10-8-11
“Beauty
for Ashes”, by Bruce C Hafen
The Savior himself was not concerned that he would seem too
forgiving or soft on sin. Said he, “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are
heavy laden, and I will give you rest. … For my yoke is easy, and my burden is
light.” (Matt. 11:28, 30.) He spoke these comforting words in the context of
asking his followers to develop a love pure enough to extinguish hatred, lust,
and anger. His yoke is easy—but he asks for all our hearts.
In an important sense, our judgment calls lead us to the tree
of knowledge, just as Adam’s and Eve’s choice led them to that same tree. By
confronting the sad or happy consequences of our choices, we can learn through
our own experience, as they did, to distinguish the bitter from the sweet.
WOW!!!! I LOVE THAT TALK!!! That sums up the whole book “He did deliver
me from bondage” in a nutshell! It is SO
AWESOME!
I gained so much from it
even after one reading.
When I was camping with my
family last summer, I was talking to my sister about pain. I said that maybe that’s the definition of
pain as the gap between what we have and what we want. This so beautifully describes that when we
are ENDOWED with hope through grace that we can have hope in this place of the
gap instead of pain because of we chose to have faith and not doubt. It is such a beautiful clarifying distinction.
I want to write more, but
I have to go for today. More tomorrow…
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