27 And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them. (Ether 12:27)
I've always known I had a lot of weaknesses. You can't grow up as the youngest of five children, AND having A.D.D. and not be aware of many, many weaknesses.
And I've felt at times that I was able to wrap my head around what a good thing it is for the Lord to show us our weaknesses, so then we know what to work on, right? But way deep down, my feeling was, "being shown my weakness is a good thing WHY?"
But a week ago, in the YSA ward, we were talking about this in S.S. class, and from somewhere came into my mind the visual of the Savior washing the disciples feet. Peter objects, knowing that Jesus was the Messiah, the promised Savior. But Jesus says, "If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me" (John 12:8).
It hit me. If the Lord does NOT show us our weakness, and if we do not LET Him show them to us, we have no part in Him, nor He in us. He cannot help us, lift us, save us, if He is not allowed to "wash our feet", or "see our (life) nakedness." If we don't offer to him, in full disclosure, all our warts, failures, guilt, and so on.
Wednesday, August 3, 2016
An Old Note to Myself, and then some.
I ran across this piece of paper while trying to clean off my desk. I had written, "Who am I to stand in judgement over my own worth, especially in a condemning way? I would NEVER do that to someone else, ever."
The key question, around all these feelings of lack of skills or competencies, self-condemning, the inability to take action on anything, or move forward in any area, ETC, is: CAN I FIX IT? Yes or No? Can I fix it RIGHT NOW? Yes or No?
As an entire issue, NO, I cannot fix this THING right now. It's too huge to take on. It's dragging me down because it's too overwhelming - even too devastating too late in life to FIX.
Ergo, I must PUT IT DOWN, and step back, back off from it. I need to place it,with all my foibles and mess of a life and all my weaknesses, at the feet of the Savior, and consecrate it to Him.
This is how and why:
27 And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them.
The key question, around all these feelings of lack of skills or competencies, self-condemning, the inability to take action on anything, or move forward in any area, ETC, is: CAN I FIX IT? Yes or No? Can I fix it RIGHT NOW? Yes or No?
As an entire issue, NO, I cannot fix this THING right now. It's too huge to take on. It's dragging me down because it's too overwhelming - even too devastating too late in life to FIX.
Ergo, I must PUT IT DOWN, and step back, back off from it. I need to place it,with all my foibles and mess of a life and all my weaknesses, at the feet of the Savior, and consecrate it to Him.
This is how and why:
27 And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them.
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