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Scottie Wisdom&Faith Jean Russell Nave Scotties and butterflies If you ever saw the m o v i e < B r a v e h e a r t = you may remember how William Wallace yelled out <Freedom!= during the scene at the end when they executed him. Freedom is the Scotsman9s mantra. My Scotties, being like their name, become transformed when they get to take a free off-leash walk in the woods. Of course, a founding principle of America is that all people want to be free. Ask yourself this question: How free are you? Ask it from a spiritual sense. Are you as free as you want to be? I believe butterflies were put on this earth to help us understand our spiritual potential. During this marvelous season of the butterfly9s south- bound migration, think for a moment about the cat- erpillar and its butterfly. Let9s revisit their story. Once a tiny egg hatches on a leaf, a small cater- pillar emerges, spending his life eating leaves as he grows bigger and big- ger. He may move from bush to bush as he searches for the freshest leaves to eat; but he basically lives a confined life until one day, something inside tells him there could be more. Suddenly the caterpil- lar has a divine awaken- ing. He discovers he can be born again into a much freer self. Filled with hope and faith, he follows the divine directions; some may call it DNA. He doesn9t hesitate. He doesn9t complain about his current limited condition asking <why did you take so long to tell me about this?= He simply answers the call to change. Hanging from a leaf, he goes to sleep for a time while God uses DNA to completely transform the wormlike creature into a beautiful, graceful, winged being. Now able to fly, this new organism soars as high as the clouds 4 monarch butterflies have been seen flying as high as 11,000 feet above sea-level. This can be your story. You are really a limitless eternal Divine Spirit; you are not your body, tied to Wednesday, September 2, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon the ground with a short time to live. Jesus said you can be everything he was 4 and still is. Think what that means. Your conscious- ness, that part of you sci- ence can9t find but knows exists, is Divine Spirit. That Spirit is living in a biologi- cal housing we call a body, cut off from its potential due to your lack of knowl- edge and faith. You are trapped like the caterpillar unable to ascend above the body9s limita- tions. Most people think and act like the caterpillar. They just go to work, come home tired, eat dinner, watch some television and go to bed, only to start it all over again the next day. Jesus told us we could be much more than that. But we9d have to be like the caterpillar. We9d have to trust the little voice inside which says there is more; there is the possibility of greater freedom and a won- derful life. As we learn to trust God, we search for new answers. We find those answers in the Holy Bible and many other books. I recommend the remark- able book, <The Sermon on the Mount= by Emmet Fox if you want to gain real in-depth knowledge. This is the book that gave me a new view of my potential. If you don9t have a lot of time, a quick read is his book <Emmet Fox Explains.= A celebrated preacher spir·it (noun) A personal attitude and energy for life or to other people...enthusiastic, adventurous, determined…creating a powerful independent community spirit. O F CE NT RA L RE GO N SPIRITED DAYS ....... 7 A SIP & A SWIRL...... 9 COOKING IN THE GREAT OUTDOORS ...........16 ART ON THE STREETS — ROUNDABOUTS ..... 3 ARTISTRY 25 IN BAKING ................ PROTECTING OUR 17 RESOURCES .............. TRAINING GROUNDS 6 OF CHAMPIONS .......... The Nugget Newspaper MINING THE 14 OCHOCOS .................. during the early 20th C e n t u r y, E m m e t F o x walked the talk. He became nearly deaf and blind as a young person due to chronic illness. One day he found a transformative spiritual book which explained many historic mystic meanings found in the Bible. That document showed him how to rise above his illness to a higher spiritual level than he had ever experienced before. This higher faith made him well. He regained his hearing and most of his sight 4 only needing glasses for full vision. But most important, he found more personal freedom than he had ever believed possible. This transformation allowed Emmet Fox to heal other people. He continued to read and assimilate all of Christ9s teachings. Soon he began speaking about what he had learned. He moved back to America, where he was born and was asked to lead a church in New York City. In the 1930s that church grew from 500 members to over 5,000 because of Fox9s amazing ability to tell Christ9s story, captivat- ing people9s attention and bringing them closer to God. U.S. Senators, movie stars and people all the way down to the lowest levels of society attended Fox9s church. They loved him, they loved God and they 17 learned to love each other. God9s love transformed Emmet Fox. God9s love transforms anyone who is willing to fully embrace the One Great Power in the universe. The core message is to love everyone and all God9s creations. Forgive all people whom you believe have trespassed against you. Set them free so that you become as free as the but- terfly, enjoying a full and happy life. You can be just like my Scotties on an off- leash forest walk. You can leave the pain and fear and ascend to Love. <Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.= 4 1 Corinthians 13:4-5 (NIV). FIKA SISTERS IS THANKFUL for their FIKA TEAM and their delicious creations they make for their customers! 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