LDS inspiration

  Jeanine Elsholz @JeanineElsholz In the words of Jeffrey R. Holland— “The Lord has probably spoken enough “comforting words” to supply the whole universe, it would seem, and yet we see all around us unhappy Latter-day Saints, worried Latter-day Saints, and gloomy Latter-day Saints into whose troubled hearts not one of these innumerable consoling words seems to be allowed to enter. Consider, for example, the Savior’s benediction upon his disciples even as he moved toward the pain and agony of Gethsemane and Calvary. On that very night, the night of the greatest suffering the world has ever known or ever will know, he said, “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you. . . . Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid” (John 14:27 ). I submit to you that may be one of the Savior’s commandments that is, even in the hearts of otherwise faithful Latter-day Saints, almost universally DISOBEYED; And yet I wonder whether our resistance to this invitatio...

  Matthew Watkins @ITalkOfChrist Jesus raised Lazarus. But He didn't open the sepulcher, unbind Lazarus's burial garment, or raise him with a full stomach. Jesus did the part that only He could do, but directed others to roll away the stone, untie Lazarus, and feed him. Similarly, God didn't give Nephi a completed ship-- or even tools-- just the information on how to proceed. It seems our God is a "minimal interventionist" God. He works by "small and simple means," doing only what absolutely necessary for us and letting us do everything else. Why? Because He doesn't want to deprive us off the blessings of doing it as much on our own as possible. We are supposed to learn to become like Him-- and those muscles are built through work and practice! Be grateful that we have a God who gives us room to exercise our willpower and creativity and contribute to His great work!