I loved the video of Tet for Hebrew we were supposed to watch and I think it went so well with this quote by President Monson and I love how Jim Staley said that "...(Tet) is the letter of decision, when you come to a decision point, a brick wall not a speed bump a brick wall, you need to make a choice, Hebraiclly your in the letter Tet it is the most incredible most exciting and scariest place to be on the Hebrew alphabet because it hinges on good and evil..." its at that point when we are in Tet that we have to decide what we are going to do when its our choice our decision and that's why its the most exciting and the most scary because it will either be one of the hardest choices or one of the easiest and that's why our church leaders always say to decide before although i agree you cant decide everything before like Megan said but we can make some and those decisions will determine your destiny whether they are big or small.
On Sunday we had an amazing 5th Sunday lesson about the honest challenges we face so not like drugs and such more like not fitting in and not having confidence, anyway so we made an honest list of how we felt were our actual challenges and we also made a list of things we hope, know, want, or believe we have a testimony of.
And then we talked about how those things we want or have a testimony of can help us with those trials and thats why its so important to get testimonies of those things because that's what will help us and how those trials will help us be stronger... my bishop taught us something really cool, In Ether 2: 17 it talks about the vessels and how they have to be "tight like unto a dish" and how hard it was to write back then but they wrote that chapter anyway and what was the point about talking about how they needed to be tight like unto a dish :D it just didn't make sense and then he told us to think about what if the vessels were US doesn't that change your point of view of why they wrote that scripture?
17 And they were built after a manner that they were exceedingly tight, even that they would hold water like unto a dish; and the bottom thereof was tight like unto a dish; and the sides thereof were tight like unto a dish; and the ends thereof were peaked; and the top thereof was tight like unto a dish; and the length thereof was the length of a tree; and the door thereof, when it was shut, was tight like unto a dish.
And then think about verses 24-25
24 For behold, ye shall be as a whale in the midst of the sea; for the mountain waves shall dash upon you. Nevertheless, I will bring you up again out of the depths of the sea; for the winds have gone forth out of my mouth, and also the rains and the floods have I sent forth.
25 And behold, I prepare you against these things; for ye cannot cross this great deep save I prepare you against the waves of the sea, and the winds which have gone forth, and the floods which shall come. Therefore what will ye that I should prepare for you that ye may have light when ye are swallowed up in the depths of the sea?
That is how he prepares and pushes us for the promised land (which was where they were going) was those winds and waves... You cant get to the promised land/Celestial Kingdom without those waves and winds/trials. You cant get to the promised land in calm waters!
I knew that trials shaped us and that's why we were here on this earth but i never thought of it before!
That was my amazing Ah-ha for the week!
I hope you got as much out of it as i did!
Thanks!
Rachel
WOW! That is so cool! That "tight like unto a dish" scripture always kind of made me laugh because I was like "Ok! Ok! I get it already! It was tight like unto a dish." But this put it into a whole new perspective!
ReplyDeleteIt's important that we be "tight with the gospel" so that when the waves and winds hit us in our lives, we can be prepared. :)
That was insane! I loved it!!! :D It's so cool when you can make connections like that! It kinda like the armor of God. We talked in my team once about how we can't allow for chinks to appear in your armor. I think it's interesting, because if that's how it worked for the Jaredites, they would've drowned from the water coming through the chink or hole. That's really cool! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteLife is supposed to be like a shoe... warn out! :D It is hard work to get to the celestial kingdom. Awesome Ah-Ha Rachel, thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThat was AMAZING! Thank you so much Rachel!
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