Love one Another....

Wow, I had such a great time yesterday in Church!  I got to hear President Carmack Speak (which is always awesome) and of course his Speech was uplifting and very Spiritual.  I love it when he speaks.  It gives me a sense of calmness.  He always know what to say.  Yesterday he spoke about Family, and about forgiveness.  And everything he pointed out was so true.  He concentrated mostly on how we must forgive the people that hurt us, and how we must love one another….

Mathew 5:43-48

43 ¶ Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt ^alove thy ^bneighbour, and hate thine enemy.

44 But I say unto you, ^aLove your ^benemies, ^cbless them that ^dcurse you, do ^egood to them that ^fhate you, and ^gpray for them which despitefully use you, and ^hpersecute you;

45 That ye ^amay be the ^bchildren of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth ^crain on the just and on the unjust.

46 For if ye ^alove them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?

47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?

48 ^aBe ye therefore ^bperfect, even as your ^cFather which is in heaven is ^dperfect.

I think that as a congregation we def.   needed to hear those words.  Sometimes we get all caught up in all the drama, and we forget about who we are.  We become consumed with all these feelings of hatred, jealousy, vengeance and anger.  We forget that even though we are human and are not all perfect, we have a duty….an obligation.  As LDS members we have made a covenant with our heavenly father and when we took on his name as “Cristians”  we promised to follow him and represent him.  And when we become consumed with these feelings we slowly drift away and little by little we begin to change.  We die a “Spiritual Death”.

He also spoke about Firgiveness….  and one thing that I really like was when he said ” to keep hatred in ones heart is like taking a sip from a glass full of poison”…We eventually have a “Spiritual Death”.

D.&C. 64:8

My disciples, in days of old, sought ^aoccasion against one another and forgave not one another in their hearts; and for this ^bevil they were ^cafflicted and sorely ^dchastened.

9 Wherefore, I say unto you, that ye ought to ^aforgive one another; for he that ^bforgivethnot his brother his trespasses standeth condemned before the Lord; for there remaineth in him the greater sin.

10 I, the Lord, will ^aforgive whom I will forgive, but of you it is required to ^bforgive all men.

That actually made me think…..who am I to judge and decide who i should forgive?!  The truth is that I at one point of my life did have hatred and anger inside me.  And thinking back on it i was miserable!  I spent so much time worrying about what this person had done to me and how I could get back at her….I was completely obsessed with her life.  I wasted all that time being angry and upset.  I am glad that I was able to move on and forgive her for all of the wrong doings….I finally moved on and decided that I would leave things in God’s hands.  And the moment that I made that decision my life changed.  I am glad I made that change.

D&C 121 :41

41 No ^apower or influence can or ought to be maintained by virtue of the ^bpriesthood, only by ^cpersuasion, by ^dlong-suffering, by gentleness and meekness, and by love unfeigned;

42 By ^akindness, and pure ^bknowledge, which shall greatly enlarge the ^csoul without^dhypocrisy, and without ^eguile—

43 ^aReproving betimes with ^bsharpness, when ^cmoved upon by the Holy Ghost; and then showing forth afterwards an increase of ^dlove toward him whom thou hast reproved, lest he esteem thee to be his enemy;

44 That he may know that thy faithfulness is stronger than the cords of ^adeath.

45 Let thy ^abowels also be full of charity towards all men, and to the household of faith, and let ^bvirtue garnish thy thoughts unceasingly; then shall thy ^cconfidence wax strong in the ^dpresence of God; and the doctrine of the priesthood shall distil upon thy soul as the ^edews from heaven.

46 The Holy Ghost shall be thy constant ^acompanion, and thy scepter an unchanging scepter of ^brighteousness and truth; and thy ^cdominion shall be an everlasting dominion, and without compulsory means it shall flow unto thee forever and ever.

Like President Carmack said ” It is not easy to forgive our enemies, But we are promised many great Blessings if we are obedient and we follow the saviors example.”  We must learnt to love one another…..Forgive and always remember that we are “Christians”  and in order to be more like Christ we must fill our hearts with Kindness, be humble, love one another, especially our enemies….  it is not an easy road, but nothing worth doing is easy.

~ by kellydarlene on June 28, 2010.