Palerider Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 Elder Robert D Hales says... "How can I question without losing the spirit?? All of us have questions at times in our lives on policies, procedures, or even principles. The best way to find the answers we seek is to search out the solutions for ourselves. "How do we go about it" "First and foremost its our attitude, or how we ask the question, that is very very important. If it is a demand, one loses the opportunity for an answer. "Second, if we have strong feelings about the way something should be and are unwilling to listen, we may lose the opportunity to get an answer."Don't look for signs or answers that build you up. Humility and submissiveness to God will always be fundamental in receiving direction from him."here is a link to the rest of the talk if interested...Gifts of the Spirit - Ensign Feb. 2002 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palerider Posted June 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 My question is....do we often fall victim of this....sometimes we seem to want to blame someone for whats wrong in our life....agree disagree??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
applepansy Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 I agree and sometimes we its not just blame but we want our answer and not the Lord's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tbaird22 Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 Of course we blame someone else it couldnt be our fault on a more serious note, I agree with pansy. I question a lot (I blame being an INTP) but until i humble myself and become willing to accept the Lord's answer; i wont get any type of answer (which is super frustrating). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palerider Posted June 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 I will throw another opinion in here....yes, we do want to blame someone and many many times we will blame our Bishop. Whether its his fault or not... thoughts??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backroads Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 I think that we can tend to accept the whole "life is not perfect, trials will come" lessons with an agreeing nod but not really internalize the meaning. Then trials come. We might not necessarily respond with "God hates me" but there's still "Blessings aren't necessarily contingent with my actions"; "The Bishop, being an imperfect man, gave me the wrong advice"; "I can't do anything about trials." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDSJewess Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 I actually learned this from my early days of Judaism, but it applies as well to my faith as a Latter Day Saint. There is a Hebrew prayer translated into English that is: "Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable to you O Lord........." I was taught to question absolutely everything and that everything was open to discussion and the sincere quest for answers, but from a viewpoint of faith, those questions and words coming from our mouth, and thoughts in our hearts and minds should be of respect and reverence and acceptable to God Our Heavenly Father. I think only then do we receive the answers that we seek. They may not be the exact answers that we hope for at the exact time we wish for but we will receive answers and thus our knowledge and wisdom will be increased and our faith strenghtened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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