“God has created me to do Him some definite service.”

“God has created me to do Him some definite service.” August 14, 2018

 

Temple in Draper
The Draper Utah Temple (LDS Media Library)

 

A worthwhile essay on what it means to belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:

 

“To Belong”

 

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It almost seems to be a cottage industry among some religious skeptics and anti-theists to manufacture tales of the injuries inflicted upon the world by theism in general and by Christianity in particular, and to fantasize about the utopia that we would enjoy had religion never existed.  Here’s a review of a recent book somewhat along those lines:

 

“The Myth That Christians Destroyed the Classical World Dies Hard”

 

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I’m glad to see such events as this one happening:

 

“Face to Face with Elder and Sister Stevenson, Originating from Manila, Philippines”

 

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Something from the world of Evangelical Protestantism (more or less):

 

“Psalms Experts: ‘Lift Up Your Hands’ Actually Means ‘Just Stand There With Your Hands In Your Pockets’”

 

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Two passages from the great John Henry Cardinal Newman (1801-1890)”

 

“God has created me to do Him some definite service. He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission. I may never know it in this life, but I shall be told it in the next. I am a link in a chain, a bond of connection between persons.

“He has not created me for naught. I shall do good; I shall do His work. I shall be an angel of peace, a preacher of truth in my own place, while not intending it if I do but keep His commandments.

“Therefore, I will trust Him, whatever I am, I can never be thrown away. If I am in sickness, my sickness may serve Him, in perplexity, my perplexity may serve Him. If I am in sorrow, my sorrow may serve Him. He does nothing in vain. He knows what He is about. He may take away my friends. He may throw me among strangers. He may make me feel desolate, make my spirits sink, hide my future from me. Still, He knows what He is about.”

 

“God has created all things for good; all things for their greatest good; everything for its own good. What is the good of one is not the good of another; what makes one man happy would make another unhappy. God has determined, unless I interfere with His plan, that I should reach that which will be my greatest happiness. He looks on me individually, He calls me by my name, He knows what I can do, what I can best be, what is my greatest happiness, and He means to give it me.”

 

Posted from Park City, Utah

 

 


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