Trust The Process

SUN., DEC. 5, 1982, 6:22 AM
STU. CTR., MUNCIE

You are here rather unexpectedly (and unprepared), o son, but you know that I have worked My ways, and there is time for a Teaching. For two days you have been involved in a process with this group of your fellow professionals, and it is, as you anticipated, a combination of fun and frustrations… and yet rather productive. It is a process that you have been involved in a number of times in your professional career, and this one shall not be the last. It is a process that at times seems utterly unproductive, and if an evaluation took place at such moments, and you took it seriously, there would be no reason to continue. Then comes trust, a quality of spirit.

In a human sense trust is based in past experience. Still, your experience also tells you that, while a process has “worked” in times past and in similar situations, all similar situations do not come out alike. So trust is the sense that, while some process may fail, and may seem like it is not going to be successful, in this case it will ultimately be productive and worthwhile. Trust does not give you certainty, but it counsels, “Go ahead.”

So you trust this professional process, and so do the others in this group, so it seems. You also trust this Process of Ours. There is no guarantee, when you sit down to hear Me and write, that the words will flow and that the message will be a significant one. I have told you before that you are not to expect each and every Teaching to be earth-shaking… comparable to some memorable passage of Holy Scripture. It shall not be so.

At the same time, I tell you not to judge the quality and utility of a Teaching as you are writing it. Just listen, hear, and write, with as little of your own thought as possible. Some that seem unimportant and inconsequential may, in some later situation, be surprisingly relevant and useful. Trust the process. Leave the final results to Me.

The process produces written Teachings, just as your present professional process produces sheets of paper, schematics, lists… and ultimately shall result in something called a curriculum guide. But Our process also builds relationship… between Me and thee. And as you are more comfortable with this relationship you are freer to tell your story to this one, and that one… even that unlikely person. This professional process also builds relationships… friendships and confidences and ties that shall benefit each of you, and also shall strengthen the profession of which you are all a part.

Trust is vital to this building process. It is not guaranteed. It cannot be achieved by direct effort. You must trust that as you carry out one process, even an important one, another one is also abuilding.

In Our process you sometimes are the initiator, but, as often, you respond to My call. Yours is a fairly passive role… yet considerably more active than most experiences that are called meditations. These Teachings are a product which you can use to help individuals and groups grow in spirit and in relationship with Me. You often do not know, in advance, how these can and shall be used. They are a resource that aids you in your active relations with others. Trust that they always shall be so. Trust that each and every one has such potential value.