enriches our faith.

From our mortal and humble perspective, we are able to now read and learn the Truth of Jesus' life written in the Padgett messages that convey Divine Truth. It is with joy that we can now see and understand the context which coincided with the Father's rebestowal for mankind. We can see this all those years ago when he lived as a man on Earth, and we can see this as the soul who now resides in the Celestial Heavens. It is with our deepest love and respect that we can celebrate Jesus revealing how to obtain the Divine Love of the Father. It is also lovely to know that in both of these contexts, we can define the true relationship that began all those years ago, and see the Light still shining that is the story of knowing... Jesus and the Divine Love of the Father.

[Zara Borthwick]

Hi Everyone,

I thought I would write a little more on the experience of faith and why an individual faith is so valuable here in this world in the experience of Divine Love. Although I have written recently about this, I feel that faith is such a profound experience in our lives and is a defining mortal experience that ought not to be overlooked. The inflowing of Divine Love enables the soul to develop faith and cause such faith that a soul fully realises and accepts with time that this Love is well and truly flowing in from the soul of God.

This faith filled experience is particular to Earth and not experienced by those in the natural or Celestial Heavens. There is a very good reason for this. Our experience of life here as men and women is lived in a material environment. The soul experiences this and such is the way of our lives, that many souls live in a condition of unknowing about their future; or in the conditions of their past. This creates the drama of the present.

The Divine Love actively fills the soul and grows the perceptions that enable an understanding and faith to develop. So that with continued prayer for Divine Love eventually this faith becomes real and the soul of God, our Heavenly Father becomes personalised so that the individual can experience Love in their life even in the midst of material uncertainty and drama.

In the Divine Love spheres and Celestial Heavens, individuals are living an entirely different way of life where they do not have the worrying concerns of an unknown material future. Souls living in the natural spheres, even though they are not living with the Father's Divine Love, are still catered for and in an environment that is not of this material world and their concerns for the future are different than ours. Truth becomes very apparent when living in the natural and Divine Love spheres as the soul laws of attraction take effect and each soul must go to the spiritual sphere and environment that is best suited to the condition of their soul. Souls living in these spiritual spheres do not and are not subject to the material workings of this world, however their soul condition may well be the very result of having lived here in this material environment.

Here on Earth everybody is subject to material laws before the laws of spirit may be seen. It is not that spirit and the Father does not exist, but rather that the mortal set of man made laws are first to come into effect. For example, someone who speeds may receive a fine for breaking the law; rent must be paid for the use of the space. Traffic might flow or be jammed, and I am best to roll with the flow and not create more Earthly drama (smile). What ever the mortal drama, we are nonetheless involved in this here. In the spiritual realms, this does not happen. The drama is simply the condition of your soul and the sphere your soul is attracted to. Further understanding of these dynamics are explained as written by Jesus and other Celestials in the Padgett messages.

When living with Divine Love one soon learns that even though we live in a world of change and that our material environments may change, the one true foundation that remains certain regardless of the past or the future is ones present faith in Divine Love. The beauty of the Divine Love is irrespective of ones material environment the soul can pray to God's soul and receive this Love. We can receive this Love in great abundance whilst living here and even though we may grow with truth we are still subject to the mortal laws that surround us and that we participate in our daily lives. This is why a foundation in faith is so complete and perfect for the individual. Because whilst we live here in this world, it is our faith that can surpass the immediate dramas or even participate in the dramas. Faith is not dependant upon beliefs or outcomes, advantages or finances but rather ones faith is nurtured in the peaceful understanding that I can continue to Love and be Loved in my faith in Divine Love.

[Dan Bowman]

Dear Kathryn & Zara,

Kathryn, I really like how you capture "Love's Simplicity", as you wrote:

Quote: not worry about limits or conditions because we are doing our best and we know that God Loves us right where we are at this moment

There are many conditions that we are subjected to, both volutary & involuntary. Most of us still wrestle with negative thinking & unharmonious emotions. Life's circumstances may find us struggling with monies or poor health. However, you captured the essence of Love's Simpllicity so well Kathryn, as none of these things matter in the context of a soul that is living in the light of the Father's Love. The tempests can blow & the world as we know it here can be falling down around us, and yet when we are doing our best to stand in the light of the Father's Love, we can take refuge that He is loving us, just as we are in this moment, an unconditional act by God. Many of your posts Kathryn capture Love's Simplicity as I am begining to see this as your trademark. You are simply wonderful.

Last but not least, my lovely Zara. You come as an angel in the night leaving behind all manner of gifts for the soul to behold. Like you & Kathryn, I had not read the Padgett messages for some years & yet the Love was not only there in my soul but was growing & I could feel it. Sometimes I wish we had some new material to read as we seem to get a re-packaging of the same messages, just a new cover & title & some re-editing. I was thinking yesterday that an entire book in the context of truth could be written on the hierarchy of the soul. I have thought strongly about writing a book on Divine Suffusion. Many of us have the soul's development now to write such books in the context of our words & soul's understandings that can only contribute to the further edification of mankind. And children's books, yes the children are the progeny of the future as they too must learn of truth & love. As I write these things I too must take to heart these admonitions.

Love,

Dan

[Kay Ann Ray]

Dear Zara, Dan and other coworker friends,

I remember reading in the P Messages that Jesus, having studied the scriptures, had become aware that 'in the fulness of time' the Father would bestow a New Heart upon humankind. Also through the scriptures there was the theme that a Messiah would come to announce the rebestowal of the New Heart. I believe something was said about replacing the stoney heart with a heart of flesh.

If I remember correctly, when Jesus was about 20 years old, he wondered if he might be the Messiah. It seems that he was quite overwhelmed by the thought. He continued living with his family, in the tradition of the eldest child helping with the younger children. During these years he continued praying for God's Divine Love; his difference from the other children became more apparent to the family.

He had met his cousin, John the Baptist; they became friends and planned their spiritual missions together. When John baptized Jesus in the River Jordan, when Jesus was 33 years old, he received the final amount of Divine Love which transformed him into the Christ.

I am grateful for all the good spirits, who progressed in the purification of thier natural love and influenced people on earth to turn their thoughts to spiritual things. This helped humankind come up from their low condition and forge a path toward spiritual development.

Some people have said to me that a loving God would not have withdrawn the Gift of Grace, but it was forfieted by the first parents as a result of their rejection of the Gift. I try to remind them that It, the potential to receive God's Gift of Divine Love, is available at this time and that they can receive It into their souls if they desire to have It.

I am grateful to Jesus for loving his heavenly Creator and longing to become at-One with that Loving Soul. I feel especially blessed for being guided onto this path of Truth and Love and hope to continue my divine development and become an example for others to find their Way toward at-Onement with their Heavenly Father.

God bless you, each and every one. I want to continue accepting God's blessings of Love and become transformed into a divine soul. I want to help the world become a better place, more peacful and harmonious.

Your friend and sister in the Christ Spirit, Kathryn

[Zara Borthwick]

We are so fortunate to have the Padgett messages and to have these messages published in a variety of books which are presented for reading today. The efforts of the individuals to have made this happen are seen quiet clearly in the published presentation of these works. It is also very good to know that we all share a common vision: the Divine Love and that these books of Divine Truth reveal in more detail this most glorious Divine Love. I love the various books and thought I would write a little on this.


One observation about our experience is that in these works there are real truths that convey an understanding about the Divine Love and that these works are always going to be contemporary. There are also at present individuals such as Kathryn, Amy, Dan and Richard, Dave and Carolyn to name just a few, who have been in rapport with the Celestial guides and have conveyed some more wonderful messages with regard to the Divine Love. Even this week we had the pleasure of reading one such message from Richard, the Transformation of Desire. We are so fortunate in the Divine Love movement to have been given the opportunity of reading these spiritual messages which also reveal that what began with James Padgett is still continuing today. This shows that the Divine Love experience moves and its form still being shaped; so there is history and there is contemporary spirit communication that guides us to a closer union with our Heavenly Father. For anyone interested in spirit guide communication what is transpiring in the Divine Love movement, is information that truly inspires the soul.

Even though these spirit communications may be from past religious and historical figures there is a wonderful blend of spirituality that has every appeal of this day. A very good point in reference to these works is that these wonderful published messages and contemporary messages do not tell us the way that we must live our life here on Earth; unlike the teachings of other natural religions and spiritualities do. Rather they present teachings about love, faith and truth that we then participate with if we chose to, always presenting to the individual the goodness of the Divine Love which is the most prefect spiritual gift for the soul from God. The aspect that is not covered in specific terms in the Padgett messages, the part that has not been written is that part of the Divine Love experience that we are living out in our lives here. The guides present messages to help and assist us in our faith in Divine Love, however each soul who participates with Divine Love is learning of this experience and we are all working this out together to contribute toward establishing an understanding of living with the Divine Love here on Earth.

<O:p</O:pThe spirituality, faith and Divine Truth experience of the Divine Love is a most beautiful soulful and nurturing journey and although one may have to deal with certain conditions along the way, we will always have these wonderful messages to guide and inspire us toward our own evolving relationship with the soul, God and with each other.

[Kay Ann Ray]

Dear Zara, Dan and other loving souls,

Thank you for sharing your feelings and thoughts about the wonderful teachings we have, which inspire our spiritual development. One of the things I have been realizing is that as we continue to progress in God's Love we will gain insights which do not appear in the P Messages. It will be our responsibility to share these with humankind, as Zara suggests, by telling our own story of soul development in the Grace of God's Divine Love.

As we come into greater harmony with Love, kindness, and acceptance of all our brothers and sisters, we will reach a level of understanding which sees the necessity of many different outlooks according to the spiritual development of the individual. This helps me see how important it is to not expect others to follow in a certain prescribed way. There will, in my opinion, always be different spiritual pathways because of the variety of cultures, religious teachings, etc. which are passed down for generations. Our example of Love and tolerance will, hopefully, become our Trademark of the Divine Love teachings.

There are certain spiritual groups which have reputations for being accepting of all souls as children of God. I've heard good things about the Quakers, for example, and about Buddhism ( it seems that they don't believe in God, per se, but do believe in Love). Anyway I feel that as we continue praying for more of God's Love, day by day, and stay true to the demonstration of Love from our souls, we will become such a group. By their fruits, you shall know them.

I pray that you are having a uplifting day and feel good about the progress you are making. I'm learning to develop greater dependence upon God and to have more faith in all the blessings we are given every day.

With love, your sister in the Christ Spirit, Kathryn

[Dan Bowman]

Quote: " telling our own story of soul development in the Grace of God's Divine Love. "

Kathryn, I really liked what you said about telling our own story about God's Love in our lives & what changes have occured for us.

Perhaps this is a gentler & more palitable way for others to hear the "Good News" that Jesus & the Celestial Angels want us to shout from the roof tops.

It seems that when we share our experiences with others, we're not preaching or beating them over the head with our Bible, rather in sharing our personal story, others may feel more comfortable & less defensive about being "converted".

I shared this week my confession of faith that I posted here, as my client has asked me to bring her this prayer of faith in printed form. We have many opportunities in our lives to share our stories of God's Love & what it has done for us.

I enjoy reading your posts Kathryn as they always testify to what God's Love has done for you. These kind of stories are encouraging & inspirational not only to the new seeker but to our friends & collegues as well.

Hope this has been a fruitful & love filled week for you Kathryn.

Love,

Dan

[Kay Ann Ray]

Thank you, Dan, for your kind and supportive post,

I enjoyed reading your testament on Faith, or was it a confession? Whatever name it has, it's quite lovely.

Actually I wouldn't be telling the truth if I said my week was great. I managed to fall again (I really try to be careful, but I'll need to try a bit harder) this time I cut my shin, on an unfinished stair tread, just below my knee. It required 14 stitches, 4 under the surface and 10 on top.

It is healing nicely, it happened on Oct. 30th; the stitches were removed on day 10 (Nov. 9th). Yesterday I had a wonderful massage from a healer, Doug Bertram. He helped relieve the tightness in my muscles and said the cut is healing well. So I'm definitely on the mend.

Doug B. calls his healing work Lotus Hands. He will be giving classes on teaching how to channel these spiritual healing energies; he also does acupuncture and is very intuitive, loving and kind. Amy plans on attending his healing workshop weekend, how wonderful is that!

I feel that one of the underlying spiritual messages I can learn from the injury I sustained (I believe that everything happens for a resason) is that I need to relax more and not push myself to do more than I can comfortably be moved by my love to do. So, I'm hoping to accept my limitations and, what's the joke, "Why do today what you can put off until tomorrow?"

God bless you, and your family. If you have any insights about the spiritual cause of my fall, I'd be interested in having you share it with me.

With love, your sister in the Christ Spirit, Kathryn

[Zara Borthwick]

Hi Kathryn and Dan,

Kathryn I am pleased to hear that your shin is on the mend. They are really painful those injuries on the shin, you poor thing ouch!

As we have been discussing the experience and shared experience will create an immediate interest with regard to the Divine Love. Our own individual experience of Divine Love will be able to unfold as others ask and this promotes good communication to do with matters of spiritual insights. We all have our own unique understanding of Divine Love therefore we will attract individuals who enjoy or are open to a similar likeness. There is no doubt that this way of sharing will be forged out here and will have a very significant effect in the world eventually coming to know and learn of the Father's Divine Love.

If our own experience of Divine Love is not shared and is entirely self-contained, then how on Earth will anyone come to know about it or the books that introduced us to the Divine Love in the first place? This requires us to develop confidence insofar as being able to share with others our own experience of Divine Love with the words and expressions that we feel comfortable with. It is not that we can make another experience the Divine Love, however we can speak with love about our love of the Divine Love. The more one accepts their own experience of living in their faith in Divine Love, the easier it is to speak of the Love without reaching for the words, or trying to push on to another. We are not with the book in one hand and as you said Dan "shouting from the rooftops" but rather revealing by example the ease with which the Divine Love simply is to our own soul, in prayer.

Ultimately with so many individuals speaking and communicating about the Divine Love from their own truth of their experience, will come an awareness of the existence of the Divine Love and the Padgett messages in their respective publications. This means that it will be and is our own experience of Divine Love and our own experience of Divine Truth that illuminates the path for others to see and to eventually participate with the Divine Love if they desire. If you think about this quietly and with common sense, there is no other way for the Love and the Truth to be known for it is as Jesus and the Celestials also reveal the existence of the Divine Love to those inhabitants in the spirit realms and to us here.

If the world came to know about the Padgett messages, and these were openly accepted and discussed against the traditions and history we have shared, what we would see and experience would be passionate discussions about what is the Truth. There is quite a lot of information in the Padgett messages that would confront what mankind believes to be true and factual and has based their history upon from yesteryear to today. This is why the Padgett messages in their various publications have to be placed in context to and with the Divine Love. Because it is the Divine Love and only the Divine Love which can dissolve arguments and confrontation between natural and Divine Truth, to reveal what is and is not Truth. When Truth meets Truth, or when Truth meets untruth, there can be an apparent loss. However, when all meet the Divine Love, the Truth, the untruth and the error fall into place. This world has been shaped and formed upon its religious and belief foundation, be they good and of love or not. Jesus is quite right when saying there will be one final and comprehensive religion, because he knows and teaches that the essence of this statement is in the Divine Love that is availible for the soul of every individual thus love and be Loved by our Heavenly Father.

[Dan Bowman]

Dear sister Kathryn,

I was saddened & concerned to hear of your fall. I was happy though that you asked me this question:

"If you have any insights about the spiritual cause of my fall, I'd be interested in having you share it with me."

I may have already shared in the past that I am a certified personal fitness trainer with a specialty certification in older populations or what I call the masters group. As the result of this training I was consulted by Dr. Gary Kimmel, the gentleman whom I went on my recent Utah sea kayak trip with, to help his cancer patients who had a similar problem with falling. Because of osteoporosis, falls for the elderly are particularly problematic for healing and is a vulnerable weakness in their bodies.

Gary asked me to help his patients with balance training as when one falls it is because they lose their balance. You asked me if I may have an impression of an underlying cause. I don't know if you could call this a psychogenic cause however at the functional level you need to gain greater balance in your body. What I do for the masters population is called functional fitness training. I use the stability ball, commonly known as the swiss ball.

The stability ball was first used in Switzerland about 45 years ago by physical therapists. It is now one of the premier fitness methods to build what is called core conditioning or core strength. The pelvic girdle that surrounds our mid sections is responsible for balance & is our fundamental area of strength in performing nearly every movement in the body. When this area gets weak, one is prone to falling, and unable to transfer from a seated position to standing as in transfering from a toilet or chair.

I would like to send you a stability ball with a simple set of exercises that Gary and I have developed. I have helped many people with the stability ball and our sucess in stabilizing the masters population is astounding. All you need to do is say yes, I want this & send me your address. I love you sweet sister.

Dan

[Kay Ann Ray]

Yes. I accept your offer, Dan. Thank you for your concern.

I am in quite good health for my age. I had been working on the rock border in the front yard during the month of October ( but needed to take a break from that project after hurting my leg). I had carried my little dog, Brin, down from our special attic room. He cannot go down the iron spiral staircase by himself because it is open, somewhat slippery and his body isn't very flexible, like the kitties are. The livingroom ceiling is over 10 feet high, so there are 16 steps in the staircase.

We also have a special big dog, Luna, she's part wolf and sometimes becomes a bit territorial. I didn't want to put Brin out on the landing where she was sleeping, but made the mistake of not putting him down to walk down the half-story stairs to the addition, to exit out the office door. I had Brin in my left arm, that's the side the banister is on, and I tripped on the dog's blanket on the top landing, Oops.

Of course, I do not believe that the events which lead up to an 'accident' are to blame for the injury. It probably would have happened anyway, one way or another, if I had a particular lesson to learn. The massuer suggested that I may have been 'wanting attention' or 'an opportunity to express my needs' and, perhaps on underlying levels, feeling I'd be better heard if I had the empathy of my loved ones. (pretty sick, huh!)

Oh well, one day at a time. I believe that I am learning and growing and coming into greater harmony with love. I am recognizing more clearly that I can't do all the things I used to be able to do. And that's okay.

God bless you dear brother, may you and your family continue receiving abundant blessings of Love and goodness.

Your sister in the Christ Love, Kathryn

[David Kenney]

delightful

[Zara Borthwick]

Dear Kathryn,

I have thought of you and your poor shin much this week, and just wanted to send you my love and to say that you are in my prayers for a speedy mend. It will be wonderful to perhaps try Dan's ball threapy for I know that that can help with balance and stability sometimes. Don't forget the t.l.c. (tender loving care) for yourself!

Hugs to you in the dlf (smile),
Zara

[Dan Bowman]

Kathryn,

Been a busy week with work qs today I'll ship ball with manual. Hope this helps. Everyone who has ever sat on the ball & started bouncing in place (one of the first exercises), has started laughing & smiles & all manner of happiness appears on their faces. I think it brings out part of our child nature which I am learning more and more is also part of our soul/spiritual nature.

As Jesus said, unless ye become as a little child, you cannot enter the Kingdom of God. I can just see Peter now, blowing up swiss balls at the entry gate to the Kingdom as all of the newbies are all lined up, sitting on their ball waiting for the 9:00 hour when they open up the gates. I guess we will all bounce into Heaven together.

Hope you enjoyed a little frivolity Kathryn.

Love ya,

Dan

[Kay Ann Ray]

Dear Zara, Dan and other loving friends,

Thank you for your loving thoughts and healing prayers and for a gift which will help me develop better balance.

I will try to write a report about my convalescence. I have been feeling a bit down lately, and have been trying to keep my leg up. I feel pressure under the wound when I stand on my left leg. Last week, Tues., Nov. 8th, I went to have bite-wing X-rays taken of my teeth. The Cabrillo College Dental Hygiene Clinic is very thorough. Today I went in to have my teeth cleaned. I do not enjoy either of the above services, but I know it's important to take care of my teeth.

On Wed., Nov. 9th, (day 10 after being stitched up) I returned to the E.R. to have my stitches removed. The technician was concerned that the cut might be infected, so had a doctor look at it. It was approved for having the stitches removed, but requested that paper-tape "stitches' be placed over the cut. I was asked to keep it dry and keep the tape on for another week to 10 days. A couple days ago, only 6 days after having the paper stitches applied, my cut sprung a little leak. I had been prescribed a daily asprin to prevent blood clots, but I stopped taking them, for now, because I need my blood to coagulate.

Now it's day 18, since my fall, and I'm feeling pretty good. The leaking has slowed down and doesn't happen unless I'm standing. The top point of the cut is the part that opened a bit, it's about 1 inch below my knee and the cut extends about 1 inch down on both sides, obtuse angle, from that peak. There is still a hard lump under the wound and it's quite red. The outside of the leg is numb over an area af about 4 inches in diameter. It feels okay when I rub my sore calf, but not so good if I poke tender places closer around the injury (so I don't do that).

Amy has been taking very good care of me and doesn't want me to be on my feet any more than necessary. She wants me to keep the bandages off so it will have a better chance to heal. We put some vitamin E on the cut this evening and it's open to the air presently.

Thank you again for your love and concern. I will keep you updated on my improvements. We are so very blessed to know about God's transforming Love and how It will help us through all our earthly trials.

With love, your friend and sister in Christ, Kathryn