2 Nephi 15:21

[pam]

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21 Wo unto the wise in their own eyes and prudent in their own sight!

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Wise in their own eyes

Meekness requires genuine intellectual honesty, owning up to the learning experiences of the past and listening to the Holy Ghost as he preaches to us from the pulpit of memory.

As the Lord communicates with the meek and submissive, fewer decibels are required, and more nuances are received….It is only the meek mind which can be so shown and so stretched—not those, as Isaiah wrote, who “are wise in their own eyes” (Isa. 5:21; see also 2 Ne. 9:29 and 15:21.)

God’s counsel aligns us and conjoins us with the great realities of the universe; whereas sin empties, isolates, and separates us, confining us to the solitary cell of selfishness. Hence the lonely crowd in hell….

Yielding one’s heart to God signals the last stage in our spiritual development. Only then are we beginning to be fully useful to God! How can we sincerely pray to be an instrument in His hands if the instrument seeks to do the instructing?

Neal A. Maxwell, Ensign, May 1985, 71

[Hill-Billy]

In your very colorful words, I agree with you. Great thought.

Our history of the church in this despensation has in some respects gone off on their own to offten. Changing the Everlasting Covenant etc. as Isaiah has told us. We have gone off the deep end by sending our kids to learn the Mahan principals, (see Moses 5) and I also belive that our life should follow D&C 26.

[pam]

I wish I could take credit for the words but it was Neal Maxwell that said them.