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I think some gods are football fans. Isn’t there a wickedly devious field goal god that kickers have to appease? That god was not in Nevada last weekend.
Saddest game evah.
Quote:then drive by and leave something at the door indicating you are there for them and made the visit, and call it done.
This is how all of my visiting teaching is done. I do it by myself and I’m assigned sisters who prefer it done this way. I feel perfectly good about it.
Sounds like it could have been much worse. I really wish you would have been there. It’s really too bad that men in the Church haven’t figured out that they’ve marginalized the women in so many respects that we think we have to be specifically invited and that “both of you” must be specific and can never just be implied. Is there anything about the new fourth mission of the church to help the poor and needy? I’ll admit that the new handbook has been readily available at my house for the last month and half and I’ve not been that interested in it. I’ve certainly not been interested in comparing the two. I’ll let someone else wade through the details (I knew there’d be plenty of people willing to spend the time!) I’m not even sure where something like that would be easily found in the CHI. The Gospel Doctrine teacher this week made the comment that she is not a prophet and she was promptly corrected by a fellow who said, no, she was a prophet and could receive revelation relevant to her and those in her stewardship even if she didn’t have the authority to receive revelation for the church as a whole. I immediately thought of this thread. Didn’t really feel the need to add my thoughts as the other guy pretty much had it covered. Sounds to me like a routine visit to a family they have concerns about. If it was any sort of a big deal he wouldn’t have forgotten. Brian Johnston wrote:“Sure whatever, give that a try and see how it turns out for you. That would probably be a good experience either way.”
This really feels true for me. I just don’t think we have the perspective God does and so we think there is right/wrong when really he’s probably saying, it’s good either way. NOT very helpful though.
😆 Hmm, if I was going to tell you, Flowerdrops, that you were brave to say what you did it would be the part about confessing that you are unconventional and different. You said the words sexual orientation, and that alone is brave. So maybe they were thinking some of the phrases you used were brave but not the entire concept of “God’s love.” We don’t live it because we are just human and subject to failure and selfishness. I think we hear this a lot at church but that doesn’t make it easier to live. This is very interesting and it enlightening to see how everyone differs on tithing. I think you will eventually have to make your own choice about it but I wouldn’t use the information on mormonthink to do it. Wow, talk about piss-poor and one-sided and I’m not even a deep or critical thinker. I don’t collect money like ward clerks but I spend a nice little sum of tithing money each year so sometimes that gives a little different perspective. I hope you can find a comfortable place with tithing where you’ll feel you can qualify and attend the temple. You may want to think of your tithing as the part that pays for some part of your temple’s upkeep rather than going to the great and spacious building in SL. “Look, they sealed and striped the parking lot! That’s my tithing for the year (or two).”
Spirituality is such a personal thing that I find it pretty unconscionable to force anyone to into sharing or doing things that they’d prefer not to. It’s private and personal and to be shared only as we feel it is appropriate. I’ve never made my children bear their testimony but I do remember on one occasion my mother made me: the Sunday I was confirmed. But other than that I’ve never really felt pressured to do or be anything other than who I am.
This is also the reason I loathe “Bishop’s night” at girl’s camp. When I went we got to say what we wanted within the sanctity of the group. Now the bishops and whoever stay to the girl’s testimony meeting. Yuck! There is nothing I’d want less as a YW woman than to have to share my feelings/testimony to a bunch of men who have no clue! This year when I was so “lucky” to attend my own daughter felt she could take a pass unlike another girl, whose parents were both there, said she had choice but to bear her testimony. So, so sad.
I just keep finding gems on MST today. Check out
Russell Arbon Fox. I won’t make anymore links but I feel like I just have to share these unconventional testimonies. How is this coming along for you, Sambee? I’m constantly working on this myself. Loved reading everyone’s thoughts. I love working in a place where the language is clean and respectful and I wish I could say it was the same in my home. So, I’m glad to find support here and a reminder.
The next best one or maybe even my favorite one is Trent Stephens. These testimonies actually surprise me because they are not cookie cutter ones liked you’d expect on such a site. I think Daniel Peterson has done a good job of mixing it up to avoid the cookie cutterish testimonies. It also gives hope to the fact that there is much diversity in this regard. Therefore, I feel I can give my testimony without using the standard jargon and say what it is in my heart.
