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Thanks for explaining that to me. It makes sense now. There isn’t really a right or wrong way to do it. It depends on the situation and the couple. Thank you, Daeruin, for helping me out! 🙂 Daeruin, how did you mention your faith issues to her? How did you drop it in a conversation? I guess I should ask, what’s the best way to talk about your faith issues with someone you’re seriously dating?
The “journey” isn’t living a horrible life towards your death because of cancer. The journey is learning to live a positive and fulfilling life (however long it may be), despite having cancer. It is also learning to overcome our trials and coming out a better person. Isn’t that part of the reason why we go through trials? President Uchtdorf discussed something similar to this in his most recent general conference talk. He talked about how we should be grateful in our trials. Have you read/watch his talk yet? You should, it’s pretty good!
:thumbup: Here are some quotes from his talk that kind of relate to this:
Quote:When we are grateful to God in our circumstances, we can experience gentle peace in the midst of tribulation.
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Quote:We sometimes think that being grateful is what we do after our problems are solved, but how terribly shortsighted that is. How much of life do we miss by waiting to see the rainbow before thanking God that there is rain?
Being grateful in times of distress does not mean that we are pleased with our circumstances. It does mean that through the eyes of faith we look beyond our present-day challenges.
Ray’s friend and his wife seem to have learned a lot because of this cancer. I think that’s pretty inspiring. Mom3 shares another great example of someone having a new outlook on life. Even though mom3’s neighbor lost her battle to cancer I think she still “overcame” this trial in the end.
🙂 I agree that there are many similarities. But are they similar because JS tried to duplicate the church Christ probably organized? Or did they just naturally ended up resembling each other? Did Peter and the other apostles hold the Priesthood the same way we do now? Jeffery R. Holland said:
Quote:It is a characteristic of our age that if people want any gods at all, they want them to be gods who do not demand much, comfortable gods and smooth gods who not only don’t rock the boat but don’t even row it, gods who pat us on the head, make us giggle, then tell us to run along and pick marigolds. Talk about man creating God in his own image! Sometimes – and this seems to be the greatest irony of all – these folks invoke the name of Jesus as one who was this kind of ‘comfortable’ God. Really?
This might be a dumb question but what does he mean by this? I’m probably missing a huge chunk that would help me be less concerned. Is he saying that God is someone who is not easy-going and laid back with His commandments? We should see God for what He
actuallyis than what we thinkHe is. Is this kind of what Elder Holland is saying? Thank you for sharing this! I also read through your talk and your wife’s. You have an awesome family! Just saying. Welcome, university! :wave: I am also a single female in my 20’s with no kids. So don’t worry, you’re not the only one. The people here are helpful and supportive regardless of your age or where you’re at in your life.
university wrote:Fast-forward to now. Basically, I have the tendency to deconstruct and then reconstruct social institutions a lot, which has turned into a nightmare for my relationship with the church. I wish I could just detach emotionally. But I can’t. I want so badly to be in the church—then I flip open the Ensign and read an article and I’m moved to tears of agony. Things I read terrify me and feel like a slap to the face. I want so badly for the gospel to be simple: believe in God, love your fellow beings, don’t be prideful, and try to learn as much wisdom as you can. But every time I try to engage in church that’s not the message I get. And it hurts so much.
I think it’s okay to deconstruct and reconstruct the things about the church. It’s also normal to be sad and disappointed. Do you know why you’re sad by it though? Is it because the church is not what you thought it was growing up? I think you should start focusing on the good things about the Church. So, what do you like about the Church?You came to the right place. I’m glad you finally made an account. You are welcome to vent anytime you want. The people here will listen. I look forward to hearing your thoughts and perspective.
Orson wrote:Just as I see baptism as a 2nd and spiritual birth, I can see Christ’s 2nd coming as a spiritual event where his teachings and values roll over the earth in power and glory – transforming the earth into a more loving and elevated sphere.
There is actually some scriptural reasoning that equates God’s love with fire, and could make the earth’s baptism of fire to mean the love of God will penetrate the hearts of all mankind.
I agree with what Orson and nibbler said. This makes more sense to me. I have a hard time trying to imagine wicked people literally burning to death. Besides, what does someone have to do to be considered “wicked”?Welcome, sanders! Glad you’re here. You will fit in just fine here! I agree, it can be hard to relate to people who don’t share the same views. There’s definitely room in the church for people like us. Welcome! Thank you for sharing your story. I’m glad you’re here. I can’t wait to hear more from you. 🙂 Random question: If the Second Coming is an event that’s actually going to happen, will there still be spirits in the pre-mortal realm? If so, what happens to them? Do they just get sent to other worlds? mom3 wrote:I can comfort myself more on the computer than I can with people. I am not an introvert, never was. Now I retreat to my technology on a split second. My entire family does. We walk in the house and take off for our corners. There we spend hours chatting with friends or watching online movies and videos. When we get to dinner we have nothing to talk about, because we have carved our own worlds.
Whoa! Are you my mother? You totally just described my family to the T. (It’s funny because that’s happening right now as I type this.) But I think it’s pretty common nowadays. Technology is taking over the world, especially when everything is online now.My family tries to schedule a day when we get to go out and watch a movie together. SD, I know you mentioned that you are pretty busy so I’m sure your family’s schedule don’t match up that well. It also doesn’t help that your kids are at the age when they start to think their parents are “uncool.” So it makes sense that they would rather hangout with friends. What sort of things do they like doing with their friends?
But yeah, I’m also the blame sometimes. I work some nights during the week especially on Friday and Saturday. When I do have the weekend off, all I feel like doing is resting at home and doing nothing. I admit, I’m pretty lazy. Haha.
Hi SU84! I think I’m a little late to the “welcome party” because It looks like there’s already a conversation going on. 🙂 I don’t have a lot to say but I did want to stop by and welcome you. So…WELCOME!
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