Stay on the path

These are notes from a church meeting. Any misspellings and misinformation is the fault of the note taker. These are from a talk by our ward Bishop

– Some will do a mini-devotional each day. Maybe include scripture study or podcasts. There are over 2K podcasts on morman.org (soon to be renamed). Listen to a church talk on the way to work
– Jan 19th met with a member of the twelve. Had a Q&A period. This example shows we come from a tradition of questions since Joseph Smith asked the first question (which church is right). If a question does not yet get answered we need the faith and patience to get the answer. One person shared that it took them 25 years to answer a question.
– If one has a question about the gospel that is not being answered, put that question on a shelf but don’t put the church on a shelf.
– At one devotional: request for guidance. The most typical answer may be silence. Such a response may lead to bitterness. Silence may a sign that God has a vote of confidence that we can answer the question ourselves.
– Create a personal mantra. In the movie Princess Bride, there is: “My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die!” The bishop chooses his mantra to be my name is xxx, I am a son of God and lives’ Gods commandments.
– One man has a personal mantra I am simply a follower of Jesus Christ.
– Following Christ does not mean we live perfectly. When we stumble we rise again. We are imperfect but we are striving. We strive to align our lives to the teaching of Christ.
– Hugh nimbly: we live our lives as passengers on a plane where parents may be the pilot. We will find that the pilot has passed out ad we have to take controls. We have to trust the airport controller to guide us (God/the gospel). If we don’t follow the air controller directions (God) you may not bring the plane down safely
– Alma 32; discusses faith.
– J.R.R. Tolkien poem:
“All that is gold does not glitter,
not all those who wander are lost;
the old that is strong does not wither,
deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes, a fire shall be woken.
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken.
The crownless again shall be King.
One source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_that_is_gold_does_not_glitter