: We've heard some moving stories this morning. I've certainly loved hearing from the testifiers across Europe about their experiences. For the remainder of this session, we're going to try and answer the question: When you've had your individual experience of transformation, what comes next? What else comes out of that? And I thought that before we go to our panel guests here, we could take a very brief glimpse at a couple of the great Bible figures that we all love. Moses and Paul had extraordinary experiences of spiritual transformation, didn't they? The two that stand out are Moses and the burning bush. The great revelation that God is the great I am. And then Paul, on the road to Damacus, where he awoke to the ever-presence of the Christ. Those are remarkable, individual, spiritual experiences. And they inspire us still today. In fact, both of them assure us that wherever we are, God is there. But that isn't all they do, is it? Because, in both cases those individual experiences of spiritual transformation translated into a life of sharing the good gained.
Moses obviously went on to lead the children of Israel through the wilderness into the Promised Land over 40 years. And Paul tirelessly shared the message of Christianity with the Gentile world, as it was at that time. Those things also can inspire us today. And what about what we heard earlier? Those beautiful readings that shared in Mary Baker Eddy's own words what happened after her individual experience of spiritual transformation? It didn't leave her where she was when she found it, did it? She was also tireless in writing it, revising it, sharing it. First locally, then across the United States; and then, aren't we all grateful, around the world.
So, what about today? What about when we have those individual, precious, priceless experiences? How do we translate our own journeys of spiritual discovery into a broader blessing for our friends, our families, our neighbors, and really for humankind?
