neither do we waste our substance in foolish ways nor
deplete it uselessly. We do not expect or prepare for
adversity of any kind, for to do so is not only to invite
it but to show a doubt of God and all His promises. Many
people bear burdens and deny themselves sufficient for
their present needs in order to prepare for dark days that
never come. When we look back over the past we find that
most of our fears were groundless, and most of the things
we dreaded so much never happened. However the things we
prepared for probably did happen and found us not fully
prepared even after all our efforts in that direction. This
should enable us to trust God now and rest in the positive
assurance that He will supply every need as it arises.

Things are never so bad as you think. Never allow yourself
to be burdened with the thought that you are having a hard
time. You do not want a soul structure of that kind and
should not build it with those thoughts. You are living in
a new age. Yesterday is gone forever; today is here
forever. Something grander for man is now unfolding. Put
yourself in line with the progress of thought in the new
age and go forward.

In another parable Jesus explained the same process as a
separation of the sheep from the goats. When this divine
current of love and spiritual understanding begins its
work, we must make this separation. We put the sheep, the
good and obedient and profitable thoughts, on the right,
and we put the goats, the stubborn, selfish, useless
thoughts, on the