{"id":216,"date":"2019-03-13T05:00:19","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T10:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/?p=216"},"modified":"2020-04-02T10:09:08","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T15:09:08","slug":"mysteries-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/JourneyNotes\/?p=216","title":{"rendered":"Mysteries All"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<audio id=\"wp_mep_1\" src=\"http:\/\/crosslabyrinth.com\/m4a\/Journey%20Notes%2008%20Mysteries%20All%20Accomp.m4a\"     controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\"  >\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/audio>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\njQuery(document).ready(function($) {\r\n\t$('#wp_mep_1').mediaelementplayer({\r\n\t\tm:1\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t,features: ['playpause','current','progress','duration','volume','tracks','fullscreen']\r\n\t\t,audioWidth:,audioHeight:\r\n\t});\r\n});\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n<p>In the Garden of Eden, the fruit on all of the trees was pleasing to the eye, including the fruit on the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Distinguishing between what was good and what was evil could be discerned only by learning from God, the Master and Creator. What was good could be enjoyed by seeing creation through the Master&#8217;s eyes.<\/p>\n<p>What is it that makes things &#8220;good&#8221; or &#8220;evil?&#8221;\u00a0 If good is measured only by our own personal pleasure, then why are good things ever done for others?\u00a0 If evil is measured only by the harm that we suffer ourselves, then why do we protect others?\u00a0 Both are mysteries, but neither has to be.<\/p>\n<p>The truth is that good is a value which transcends our simple existence, and the same is true of evil.\u00a0 Distinguishing between the two is difficult to understand until we have learned the values which drive the distinction.\u00a0 We learn those values from a teacher.\u00a0 The best teacher is a master of the subject.\u00a0 We are able to act boldly when we have learned from the master, knowing that the mysteries are resolved and our goals are good.<\/p>\n<p>Washington Gladden lived in the United States during the 19th century.\u00a0 He saw the bitterness of the Civil War.\u00a0 He saw the tension between workers and the industrialists who employed them.\u00a0 Through it all he had a keen ability to recognize and articulate the distinction between right and wrong; the difference between good and evil.\u00a0 He spoke openly against slavery and segregation.\u00a0 He advocated powerfully for workers when they were abused by unscrupulous task masters.\u00a0 Most of all, though, he stood for putting Christian love into action, guided all the while by seeing creation through scripture and the eyes of the Master.<\/p>\n<p>Gladden was a prolific writer, authoring several books and a number of hymns.\u00a0 Perhaps his best known hymn is <em>O Master, Let Me Walk with Thee<\/em>.\u00a0 In its verses we see part of Gladden&#8217;s vision of Christian servanthood, accompanied always by the Master and guided by Him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">O Master, let me walk with thee<br \/>\nin lowly paths of service free;<br \/>\ntell me thy secret; help me bear<br \/>\nthe strain of toil, the fret of care.<\/p>\n<p>The mysteries of life, the difference between good and evil, are all resolved in walking the path with the Master.\u00a0 Won&#8217;t you walk with the Master on your journey?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"O Master, Let Me Walk With Thee (United Methodist Hymnal #430)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CQ_wxWP9SG8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Follow the Path!<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<em><strong>CARadke<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>[Use with <em>The Mysterious and Beguiling Creature<\/em>, day 8 of <a title=\"Order your copy of A Labyrinth Pilgrimage today!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.createspace.com\/3366946\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>A Labyrinth Pilgrimage<\/em><\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Garden of Eden, the fruit on all of the trees was pleasing to the eye, including the fruit on the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. 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