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         Yieldedness brings contentment! He who has a yielded heart and a yielded spirit has contentment, for he has faith that that which he does and that which he experiences is of Me. He doesn't fight against it or kick against the pricks, and thus he is content. But he that is of an unyielded spirit and an unyielded heart fights against it. He kicks against the pricks and becomes discontented and unhappy.
         As he that is unyielded does not have contentment, neither does he that comes to Me with set plans and set ideas, saying, "This is the way that I wish for it to be. This is the way that I feel it should be. This is the way that I want it to be." For he whose mind is set and not open to Me cannot receive the things which I have for him--things that go contrary to that which he thinks, but which are truly the plan and will of God.
         When the mind is set and is not moldable, not fluid, it becomes hardened, and it becomes very difficult for it to receive the things of My Spirit. When the plan is set in the minds of men, it is more difficult for them to be yielded to Me and to the things that I want to do. But the minds and the hearts that say to Me, "Not my will but Thine be done," are moldable and flexible, and thus can receive that which I give, and are happier and more content. (ML #3044)



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