and some cool other honk-ables.
January 11, 2009
honk if you're lonely tonight.
http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-646-32,00.html
and some cool other honk-ables.
and some cool other honk-ables.
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I love it.
Jack you so need to call me when you have some time (When we both have free time). I have an amazing story from my mission to tell you which goes along with this great talk. Remind me the next time we talk.
Maybe I ain't lonely tonight, but I'm bored, and that produces the blues just as bad.
But this article made me think. (For which I humbly thank you.) I wonder about the difference between being "offended" and being "hurt." There are times in the scriptures when it is made clear that the Lord is pleased with the tender and sensitive feelings we have (Jacob 2:7-9). But then we are taught about the necessity of not allowing ourselves to be offended by the things that others say. Perhaps it's not our initial reaction to something that's as notable as what we do with our feelings. I know it will take me years yet to forgive a young man who said very hurtful things to me 10 months ago. And the kids in high school and middle school and young mens/young womens who were terribly mean to me? Yeah, one of them in currently in my ward. But I didn't say hi to him. I doubt he even remembers me or any of the things he said or did. BUT, I stayed at Church. BUT, I still talk to the guy who hurt me so deeply months ago. BUT I also know my limits. Forgiveness and keeping oneself out of danger from further hurt are also two different things. When my stepmother forgives her first husband for the terrible abusive things he did to her, what a sweet and tender and HEALING moment that will be! But that doesn't mean she should go back to him. I know that I need to continue working towards forgiveness when it comes to the people who hurt me. But I also have learned that being around them in the same close ways I was before doesn't help that process. And because notably, forgiveness isn't an event, it's a process. And in an awful revengeful way, I also note with a sense of comfort that those who knowingly and willingly hurt God's children and do not repent of it will have their reward.
Life is so complex sometimes. I've decided that this semester I'm simply going to do my best to be obedient, do what's right, be still, and let it be. You can't figure out God's plan for you with your spiritual GPS off, right?
MUCH love, Jac. PS I love your clothes too. But not as much as you. Thanks for the thought-provoking, and thought-listening tonight.
Honk honk at the other pics, ps.
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