tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665085267750808287.post1739301703796968730..comments2024-03-26T14:29:25.921-06:00Comments on To The Remnant: Spirit of ContentionAdrian Larsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17173995703995901609noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665085267750808287.post-46447974254270165662018-03-28T23:53:13.776-06:002018-03-28T23:53:13.776-06:00I have been thinking a lot on what are the signs o...I have been thinking a lot on what are the signs of the different birds. What does it all mean? I was struggling to figure out who or what the old wounded dove represented. I think it is Wisdom herself.<br /><br />We can stop being froward and help heal the old wounded dove by doing as the Answer and Covenant states, "I command you to be wise in word and kind in deed as you write what I require of you." <br /><br />Maybe it has been a blessing in disguise that we are still unresolved with what to do about the Guiding Principle.<br /><br />It just a thought...Maybe now we can use some of Wisdom's counsel and make this a light thing indeed.<br /> Suzie's Viewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014387900263669157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665085267750808287.post-12014397513424408602018-03-25T17:49:38.309-06:002018-03-25T17:49:38.309-06:00We may want to consider that no one can take our p...We may want to consider that no one can take our peace from us. We alone allow Satan to enter our hearts and bring contention. People may have strong opinions and even though we may disagree with those opinions, that alone does not create divisiveness or exclusion. Remember, we are a work in progress and can still love each other and our differences.<br />Janeenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00371055338461455376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665085267750808287.post-30695849849450245412018-03-25T09:18:52.798-06:002018-03-25T09:18:52.798-06:00The wonderful feeling of the talks and music was t...The wonderful feeling of the talks and music was totally crushed and destroyed by those who freely participated with yelling and disagreeing came to an all out hate fest!! Satan entered the building!! The enemy is trying and yesterday succeeded in destroying this movement's progression!!Robynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09597141119549555082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665085267750808287.post-14469039542267508012018-03-25T03:21:13.739-06:002018-03-25T03:21:13.739-06:00Just reading in 3 Nephi about the disputations con...Just reading in 3 Nephi about the disputations concerning what name to call the church.Have they not read the scriptures which say ye must take upon you the name of Christ, which is my name? Have we not read in the Prayer and Answer to the Covenant to write a Statement of Principles 6 times. To be added as a guide and standard to what? The sriptures, which are a guide and standard. What is a statement of principles that we have been asked to write three times in the prayer and three times the answer. Have we given it depends ponderous thought as to whether a statement of principles is. Denver said a pattern in searching or what the mutual agreement meant. He said he spent two months and keep in ponderous thought about it before he even asked and then spent two months praying before he received an answer. Where is it that we were asked to write a guide and standard? Maybe some of the disputations are a result of not respecting the Lord's words.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665085267750808287.post-20630114883653835902018-03-24T21:49:08.673-06:002018-03-24T21:49:08.673-06:00I appreciated the spirit of reconciliation that pr...I appreciated the spirit of reconciliation that prevailed outside the venue afterwards. I witnessed many hearts softening.Peter Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04116452836358253375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665085267750808287.post-28107121791701906642018-03-24T19:33:35.491-06:002018-03-24T19:33:35.491-06:00My husband and I and our oldest daughter would hav...My husband and I and our oldest daughter would have been at this meeting, but my husband had a heart attack on Wednesday, and so we could not go. We watched on the video stream. I so want our hearts to all be one in love. I really don't care what else we agree or disagree on at this point. I add an Amen to the above prayer. I would ask with my small voice that if there is any way everyone could pray together, like the above prayer, tomorrow during the meeting, that we do that.Saranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665085267750808287.post-86731444520027578862018-03-24T18:53:59.274-06:002018-03-24T18:53:59.274-06:00Amen.
Amen. <br />Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06603216863721326288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665085267750808287.post-84766300066512054792018-03-24T16:55:02.202-06:002018-03-24T16:55:02.202-06:00A friend wrote this prayer. I give it my amen:
_...A friend wrote this prayer. I give it my amen:<br /><br />_Father in heaven, we have labored as a body to compose the required statement of principles but admittedly have divisions, and have members who yet cannot mutually agree. We have members who are weary of all the tools we have thus far attempted to utilize, and we confess that as yet have not been able to succeed in fulfilling the assignment in a way we all feel is honorable and indicative of the destination we desire to reach._<br /><br />_How would you direct us to fulfill this assignment in our present circumstance when there are many with inspiration they feel is from you but which sometimes conflict with each other? How would you direct us to honorably fulfill this assignment when we struggle to both agree on content as well as a process to create a statement of principles that will bless others? We pray Lord, tell us your part._ <br /><br />_We as a body would rather wait patiently upon you than rush ahead and yet again fall short of the beliefs we profess. We acknowledge you have instructed and corrected us in the A&C,for which we are thankful. As we each attempt to live those teachings in our individual lives we petition for further direction in the completion of this assignment, petitioning your merciful hand to heal our hearts that we may be one. Help us make this assignment a light thing by revealing your part, and if needed correcting us. We ask that you make your will known in a way that each of us, and all of us, may know that the answer came from you, so that we trust not in the arm of the flesh. We are weak, broken, and prone to err, but we believe through Christ, all things are possible._<br /><br />_In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen._TBMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05322456867184439458noreply@blogger.com