September 3, 2006

I Was Taught

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As a mother of young children, I need to make a concious effort to listen and learn from the talks and lessons at church. So, as part of my goal to add more substance to the blog, and as part of my desire to be taught from the Lord at church, I welcome you to the first installment of…

The first Sunday of each month is usually "fast sunday" when we fast for two meals or 24 hours. On these days during our main meeting and after the Sacrament (Communion) has been passed to the congregation, the pulpit is open to anyone wanting to share their testimony of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

This morning one woman talked about Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego and the account of them being thrown into the fiery furnace because they refused to bow down to the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar made. After they were told their punishment they replied to the king:

If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.  But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

It was the "But if not" part that this sister pointed out. We may have many trials that we have to endure, and from which we may ask the Lord to deliver us, but if we are not delivered, will we remain faithful to our God or will we assume that He isn’t there and turn away.

I don’t know the Lord’s purposes in all things, but I have felt his love for me before and I know He is as real as the tallest tree in my front yard. I hope that when times are difficult, I can always remember that.

I would love to read how you were taught from On High. Please share your experience in the comments, or, if you choose to post about it, please leave a link in the comments. You are free to use my banner for your post, but I don’t care if you link it back here—it’s not about me.

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Thank you so much for this post! Sometimes you just need to hear things like this from other people’s mouthes! My family has had a lot of trials recently and it has been easy at times to think that God has abandoned us! We always could use and need little reminders that we have a Heavenly Father who loves us and only He can see the big picture! He wants what is best for us and maybe the trial that we are experiencing is strengthening us for a bigger purpose! It’s all about us and how we choose to deal with them! But he’s always there to help or at least comfort!

Thanks again! This is a great idea! Being a young mom myself I know how hard it is to get anything out of the lessons and talks in church! Sometimes I wonder if it’s even worth going! But, I believe that’s one of our tests and trials! We have to be the examples!

Comment by Carrie — September 3, 2006 @ 11:52 pm

Thank goodness for the love of our Lord, who carries us through our trials. He’s carried me through some mighty big ones and I wouldn’t be who I am today without the gospel. We didn’t see any miracles, but I know that what has happened in our family is part of the plan.

Comment by Jami — September 4, 2006 @ 9:27 am

I think there was a General Conference talk about the “but if not” part of that story fairly recently. It was a good one that helped me remember just because my prayers are not answered the way I think they should be or will be doesn’t mean that I’ve been forgotten or ignored.

As for me, we are just eating up church in English. Everything is won-der-ful!!

Comment by Gabriela — September 4, 2006 @ 9:38 am

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