New Goal: by the end of the year have at least one verse from every chapter of the Book of Mormon memorized. So I won't be memorizing a new scripture everyday anymore, I'm going to take breaks to solidify in my mind the scriptures that I want to always remember. I'll be working on memorizing everyday, but I'll have a lot of review days.
I think what I really mean is that we shouldn't use the gifts we have received as a source of pride; like they make us better than other people. It's good to be happy about the gifts that we receive, but not in a "I'm better than you" sort of way. I mean, I don't see Mary telling all the other Moms that her five year old was the Son of God, and using that as some means to prove that she was more special than anyone else. I mean I believe in sharing sacred things with other people, but not as a means to puff yourself up. Also, I think that each of us is responsible to understand the messages that God is giving to us, and that requires pondering so I like Mary's example in the scripture. This happens, by the way, right after the shepherds come to her on the eve of Christ's birth. I also like the scripture because I think that it's a necessary part of the Christmas story. It seems like it gets lost behind all the commercial and even religiousness of Christmas; we either seem to focus on Santa or on the song of legions of angels. We miss this little family and this one woman quietly wondering at the miracle of it all. It seems close to the miracle that every mother must experience at birth...
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Often when we receive gifts from God we need to keep them to ourselves and ponder them instead of flaunting them to others.
why's that?
I think what I really mean is that we shouldn't use the gifts we have received as a source of pride; like they make us better than other people. It's good to be happy about the gifts that we receive, but not in a "I'm better than you" sort of way.
I mean, I don't see Mary telling all the other Moms that her five year old was the Son of God, and using that as some means to prove that she was more special than anyone else. I mean I believe in sharing sacred things with other people, but not as a means to puff yourself up.
Also, I think that each of us is responsible to understand the messages that God is giving to us, and that requires pondering so I like Mary's example in the scripture. This happens, by the way, right after the shepherds come to her on the eve of Christ's birth.
I also like the scripture because I think that it's a necessary part of the Christmas story. It seems like it gets lost behind all the commercial and even religiousness of Christmas; we either seem to focus on Santa or on the song of legions of angels. We miss this little family and this one woman quietly wondering at the miracle of it all. It seems close to the miracle that every mother must experience at birth...
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