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Latter-day Bloke. Poppa Bear Photography. Mummabelle The adventures of Mummy and Annabelle. A Lower Light. Thunker's Weblog Just another WordPress. The Interpreter Foundation. Thus We See Formerly MiddleagedMormonMan. Follow Following. Latter-dayBloke Join other followers. Sign me up. Already have a WordPress. Matthew And he said unto her, What wilt thou? Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven Matt I have enjoyed watching my children become less childlike, but there are negatives to the growth in personality and independence that I have observed.
But as they increased in age, there were changes. My wife and I have been through this process with 12 children. Not one of them in his or her earliest years has ever asked me which one I like best.
The youngest, year old Bexzaida, is most likely to volunteer for any assignment—she loves to give family home evening lessons while my returned-missionary sons look for excuses to avoid the stress. When I have chastised her for her actions, she come to me for a hug. She has no ambitions, competes with no other family member, loves unconditionally, and forgives instantly.
Who is greatest, then? The one most childlike, and most ready to submit instantly and unconditionally to the will of the Father. Thus we read;. There is another question here, of course. Or, in heaven, is greatness something else entirely.
Matthew tells us that. One of the divine requirements made of us in our relationships with our neighbors is that we must forgive them.
Forgiveness is not linked to merit or repentance or the gravity of the offense or the sorrow of the offender, but only to the desire of the offended one to be forgiven. The Savior taught this with a powerful parable.
Here it is from Matthew Clearly, one of the great lessons taught by this parable is the colossal difference between our debt to the Savior the king and the debt of others to us. Several years ago I wrote something about this parable. Its value was determined by the material of which it was composed. At that rate, the second servant would be able to pay of his debt in a little more than three months if he dedicated all of his income to the task.
But the first servant, who owed the ten thousand talents, would have needed one hundred and fifty thousand years of toil to pay off his debt to the king. The significance of the difference between the two debts would not have been lost on those disciples, and it must not be lost on us. Gibbons, Misery and Joy, [ Keepsake , ], pp.
I have had another though about this parable, one inspired by the writings of Elder Jerry Lund. Since all things are written by the Father see 3 Nephi , there must exist in some heavenly library a comprehensive list of all of my mistakes. I wonder how many there are after 64 years of less than perfect performance. I suppose that I am somewhere near 10, by now; perhaps I passed that milestone years ago.
But no one has ever offended me even a hundred times. And those offenses that I have suffered have been the result of less than perfect people doing less than perfect things in a fallen world where everybody sins and nobody is perfect see 1 John I am so grateful for your thoughts and willingness to share.
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