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The
week of Thanksgiving was awesome. On the day itself we ventured far and near to
meet the requirements of those who wanted to have us in their presence.
It started out with a 'Turkey Bowl' where not a ball was thrown my way but that
was all made up as we ate three (3) square meals that day. Oh, it was
glorious!!!
The
rest of the week was a good one. It seems these days I keep running into
members of the pastor I had met a while back. And as usual I got the same
questions and very limited responses, in fact, this lady said I blew her mind
and also that I knew my scriptures really well, so I told her the eight article
of faith. "We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is
translated correctly, we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of
God," but just like her pastor she blocked out the part about the Book of
Mormon. Then on Sunday we met a gentleman who pretty much thinks the creation
was just an idea and we didn't live with God before we came here (which I
expected). He wanted us to show him proof, he also thinks God will leave
us in darkness concerning the salvation of our souls. Very interesting, so he
set up a dinner appointment with us to come over again this week. That
should be fun.
How
grateful I am to know the Lord my God will never keep us in the dark as to
things pertaining to our eternal salvation and how He blesses us to know of
these truths for ourselves as we diligently seek them. During my studies this
week I came across a quote by Elder Bruce R. McConkie where he talks about true
worship:
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| Twins ... Hayes and Lawson |
"Our
purpose is to worship the true and living God and to do it by the power of the
Spirit and in the way he has ordained. The approved worship of the true God
leads to salvation; devotions rendered to false gods and which are not founded
on eternal truth carry no such assurance.
“A
knowledge of the truth is essential to true worship. …
“…
If [a person] worships the true and living God, in spirit and in truth, then
God Almighty will pour out his Spirit upon him. …
“…
True and perfect worship consists in following in the steps of the Son of God;
it consists in keeping the commandments and obeying the will of the Father to
that degree that we advance from grace to grace until we are glorified in
Christ as he is in his Father. It is far more than prayer and sermon and song.
It is living and doing and obeying. It is emulating the life of the great
Exemplar".
Oh,
how it is a blessing to know the Lord loves us so much He provided a way that
we may know for ourselves the truths which will bless our lives and the lives
of those around us. What more do we need to testify to us of the goodness
of our Father in Heaven and to show us that His love stretches far and beyond
and cannot be measured for it is endless.
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