A Guardian Angel Testifies On Living Through The Dichotomy Of Life On Earth

Two weeks ago we finished a reading of Paper 111 from The Urantia Book, The Adjuster And The Soul. We love this paper for so many reason and we're not alone. It's cherished by many Urantia Book readers.

This paper ends with a section in which a Guardian Angel presents a formal statement in extenuation of the difficulties of ministering to her mortal subject on this most challenging and difficult world. This seraphim reports on the unending conflict between the two natures of her subject. Among other things she laments:

the urge of ambition opposed by animal indolence;

the progressive plans of an ascending being modified by the desires and longings of a material nature;

the flashes of universe intelligence cancelled by the chemical-energy mandates of the evolving race;

the urge of angels opposed by the emotions of an animal;

the training of an intellect annulled by the tendencies of instinct;

the experience of the individual opposed by the accumulated propensities of the race;

the aims of the best overshadowed by the drift of the worst;

the flight of genius neutralized by the gravity of mediocrity;

the progress of the good retarded by the inertia of the bad;

the art of the beautiful besmirched by the presence of evil;

the buoyancy of health neutralized by the debility of disease;

the fountain of faith polluted by the poisons of fear;

the spring of joy embittered by the waters of sorrow;

the gladness of anticipation disillusioned by the bitterness of realization;

the joys of living ever threatened by the sorrows of death.

She ends by exclaiming, "Such a life on such a planet!"

These dichotomies are a painful reality to us on this world. This week we want to explore how we might overcome some of these challenges to live a richer and happier life, a life in true partnership with God.