I'm enjoying reading your posts Roger. Nothing here that I would disagree with. I'm no theologian either, but recently I had an awakening about "waiting on the Lord", which is mentioned several times in the scriptures. It used to cause me to think, yep I'll just sit around and wait, but that didn't feel right to me. I then thought of another meaning of waiting. Like a waiter in a restaurant who serves patrons. Sounds more reasonable to me. Serve the Lord, while you might be hoping for a blessing of some type. Don't sit around waiting! Get off your tail and serve! Sounds more in line with the Gospel I think. What are your thoughts on that? Was it a revelation? Maybe :)
Love this. I had a printed copy of a talk on my mission (of course, back then you had a paper copy or you didn't have it at all) by Henry B. Eyring along these lines: https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/henry-b-eyring/waiting-upon-lord/ I love the story that he tells about his dad and the field of onions... I think about that everytime someone mentions "waiting on the Lord."
I'm enjoying reading your posts Roger. Nothing here that I would disagree with. I'm no theologian either, but recently I had an awakening about "waiting on the Lord", which is mentioned several times in the scriptures. It used to cause me to think, yep I'll just sit around and wait, but that didn't feel right to me. I then thought of another meaning of waiting. Like a waiter in a restaurant who serves patrons. Sounds more reasonable to me. Serve the Lord, while you might be hoping for a blessing of some type. Don't sit around waiting! Get off your tail and serve! Sounds more in line with the Gospel I think. What are your thoughts on that? Was it a revelation? Maybe :)
Love this. I had a printed copy of a talk on my mission (of course, back then you had a paper copy or you didn't have it at all) by Henry B. Eyring along these lines: https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/henry-b-eyring/waiting-upon-lord/ I love the story that he tells about his dad and the field of onions... I think about that everytime someone mentions "waiting on the Lord."