Its been forever since I posted so I'll just post something about my day. It has been a nice day other than the weather outside. I went to the stake relief society enrichment. All the speakers were great but the one presentation on forgiveness really touched my heart. Sister Ulrich talked about some awesome things I had never really thought about before in my life. It gave me a new perspective on things that were really bothering my heart. She talked about the difference between sin and weaknesses. Alot of times I get confused between the two but I felt alot clearer when she made this distinction. First when she explained sin it just seemed like an everyday thing they teach you at church but when she contrasts it to weakness you really understand the difference.I am just writing this because I thought it was awesome and for personal record keeping purposes. If you are not really interested you don't really have to read it. Here goes:
SIN
.You know it is wrong when you do it
.Act that will keep you away from god
- Who is the author?
.Satan
- Can we eliminate it?
.Yes (Repentance)
- Where does sin come from?
.Agency (from making wrong choices)
- Did Jesus sin?
.No
-What do you do to avoid it?
.Recognize
.Regret
.Restituition (make it better)
.Renounce (don't do it again)
-God's prmise/blessing?
.He will remember it no more
WEAKNESS
- What?
.Something we are born with that we
work on throughout our lives
- Who is the author?
.God (Ether 12:27)
- Can we eliminate it?
.No(comes with being a natural man)
-Where does it come from?
.Body (Predispositions of our bodies such as emotions,anger,illness etc)
- Did jesus have weaknesses?
.Yes(Attributes he acquired in flesh
from his earthly mother)
-What do you do to work on weaknesses?
.Pray (ask help to work on weakness)
.Ponder
.Prioritize(what is the most important
weakness I should work on)
.Prop up(seek support,have plans/goals)
.patient
-God's promise/blessing?
.Grace (Enabling power to do something we cannot do ourselves)
I am just amazed at what the church teaches us. Never before in my life (before I joined the church) have I learned or heard so many wonderful things. I Just want everybody that reads this post to know that the church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints is the best thing we have in our lives. If we decide to prioritize it and listen to our leaders that teach wonderful things to us, we would definetly know the way to return to live with our heavenly father. I struggle with so many weaknesses in my everyday life, but I know his grace is sufficent to strengthen our weaknesses if we let him. This is the lesson I learned today.
2 comments:
What a great lesson! Josh didn't know the difference and so I explained what you wrote about! Thanks I love your little perspectives and thoughts concerning the church and what you are working on.
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