Tests, Storms and Truth
I found this quote by Henry B. Erying today:
"The great test of life is to see whether we will hearken to and obey God's commands in the midst of the storms of life. It is not to endure storms, but to choose the right while they rage. And the tragedy of life is to fail in that test and so fail to qualify to return in glory to our heavenly home. . . .It will take unshakable faith in the Lord Jesus Christ to choose the way to eternal life. It is by using that faith we can know the will of God. It is by acting on that faith we build the strength to do the will of God. And it is by exercising that faith in Jesus Christ that we can resist temptation and gain forgiveness through the Atonement."
I also found this quote on another blog (and he says it much better than I can)
The gospel IS true. There are NOT mistakes in it. We are NOT forgotten nor abandoned by God. And, most importantly, we were NOT made by God to be gay. And just in the same way that I can't provide empirical statistical data to show the veracity of the Book of Mormon, or the plan of salvation, I simply can not provide that kind of "proof" of my testimony of these things either. And I wouldn't want to be able to.
OK, so it doesn't have the same impact that it did in context of his original post...you may want to read it.
So many in the liberal establishment will tell us that we are prejudiced, bigoted, immature, closed-minded, etc for sticking to our convictions. I could go on and on about how so many think it is offensive to be conservative, but conservatives can't be offended without being seen as prudes. But I won't. I will say that it would be SO much easier to go along with the crowd, or to give in to desires that are inappropriate in God's eyes, especially when we are being told left and right to give in and do what you feel, to let the storm toss us where it will. Well, that's not why were here. The test is to see if we will use our intellect and our spirit to overcome our base desires and urges and live as God has commanded us. And for those who think I am out of touch with this opinion, I am ok with that. I am only out of touch with the theories of men. God is the most sure fountain of truth, and as long as I am not out of touch with Him, then I'm in good shape.
posted by LDSwithSSA at Wednesday, January 18, 2006
2 Comments:
Hey, thanks for the shout-out. Funny, we both seem to have started blogs simultaneously with virtually the same theme... how random. And serendipitous.
5:25 PM
"So many in the liberal establishment will tell us that we are prejudiced, bigoted, immature, closed-minded, etc for sticking to our convictions."
It's got nothing to do with sticking to your convictions, it is your convictions. Just in case you don't have a dictionary...
bigot |ˈbigət| noun a person who is bigoted : religious bigots. See note at zealot . ORIGIN late 16th cent.(denoting a superstitious religious hypocrite): from French, of unknown origin.
bigoted |ˈbigətid| adjective obstinately convinced of the superiority or correctness of one's own opinions and prejudiced against those who hold different opinions : a bigoted group of reactionaries. • expressing or characterized by prejudice and intolerance : a thoughtless and bigoted article.
Thesaurus
bigoted adjective his bigoted father-in-law prejudiced, biased, partial, one-sided, sectarian, discriminatory; opinionated, dogmatic, intolerant, narrow-minded, blinkered, illiberal; racist, sexist, chauvinistic, jingoistic; warped, twisted, distorted. See note at bias . antonym open-minded.
"I will say that it would be SO much easier to go along with the crowd, or to give in to desires that are inappropriate in God's eyes, especially when we are being told left and right to give in and do what you feel, to let the storm toss us where it will."
You would probably think that I have gone "along with the crowd." So let me just say that life is not easier, but it is more joyful.
8:19 PM
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