Recognizing the Spirit Which is In Us
Happy Sabbath -
I hope this morning finds you all well. I know that the past few days have been kind of crazy, but we are making it. We will all make it. As of yesterday, my pondering kind of changed, but not really. Let's see how it applies.
Ether 12:1-3
"And it came to pass that the days of Ether were in the days of Coriantumr; and Coriantumr was king over all the land."
"And Ether was a prophet of the Lord; wherefore Ether came forth in the days of Coriantumr, and began to prophesy unto the people, for he could not be restrained because of the Spirit of the Lord which was in him."
"For he did cry from the morning, even until the going down of the sun, exhorting the people to believe in God unto repentance lest they should be destroyed, saying unto them that by faith all things are fulfilled -"
What do you glean from these verses? Go ahead, share or record your first thoughts.
Mine?
Ether was a prophet. He was not THE prophet, but a prophet. I have thought about this before, but I gave more thought to it this week. He was now in a distant land, separate from Israel, which had not even been established before Ether's people came to this promised land. In those days, people were scattered, the Lord did not ignore them, but he sent prophets to minister unto them that the message to follow His Plan was consistent. As we learn from the history of this people, how many of them misconstrued it? How many other prophets were called to other people, but they were not as good at keeping records? How many of them had the same message, but the people, over time and tradition, misinterpreted the message into something completely different?
Next, he could not be restrained because of the spirit of the Lord which was in him. What I appreciate from this message is that he listened to the spirit that was in him. He did not fight it. He did not ignore it. It was overwhelming. I wonder about all those that do fight or ignore. I try to imagine the stress and anxiety that they must live with knowing that they should be doing something different, but aren't. And then I find that stress and anxiety in myself sometimes. I know that there are things I should be doing better. It is that spirit, that light, the eternal being that I am and am part of that prompts me to do better. I hope you are striving to follow/change/repent to relieve that stress and anxiety within. It does not happen all at once, but it can happen one day at a time.
Moving on, Ether listened to the spirit. As of late we have been having several discussions in our house about following the spirit. We have learned to see that He communicates with each of us differently and sometime equally depending on our understanding/language of understanding or the importance of the matter. I have come to realize that He speaks more than I sometimes give credit to. I need to learn to change my view and recognize His hand in my life verses taking credit for it or brushing it off as something that it is not. I hope you can do the same.
Finally, he worked. It was not easy. It may not have been what he expected. But he did it. He moved forward, after hearing or recognizing the spirit which was in him, in FAITH. Such a hard word to fully understand, talk about, explain, and do. He had FAITH that it would all work out. He recognized that the spirit of the Lord would inspire, prompt, motivate, and lead him to do good, whether it was easy or not, it was for good. I need to do the same.
There you go, now on to the week.
It has been kind of crazy. The Queen and I hopped over to the Windy City on Monday. She stayed most of the week and was sent home before the storms were supposed to hit. I was only there for less than 24 hours. The all day meeting on the calendar was able to be covered and rectified in just a few hours and I hopped back home to see how much snow had fallen during the storm we left.
The Professor stayed home to fight the local storm. She did a wonderful job moving the white stuff and returned to her normal routine in the classroom.
Tall Man and Ehl-Bo have battled the same storm, they got a little more white stuff than we did here. That is about all we have heard from them this week.
Puddin and Lady Hawkins have checked a couple times to make sure we were OK. It sounds like they are staying warm and moving forward.
SnackPack got a bug this week. He has been fighting all week to ignore it. He finally reached to see if we could help him scratch the itch. I am not sure we were much help. He will make it happen someday. Other than that, things are pretty much status quo. He is enjoying school and his new job.
Additionally, we all know that Tiddly Winks has had a rough week. After talking to him yesterday, I understand he has been learning some of the things I have been learning this week, just in a more direct manner. As he always reminds me. We will take it one day at a time. I will keep you informed.
I hope this morning finds you all well. I know that the past few days have been kind of crazy, but we are making it. We will all make it. As of yesterday, my pondering kind of changed, but not really. Let's see how it applies.
Ether 12:1-3
"And it came to pass that the days of Ether were in the days of Coriantumr; and Coriantumr was king over all the land."
"And Ether was a prophet of the Lord; wherefore Ether came forth in the days of Coriantumr, and began to prophesy unto the people, for he could not be restrained because of the Spirit of the Lord which was in him."
"For he did cry from the morning, even until the going down of the sun, exhorting the people to believe in God unto repentance lest they should be destroyed, saying unto them that by faith all things are fulfilled -"
What do you glean from these verses? Go ahead, share or record your first thoughts.
Mine?
Ether was a prophet. He was not THE prophet, but a prophet. I have thought about this before, but I gave more thought to it this week. He was now in a distant land, separate from Israel, which had not even been established before Ether's people came to this promised land. In those days, people were scattered, the Lord did not ignore them, but he sent prophets to minister unto them that the message to follow His Plan was consistent. As we learn from the history of this people, how many of them misconstrued it? How many other prophets were called to other people, but they were not as good at keeping records? How many of them had the same message, but the people, over time and tradition, misinterpreted the message into something completely different?
Next, he could not be restrained because of the spirit of the Lord which was in him. What I appreciate from this message is that he listened to the spirit that was in him. He did not fight it. He did not ignore it. It was overwhelming. I wonder about all those that do fight or ignore. I try to imagine the stress and anxiety that they must live with knowing that they should be doing something different, but aren't. And then I find that stress and anxiety in myself sometimes. I know that there are things I should be doing better. It is that spirit, that light, the eternal being that I am and am part of that prompts me to do better. I hope you are striving to follow/change/repent to relieve that stress and anxiety within. It does not happen all at once, but it can happen one day at a time.
Moving on, Ether listened to the spirit. As of late we have been having several discussions in our house about following the spirit. We have learned to see that He communicates with each of us differently and sometime equally depending on our understanding/language of understanding or the importance of the matter. I have come to realize that He speaks more than I sometimes give credit to. I need to learn to change my view and recognize His hand in my life verses taking credit for it or brushing it off as something that it is not. I hope you can do the same.
Finally, he worked. It was not easy. It may not have been what he expected. But he did it. He moved forward, after hearing or recognizing the spirit which was in him, in FAITH. Such a hard word to fully understand, talk about, explain, and do. He had FAITH that it would all work out. He recognized that the spirit of the Lord would inspire, prompt, motivate, and lead him to do good, whether it was easy or not, it was for good. I need to do the same.
There you go, now on to the week.
It has been kind of crazy. The Queen and I hopped over to the Windy City on Monday. She stayed most of the week and was sent home before the storms were supposed to hit. I was only there for less than 24 hours. The all day meeting on the calendar was able to be covered and rectified in just a few hours and I hopped back home to see how much snow had fallen during the storm we left.
The Professor stayed home to fight the local storm. She did a wonderful job moving the white stuff and returned to her normal routine in the classroom.
Tall Man and Ehl-Bo have battled the same storm, they got a little more white stuff than we did here. That is about all we have heard from them this week.
Puddin and Lady Hawkins have checked a couple times to make sure we were OK. It sounds like they are staying warm and moving forward.
SnackPack got a bug this week. He has been fighting all week to ignore it. He finally reached to see if we could help him scratch the itch. I am not sure we were much help. He will make it happen someday. Other than that, things are pretty much status quo. He is enjoying school and his new job.
Additionally, we all know that Tiddly Winks has had a rough week. After talking to him yesterday, I understand he has been learning some of the things I have been learning this week, just in a more direct manner. As he always reminds me. We will take it one day at a time. I will keep you informed.
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