Last night for mutual the Bishop gave us his 2nd Coming part 2 fireside. It was really great. I’m telling you the spirit is strong when we meet together and talk about the truths of the gospel and the hope we have in Jesus. It was amazing. I came home and looked up some of the things we had talked about and gave it some good thought.
One little point he made was from 1 Nephi when the angel teaches Nephi about the church of God and the church of the devil. I have had problems with that idea because I know many good and faithful people who go to other churches, who are sincere in their faith and worship, who do good, who are Christlike. I have always felt like there is truth to be found in many places and good people to be found everywhere. But last night the bishop clumped those other churches as “every system of salvation that doesn’t actually save” and it hit me suddenly, and with an understanding which was probably obvious to everyone else, that there was the crime of it, the wrongness, the evil. It is not the good people who follow and look for truth that are the problem but it is the fact that the almost truth keeps them away from God. It brings them “this close” and then fails them. It promises peace but doesn’t provide. How tragic.
We talked about how our God is a God who saves. Who will save His people thru the fire, how appropriate today with the entire west coast being on fire.
I am so grateful that He is mindful of us, that He is present in our lives, that His promises are sure and wisdom is great.
In other news yesterday Grace went to the ENT and we learned that she has some bi-lateral hearing loss (Part of EDS?)we shall see. We are are on a medical mystery scavenger hunt and hope to get some answers and some help for troublesome symptoms that she lives with. She’s a warrior.
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