I received a letter in the mail the other day congratulating me for being invited to become a member of the League. I thought, “what is the League?” The Latin word for ‘league’ means imperial, powerful, lordly and magisterial. The unknown member of the League who sent me the letter stated that he took an…
Tag: Bible
On Forgiveness
Genuine repentance pleads with the Lord to forgive and deliver from the burden of sin and the fear of judgment. The publican who, fearful of even looking toward heaven, smote his breast and cried, “God, be merciful to me, a sinner!” (Luke 18:13). Repentance is more than changing a person’s behavior because it requires that…
On The Basics
There are really four basic or primary areas that a person needs to develop in order to fit into society and interact with other human beings. They include developing strength or proficiency in the areas of our: physical, social, mental and spiritual attributes. All four of those are mentioned by St. Luke in Describing how…
On The Gathering
We are nearing the month when we commonly celebrate our pioneers who, in July of 1847, began to gather themselves into a very desolate Salt Lake Valley. They hoped to make it blossom as a rose. Are there any in our day that can say that they did not succeed? Moses speaking to the Israelites,…
On Intelligence, Spirit, Soul and Man
All religions would most likely agree that God, the Father of us all, is all-powerful, most intelligent as well as eternal. Meaning He had no beginning and He has no end. If I were to say that about man, that he too, has always existed, there would be much opposition to such a statement. Doesn’t…
On Old Thing, New Meanings
I was sitting in church last Sunday listening to the speaker and he was talking about a subject that I had read over and over and heard speakers speak of it many, many times, but he had put a different twist on it. I hadn’t read the following story before to gather wisdom from it….
On The Law Of Others
We have been instructed by the Savior to “Be ye perfect even as your Father in Heaven is perfect”—an admonition that was an objective, one not meant for this life, but rather, it was an eternal objective for each of us. The Father’s perfection, justice and power are all directed toward assisting His children to…
On The Meek Shall Inherit
When I was a young person, meek was seldom used among my friends and I, but when the word was heard, it seemed to me that it was usually associated with weakness (meek/weak) or one who was bashful and introverted. “To be old and wise you must first be young and ignorant” (anon). After becoming…
On Israel And You
Israel, in the Hebrew language, literally means “Champion of God” (From the Book, ‘Wisdom of Israel’). Israel was the name given to Jacob when he ‘prevailed with God’ at Penuel in the wilderness. Jacob (Israel) was the son of Isaac who was the son of the great Abraham. Israel had twelve sons who eventually became…
On God’s Humanity
Through this short thought, I am going to ‘try’ to see us, (people), the way that God sees us. God could have adopted any title that He would like but His primary choice was ‘Father,’ God, the Father. Why would He choose that title unless He were, in some way, our actual Father. We often…