January 12, 2025

Dear Association Family,

How grateful we are for those who are selflessly and courageously battling the fires in Los Angeles County – one of the most densely populated areas in the U.S. – fires which seem nearly uncontainable. There is powerful assurance to be found in that which truly is uncontainable – the measureless love and protecting power of our Father-Mother God, whose all-harmonious creation is filling all space and upholding all of His dearly loved children. The hairs of every child of God – of those whose dwellings appear to have been consumed, and of those laboring to contain and end the destruction, and of those witnessing from afar – are “all numbered by the Father.”

The Association Executive Committee has been in touch with members and a long-time guest who live in the affected area and, of course, we have been active in our prayers. We are grateful for the prayers and spiritual work that fellow association family members have been engaged in during this time of heightened need, and we certainly encourage you all to “cling steadfastly” to the truth that is already supreme.

In the familiar Bible account of Elisha and his servant surrounded by a hostile army, it is striking that Elisha does not pray for a wall to be erected around his servant and himself or that they be instantly transported to a safe location, but prays simply that his servant’s eyes be opened. The needed protection was already there – is always present – because divine Love is forever infinite. Elisha was awake to this truth and prayed for his servant to awaken to a very different picture of their situation. And the servant did wake and use his God-bestowed spiritual sense to see what was actually going on – to see more of how things work in a God-governed, wholly spiritual creation. 

Our prayers are called for and they do matter greatly, because of the immensity of what stands behind them.

Much love to you all,

The Executive Committee
Scott Thompson, Chair
Elizabeth Adams
Susan Forrest
Julia Osborne
Jon Trotter