Wednesday, May 5, 2010
I was listening to Enos today and had an interesting thought. When Enos first prayed, it was for himself. After his sins had been forgiven, he prayed for his people. Finally, he prayed for his enemies. I think that the more sin we have in our lives, the more self-centered we are. As we become more righteous, we begin to turn outward and think more about others, It is only when we are extremely righteous that our hearts are turned to our enemies. Only then, are we truly Christ-like. We can pray, as Christ did on the cross, "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do".
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I like your observation about the connection between our righteousness and lack of being self-centered. It occurs to me that doing temple work and family history is one way reach beyond ourselves and do something unselfish. I'm so thankful for your hard work in family history that has allowed us the special blessings of doing temple work for our own ancestors.
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