Today's Quote

“As parents, we should remember that our lives may be the book from the family library which the children most treasure. Are our examples worthy of emulation? Do we live in such a way that a son or a daughter may say, ‘I want to follow my dad,’ or ‘I want to be like my mother’? Unlike the book on the library shelf, the covers of which shield its contents, our lives cannot be closed. Parents, we truly are an open book in the library of learning of our homes.” Thomas S Monson

Friday, August 10, 2012

YES! It makes sense!!!

I was talking with a couple of AMAZING Girl Friends tonight. And something one of them said was very interesting in respect to the way the Priesthood is "run" in our church. And I realized something. Let me back up to another topic that comes full circle: We were talking about jerky ex-husbands. And how they tend to try to persuade other people to see them as the Victim, or Good Guy in a divorce. And how damaging it can be to the other party in the relationship. And it brings me back to one of my favorite subjects.... Karma. Things evening out in the end, and such. People in general aren't as blind to the difference between a "Good" person, and a "Bad" person as we might think, or they may appear. Most people react to them differently out of intution. And when you have a yucky person trying to pretend to be not yucky, I am really learning that most people catch on. And then it goes into the church. A person gets into serious trouble and faces disciplinary action with the church because of a choice they made. And when they try to reconcile with the church, sometimes, it doesn't go so smoothly. IE they may go into their respective clergy and ask to be reinstated into full fellowship, and be told "Not yet." And it may not always be obvious why they are being denied. But very often there is a reason.... as in, someone in the line of Heiarchy that makes has a hand in the decision whether or not to allow the reconciliation, doesn't feel quite right about it. And denies the request. And maybe, just maybe, it's because they see something in the person, or situation that just doesn't quite click as valid enough to allow them to be fully involved yet. And I like how it just makes sense on a level where it turns into and "Ah Hah" moment.

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