Excommunication of General Authorities

[clbent04]

I read today in the Deseret News that a General Authority was excommunicated.  What caught my attention wasn't that he of all people was excommunicated, but that it was the first time in "28 years since an LDS General Authority has been excommunicated" and prior to that a 46-year period!  So only 2 General Authorities have been excommunicated in 74 years?!?!  That to me is remarkable.  Not that it would be remarkable to everyone.  

After interacting with Church leadership over the years, men who I've come to hold as examples to me in my own life, I cannot help but feel their callings are divinely inspired.  And to someone like me who has already received spiritual confirmation of Church leadership, how much more is it a testament that they are chosen by God to these positions when so few have been excommunicated?  

If man was running the show without God's revelation at deciding who would be in Church leadership, and somehow still held accountable to the same standards, imagine how chaotic that would be.  How many excommunications would we see then?  The turnover would be tremendous.  Men can't see what God sees when it comes to the preparedness of the heart, and the appointment to these full-time positions of service needs the steadiest of hands to guide.  

Also, to my knowledge, the Church has never experienced a financial scandal or misappropriation of funds.  That speaks volumes to me for a nearly 200 year old organization.  

Edited August 9, 2017 by clbent04

[Sunday21]

I also think that sending an army of young people away from their families with loose supervision with usually good results indicates that God is running the show.