Other than a beautiful day, I've had another opportunity to feel joy this morning! The children have gone about their usually Friday morning routine. I have had the opportunity to read from our church Ensign magazine and the Book of Mormon.
After reading through a talk from the Ensign I was able to thumb through the photos from conference weekend. Conference is a satellite broadcast for all members around the world to watch and listen to leaders of the church. I love reading the uplifting messages. I also love reading any uplifting literature...some LDS and some not.
I loved this story about the prophet Joseph Smith and Brigham Young (p.198 of Teaching of the Presidents of the Church - Joseph Smith).
Wilford Woodruff, the fourth President of the Church, reported: “I will refer to a certain meeting I attended in the town of Kirtland in my early days. At that meeting some remarks were made … with regard to the living oracles and with regard to the written word of God. … A leading man in the Church got up and talked upon the subject, and said: ‘You have got the word of God before you here in the Bible, Book of Mormon, and Doctrine and Covenants; you have the written word of God, and you who give revelations should give revelations according to those books, as what is written in those books is the word of God. We should confine ourselves to them.’
“When he concluded, Brother Joseph turned to Brother Brigham Young and said, ‘Brother Brigham, I want you to take the stand and tell us your views with regard to the living oracles and the written word of God.’ Brother Brigham took the stand, and he took the Bible, and laid it down; he took the Book of Mormon, and laid it down; and he took the Book of Doctrine and Covenants, and laid it down before him, and he said: ‘There is the written word of God to us, concerning the work of God from the beginning of the world, almost, to our day. And now,’ said he, ‘when compared with the [living] oracles those books are nothing to me; those books do not convey the word of God direct to us now, as do the words of a Prophet or a man bearing the Holy Priesthood in our day and generation. I would rather have the living oracles than all the writing in the books.’ That was the course he pursued. When he was through, Brother Joseph said to the congregation: ‘Brother Brigham has told you the word of the Lord, and he has told you the truth.’ ”
Brigham Young, the second President of the Church, recalled: “Many years ago the Prophet Joseph observed that if the people would have received the revelations he had in his possession and wisely acted upon them, as the Lord would dictate, they might in their power to do and understand have been many years ahead of what they then were.”
This gave me greater motivation not only to listen to the counsel of our loving prophet today but also to allow personal revelation to flow through me more. Hey, at least I'll be able to say I'm following my own heart.
-Anya
After reading through a talk from the Ensign I was able to thumb through the photos from conference weekend. Conference is a satellite broadcast for all members around the world to watch and listen to leaders of the church. I love reading the uplifting messages. I also love reading any uplifting literature...some LDS and some not.
I loved this story about the prophet Joseph Smith and Brigham Young (p.198 of Teaching of the Presidents of the Church - Joseph Smith).
Wilford Woodruff, the fourth President of the Church, reported: “I will refer to a certain meeting I attended in the town of Kirtland in my early days. At that meeting some remarks were made … with regard to the living oracles and with regard to the written word of God. … A leading man in the Church got up and talked upon the subject, and said: ‘You have got the word of God before you here in the Bible, Book of Mormon, and Doctrine and Covenants; you have the written word of God, and you who give revelations should give revelations according to those books, as what is written in those books is the word of God. We should confine ourselves to them.’
“When he concluded, Brother Joseph turned to Brother Brigham Young and said, ‘Brother Brigham, I want you to take the stand and tell us your views with regard to the living oracles and the written word of God.’ Brother Brigham took the stand, and he took the Bible, and laid it down; he took the Book of Mormon, and laid it down; and he took the Book of Doctrine and Covenants, and laid it down before him, and he said: ‘There is the written word of God to us, concerning the work of God from the beginning of the world, almost, to our day. And now,’ said he, ‘when compared with the [living] oracles those books are nothing to me; those books do not convey the word of God direct to us now, as do the words of a Prophet or a man bearing the Holy Priesthood in our day and generation. I would rather have the living oracles than all the writing in the books.’ That was the course he pursued. When he was through, Brother Joseph said to the congregation: ‘Brother Brigham has told you the word of the Lord, and he has told you the truth.’ ”
Brigham Young, the second President of the Church, recalled: “Many years ago the Prophet Joseph observed that if the people would have received the revelations he had in his possession and wisely acted upon them, as the Lord would dictate, they might in their power to do and understand have been many years ahead of what they then were.”
This gave me greater motivation not only to listen to the counsel of our loving prophet today but also to allow personal revelation to flow through me more. Hey, at least I'll be able to say I'm following my own heart.
-Anya
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Anya - you're a stud. Can I say that even though you're a girl? Loved the post.
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