{"id":2558,"date":"2021-07-06T23:55:40","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T23:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/?p=2558"},"modified":"2021-07-06T23:55:40","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T23:55:40","slug":"lectionary-readings-for-wednesday-july-7th-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/2021\/07\/06\/lectionary-readings-for-wednesday-july-7th-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Lectionary Readings for Wednesday, July 7th, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

Memorial Sabbath<\/em><\/p>\n

Book of Jehovih’s Kingdom on Earth Chapter 12<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. Es, the chief nurse, had said: I must tell you of the wonderful Light of Jehovih, that
\nalways cometh to us in time of emergency. Even at the moment despair is about to reach
\nus, lo, His Light provideth unto us.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. I had undertaken to nurse, with bottles, ever so many babes, more than was possible for
\none woman to attend, taking one at a time on my lap, but I could not get round in time.
\nSo, also, I had had observation that babes should be held in somebody’s arms, and that
\nwhen they cried they should be taken up, held upright, and diverted by walking with them
\nor by tossing them.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. To do these things for many babes was not possible for one nurse; so, after I had
\nprayed for strength and light as to what was best to be done, the Voice came to me,
\nplainly, as if I had read it in a book, saying:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. My Daughter, why thwartest thou the way of My creations? Had I designed My little
\nones to be upright, I should have provided a way for them.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Thou shalt permit them to lie down, and to roll about. Neither shalt thou encumber
\nthem with pillows and cushions. Permit them to exercise themselves by crawling in their
\nown way.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. And when the proper time cometh for them to stand upright, and to jump, behold, I will
\nbe with them.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. Es said: Now, thereupon, I began a new system. I not only searched to know myself,
\nbut to develop these little ones. And when I took away the pillows and cushions, giving
\nthem double blankets to lie on, and opportunity to exercise by rolling about, behold, they
\ngrew in strength daily, and not only soon ceased to cry, but began to sing songs (to me
\nthey were songs) and to laugh and amuse themselves with their hands and toes and
\nwhatever they got hold of.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. From this little light, of applying the law of development unto babes, I applied myself
\nto make them understand that they should divert themselves, without depending on their
\nnurses. For many of the orphans we had received were little tyrants, having been spoiled
\nby former nurses, and they screamed constantly, to make some one carry them about and
\ndivert them.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. Now, therefore, I perceived that Jehovih required more of me than merely to feed and
\nclean these little ones; the minds of the spoiled ones had to be remodeled; they should be
\nmade to comprehend that no one was slave unto them; and, moreover, that they
\nthemselves should cultivate patience, gentleness and love, as better attributes than
\nfretfulness and authority.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. For, let no one be surprised, even babes can be spoiled to think themselves an
\nauthority, with power to command obedience from adults. And they discover, at an early
\nage, that to give vent to peevishness and passion bringeth the nurse to do them service.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. And I saw, too, that some, even such as could merely hold up their heads, became<\/span>
\njealous, to be the first fed, or the first washed, and answered my negligence with fearful
\nscreams.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. Now, it came to pass, when I ceased taking them up to feed them, and did away with
\nthe pillow-props, and laid them all down alike, and gave them food at the same time
\n(according to their groups), I had not only provided unto them better corporeal
\ndevelopment, but better spiritual development.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13. Such as had been peevish and jealous ceased their former habits, and began to look
\nwith respect to the other babes, rolling beside them.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14. Not many months passed by till they began to be interested in one another, examining
\ntheir feet and hands, and evidently trying to comprehend who they were, and whence they
\ncame. And they also saw in one another a representation of themselves, appreciating a
\nfellowship that was surpassingly beautiful.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Memorial Sabbath Book of Jehovih’s Kingdom on Earth Chapter 12 1. Es, the chief nurse, had said: I must tell you of the wonderful Light of Jehovih, that always cometh to us in time of emergency. Even at the moment despair is about to reach us, lo, His Light provideth unto us. 2. I had … [Read more…]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[46,40,39,34,36,35,38,33,41,31,32,47,50,48,44,45,43,42],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-lightofgod","4":"post-2558","6":"format-standard","7":"category-lectionary-readings","8":"post_tag-calendar","9":"post_tag-daily-readings","10":"post_tag-eloih","11":"post_tag-faithism","12":"post_tag-faithist-church","13":"post_tag-faithists","14":"post_tag-jehovih","15":"post_tag-kosmon-era","16":"post_tag-lectionary-readings","17":"post_tag-oahspe","18":"post_tag-oahspe-bible","19":"post_tag-observances","20":"post_tag-religion-of-light","21":"post_tag-sabbath","22":"post_tag-united-covenant","23":"post_tag-united-covenant-of-light","24":"post_tag-yeshua","25":"post_tag-yoshu"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2558"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2559,"href":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2558\/revisions\/2559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}