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For Such a Time as This

7/5/2020

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Like many of you, I have wondered at recent events: the pandemic, the earthquakes, the fires, the rioting, the anger . . . not to mention the murder hornets.

It reminds me of something Father Lehi saw:

          He saw multitudes 
          feeling their way
          towards that great
          and spacious
          building.

          And many were lost
          from his view
          wandering
          in strange roads.

(1 Nephi 8:31-32)

Strange indeed.  We have witnessed many "point the finger of scorn" during the last few months (1 Ne. 8:33).

(Here's what I don't understand: since they had to "feel" their way to the Great and Spacious Building, I assumed they were blind.  So how do they know what they're pointing at?)

The Opposite of Love

Loving the wrong thing is the very essence of Satan’s plan.

We've heard of global warming -- but I am more worried about global cooling:

          Because iniquity
          shall abound,
          the love of men
          shall wax cold.

          But he that shall not be
          overcome, the same
          shall be saved.

(Joseph Smith-Matthew 1:30)

Speaking of the Devil . . .

Here's my point:

Contention is the opposite of charity.

​Jesus may be the author of love, but we need to remember the devil is the "father of contention."
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  • Poetry
    • Fleeing Egypt >
      • Tower of Babel
      • The Orchard
      • Tithing Settlement
      • Chastity for Churches
      • Sign
      • Cleaning House
      • Elijah
      • Rulers of Sodom
      • Beware
      • Two Churches
      • Beginning At My Sanctuary
      • Toll Road
      • Get it Strait
      • Corporation Sole
      • The Religion of the Circle R
      • Fig Tree
      • Eve
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      • Shemlon's Shore
    • Ascending Sinai >
      • Ark
      • Sin of the Calf
      • An Idol Observation
      • Dew from Heaven
      • I love you, Elder Holland
      • Easter
      • How Sweet
      • Haiku
      • The Barn
      • Patron Saint
      • A Conversation with Brigham Young
      • Mine Testimony
      • The Meadow
      • The Gardens
      • Ice Fishing
      • Without End
      • Forest
      • Continental Divide
      • A Great Sacrifice
    • Promised Land >
      • Lanolin
      • Zion
      • Wisdom
      • Take Up Your Cross
      • Was the Sun the Same
      • Plain and Precious
      • Bridegroom
      • Faith
      • Amos
      • But First
      • Wax
      • Parable of the Piano
      • Repentance
      • Wake Up, Child
      • Cold Storage
      • Covered Wagon
      • Multiply and Replenish
      • Rollercoaster
      • The Baptist
    • Seven Stations of the Cross >
      • Jesus Condemned to Die >
        • Life Signs
        • Fashionable Religion
        • Tithing Declaration
        • A Pretty Important Detail
        • Jesus is All
        • Salt Lake Temple
        • Zion in the Lion's Den
        • High Noon
        • Bookmark
      • Jesus Stumbles and Falls >
        • Unveil
        • But Faith
        • Sifting
        • The Ballerina
        • Credit Declined
        • Prayer Circles
        • Work Out Your Salvation
        • Lovebirds
        • Unrequited
      • Simon of Cyrene Bears the Cross >
        • Proxy
        • Chartres
        • Like the Nile
        • Artificial Intelligence
        • Not Born
        • Parable of the Crossing
      • Women of Jerusalem Weep >
        • With A Price
        • Fields of Asphodel
        • Night
        • Desert Rose
        • Goodbye
        • Spring Snow
      • Jesus Stripped of His Garment >
        • Love Letter
        • I am disquieted
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        • Eggshell
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