8 The Son of Man hath descended below them all. Art thou greater than he?
9 Therefore, hold on thy way, and the priesthood shall remain with thee; for their bounds are set, they cannot pass. Thy days are known, and thy years shall not be numbered less; therefore,
Ok...I gotta be first since I just posed for week 7 just a few seconds ago and uploaded week 8 for Dad.
I gotta admit...I am a little fearful what man can do with the recent events of Paris and in Colorado Springs. Amid these tragedies we have seen many stand firm and fast in the face of adversity. My thoughts drifted back to the young family that was affected by the Sandy Hook school shooting titled, "Evil did not win." Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUR7BFTphmI
How are we defeating evil everyday? It goes back to our motto, "In God We Trust." Made me also think of the EFY song Things I Know:
So when I doubt and there are things in life i just can't figure out I trust that god is in control and i hold on to things I know
I must have ponderized the wrong part- because I used the end of verse 7 and verse 8: "know thou my son that all these things shall give thee experience and shall be for thy good. "The Son of Man hath descended below them all. Art thou greater than he?"
I thought this was fitting especially with what Mom has gone through this past week with her broken leg. It made me think back to my broken hip.
I don't think any of us would dare to think we are better than the Savior, but it is a good reminder that he suffered every type of pain we experience-physical, emotional, and the pain that comes from sin.
Another perspective to remember in all of this is patience. Mom is always going and doing things for others, and because she is so efficient at it- the rest of the world rarely gets a chance to do anything nice for her in return. As she struggles to get through the rough road of recovery she has ahead, it will be difficult for her to rely on others and let them do things for her because that is not her nature- but if she does, she will also allow some of the rest of us the opportunity to receive blessings for our service and show some gratitude to her for all that she does. She will have the opportunity to notice things and appreciate things in a way she never has before also. That's the part that will be "for [her] good".
We all have to experience trials and pain of different types to gain more perspective on what an amazing gift the Atonement truly is.
A little problem I caused this week because of the reference and what I passed on to Emm. I intended to have you start at the end of verse 7 with "know thou, my son that all these things shall give thee experience, and shall be for they good." Then end with verse 8, but adding verse 9 is also good.
This is my "i'm having a really bad day" scripture. It first got my attention as a young missionary after a week of "really bad days." In the midst of my dejection and frustration I just happened to open to this scripture. That day and since I have realized that the Savior had bad days beyond anything I can imagine. As I've learned more of His atonement I know there is no physical, mental, or spiritual pain he has not gone through. And no, I am not greater than He. This is the message I have to keep giving myself and gain from the "experience."
Now there is a pride issue that comes into play to. Have you witnessed people that just seem to take great pride in their afflictions? Yet if we humble ourselves and recognize that we are not "greater than He" we have learned part of the lesson and are on the path of learning from our experience.
Just heard this in a sacrament meeting talk: "Learn how to live well through adversity" "Christ was educated through his trials and suffering". So are we. Also- think of "Come come ye Saints" - All is Well, All is Well- trials help us appreciate and learn the things for our good.
This is a great scripture for me. As I set in the two hospital emergency rooms all I could thing of was how much I hurt each time they had to move me to get on a bed, a wheel chair or and ambulance. I prayed for strength to endure the pain. But then while I was waiting for surgery I had a thought come to me that the Savior suffered much more than just my broken leg. He suffered for everyone's physical and spiritual anguish. I decided not to complain so much and just try to endure because I knew the Savior had suffered much more than I had in the garden of Gethsemene. Why was I being such a whiner. If he could withstand all that then I could withstand the pain of broken leg. I never felt alone when I was going through all the pain. Dad was always with me except when I was operated on. But I had an LDS doc from the Academy doing my surgery so I still was never alone. What a blessing it is to have the Holy Ghost to be our comforter. I draw on my past experience with ecoli and know this will be a hard battle but I have seen so many miracles already. I know that I will be better for this too. Mom
Whenever I think of this scripture I think of the question why. Why did Jesus have to suffer as he did? Why did he have to sink so low? I don't know if I will ever fully understand that. What I have learned is summed up back in Alma 7:11-13. His did it for use. To blot out our transgressions, to give us a chance to be redeemed. To know how to help us and give us a path out of misery, writhing it is physical spiritual, mental or emotional. He suffered to know how to help.
Ok...I gotta be first since I just posed for week 7 just a few seconds ago and uploaded week 8 for Dad.
ReplyDeleteI gotta admit...I am a little fearful what man can do with the recent events of Paris and in Colorado Springs. Amid these tragedies we have seen many stand firm and fast in the face of adversity. My thoughts drifted back to the young family that was affected by the Sandy Hook school shooting titled, "Evil did not win."
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUR7BFTphmI
How are we defeating evil everyday? It goes back to our motto, "In God We Trust." Made me also think of the EFY song Things I Know:
So when I doubt
and there are things in life i just can't figure out
I trust that god is in control
and i hold on to things I know
I must have ponderized the wrong part- because I used the end of verse 7 and verse 8:
ReplyDelete"know thou my son that all these things shall give thee experience and shall be for thy good.
"The Son of Man hath descended below them all. Art thou greater than he?"
I thought this was fitting especially with what Mom has gone through this past week with her broken leg. It made me think back to my broken hip.
I don't think any of us would dare to think we are better than the Savior, but it is a good reminder that he suffered every type of pain we experience-physical, emotional, and the pain that comes from sin.
Another perspective to remember in all of this is patience. Mom is always going and doing things for others, and because she is so efficient at it- the rest of the world rarely gets a chance to do anything nice for her in return. As she struggles to get through the rough road of recovery she has ahead, it will be difficult for her to rely on others and let them do things for her because that is not her nature- but if she does, she will also allow some of the rest of us the opportunity to receive blessings for our service and show some gratitude to her for all that she does. She will have the opportunity to notice things and appreciate things in a way she never has before also. That's the part that will be "for [her] good".
We all have to experience trials and pain of different types to gain more perspective on what an amazing gift the Atonement truly is.
A little problem I caused this week because of the reference and what I passed on to Emm. I intended to have you start at the end of verse 7 with "know thou, my son that all these things shall give thee experience, and shall be for they good." Then end with verse 8, but adding verse 9 is also good.
ReplyDeleteThis is my "i'm having a really bad day" scripture. It first got my attention as a young missionary after a week of "really bad days." In the midst of my dejection and frustration I just happened to open to this scripture. That day and since I have realized that the Savior had bad days beyond anything I can imagine. As I've learned more of His atonement I know there is no physical, mental, or spiritual pain he has not gone through. And no, I am not greater than He. This is the message I have to keep giving myself and gain from the "experience."
Now there is a pride issue that comes into play to. Have you witnessed people that just seem to take great pride in their afflictions? Yet if we humble ourselves and recognize that we are not "greater than He" we have learned part of the lesson and are on the path of learning from our experience.
May your really bad days be infrequent.
Love, DAD
Just heard this in a sacrament meeting talk:
ReplyDelete"Learn how to live well through adversity"
"Christ was educated through his trials and suffering". So are we.
Also- think of "Come come ye Saints" - All is Well, All is Well- trials help us appreciate and learn the things for our good.
This is a great scripture for me. As I set in the two hospital emergency rooms all I could thing of was how much I hurt each time they had to move me to get on a bed, a wheel chair or and ambulance. I prayed for strength to endure the pain. But then while I was waiting for surgery I had a thought come to me that the Savior suffered much more than just my broken leg. He suffered for everyone's physical and spiritual anguish. I decided not to complain so much and just try to endure because I knew the Savior had suffered much more than I had in the garden of Gethsemene. Why was I being such a whiner. If he could withstand all that then I could withstand the pain of broken leg. I never felt alone when I was going through all the pain. Dad was always with me except when I was operated on. But I had an LDS doc from the Academy doing my surgery so I still was never alone. What a blessing it is to have the Holy Ghost to be our comforter. I draw on my past experience with ecoli and know this will be a hard battle but I have seen so many miracles already. I know that I will be better for this too.
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Whenever I think of this scripture I think of the question why. Why did Jesus have to suffer as he did? Why did he have to sink so low? I don't know if I will ever fully understand that. What I have learned is summed up back in Alma 7:11-13. His did it for use. To blot out our transgressions, to give us a chance to be redeemed. To know how to help us and give us a path out of misery, writhing it is physical spiritual, mental or emotional. He suffered to know how to help.
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