Throughout life a person should focus on growth, Spiritually, emotionally, mentally and physically.

Though sometimes, as life’s troubles and tribulations set in, people lose their way.

Trying times, peer pressure, isolation, sickness, there are almost an endless number of pitfalls that can threaten to shake your spiritual foundation. So we have Divine Guidance and fellowship to help guide you on your path.

The following is an excerpt from The Book of Truth (the Convocationism Bible) about the guidance given from The Spirit of Our Faith:

Divine Guidance

Sarah was a hard working woman. Motivated and dedicated in her family, her church and her job. She helped in her church and in her community.

Sarah spent a lot of time improving herself in every way she could, as any person of faith should. She guided her community and her church by example.

But Sarah saw that there were many people that had a hard time finding their way. People that could not see the importance of some of the things that she had come to realize were vital in developing and maintaining her life and her faith.

Sarah was active in counseling many members of the church and shared with everyone that would listen, the benefits of the actions she was taking. But many still would not listen and continued in ways that were detrimental to their spiritual well being. For each person’s path of spiritual growth is different.

Sarah knew that there were some basic actions that would help every person grow spiritually, but was unsure of how to reach more people with the news. So she began praying for more guidance.

A long time passed and she continued in her actions and prayer, until one night the Spirit spoke to her. The Spirit told her to go to her Priest even though it was late at night. Sarah went to her Priests home immediately where she was greeted by her Priest and the Priests husband.

Sarah told the Priest of her prayers and of hearing the Spirit telling her to go see the Priest. The Priest looked at her skeptically. After the two women sat quietly for a few moments, both trying to figure out how to handle the awkward situation, a warm, bright light filled the room. As the Spirit appeared to them a feeling of immense calm and love washed over them.

“My children. Sarah is right. People need guidance. So I have chosen you to show all my children how change should come about and to pass along my guidance to help everyone stay on the path of spiritual growth.”

“At your next Church service, present my guidance to the congregation and they will decide if it should be accepted as doctrine.” The Spirit turned to Sarah. “You are devoted and walk with me continually. Your spiritual growth has lead you to realize my guidance. Give my wisdom to your Priest.”

Then the Spirit turned to the Priest. “You are an exceptional servant to your congregation. Write a simple proposal from what Sarah gives you and submit it to all the congregations, starting with your own, for their approval. In this way it can be accepted as doctrine.”

After the Spirit left them, the two women got to work and created a proposal telling of their story with the Spirit and laying out The Spirit’s guidance. Sarah thought and discussed with her priest for a long time about what The Spirit’s guidance was. She then realized that it was not a list of what to do and what not to do. Certainly there are things people should and should not do, but The Spirit’s guidance is meant to help people upon their path. Simply forbidding things would not only deny people the process of growth, but may also derail them from their specific path of growth. A path that is, and should be, unique to them. No person is the same. Even if people’s paths may cross or follow the same sections for a time, each person’s path, in it’s entirety, is different. Each person’s perspective is different, unique, and therefore each situation, though it may outwardly look the same to someone else, may be interpreted differently by each person. Sharing that unique perspective may help someone else grow, even though that person may have been through that particular trial and thought they got out of it all that there was.

Therefore, the two women decided not to set The Spirit’s guidance as a list of rules, but rather a list of questions to be contemplated by each Individual soul and discussed with others. The two women decided upon:

1) Should you abandon your soul or it’s power?

2) Can you recognize the need for balance in all things?

3) Can you see that truth is universal and you can find pieces of it everywhere? Do you recognize that your challenge is to accumulate them and build a foundation to stand on, and then grow from there in a continual cycle?

(3 expanded) The most effective lies have morsels of truth. Therefore, even the most heinous of religions and souls will wield pieces of truth that suite their needs.

Truths, which may change as you grow and walk your path, should never be discarded just because they were once wielded by a less than enlightened soul. They should be gathered and used to help you upon your path.

4) Do you realize that spiritual growth must accompany physical, social, emotional and academic growth?

(4 expanded) Learn all that you can. Always look for areas to improve yourself, for complacency breeds ignorance and ignorance is our greatest hurdle.

5) Have you discovered the value in meditating often to improve your consciousness and improve all life?

(5 expanded) Do not follow blindly, for it is too easy to be lead a stray. Rather, experience for yourself.

Meditation is an irreplaceable skill that will help facilitate our growth and open our eyes.

But always keep in mind, while in this existence we are like blind men describing an elephant. If you find the tail you describe it like a rope. If you find the trunk you describe it like a large hose. If you find the side you describe it like a great wall.

Each perspective is wrong only in the fact that there is more to discover.

Never abandon your soul or it’s power to another. Keep searching and learn the real truth.

6) Do you recognize the value in accepting the challenge of personal growth every time you can? Realizing adversity is an encouragement for growth and you should focus on yourself?

7) Do you realize the need to be fair, just and truthful in all activities?

8) Do you understand the need to honor your faith and your family above all things?

9) Do you understand the necessity to gather often and rejoice in the salvation shown to us by The Spirit of Our Faith?

(9 expanded) We have the power to create our own heaven and together we can achieve eternal salvation.

Do not let minor differences of path divide us. Instead, welcome all on their respective paths where they cross. For freedom of the soul should be available to all.

10) Do you understand the benefit of praying in the morning and the afternoon by simply talking to The Spirit of Our Faith as you would a close friend?

Soon the day of the church service arrived and the two women showed up together because they were nervous to tell everyone such an extraordinary tale.

As the women arrived, they saw every member of the congregation was gathered in the field, setting up the food and getting the grill ready. Determined but apprehensive, Sarah and her Priest got ready. As they approached the congregation, one of the Elders came to them as the rest of the congregation watched.

The Elder handed them a sheet of paper. “The funniest thing happened as each of us showed up. Every man, woman and child recounted a tale of being told by the Spirit in our prayers that you two would bring something today that each of us should approve because our faith as a whole needs guidance.” Sarah and the Priest saw that the paper held the votes of all the members of the congregation.

“We already approved it, but we still want to read it.” Feeling relieved, everyone went on with the service.