"People only see what is visible, measurable. God sees into the heart. He not only forgives our failures, He sees successes where no one else does - not even ourselves. Only God can give us credit for the angry words we did not speak, the temptations we resisted, the patience and gentleness little noticed and long forgotten by those around us. Just being human gives us value in His eyes, and trying to live with integrity makes us successful before Him. God redeems us from the sense and fear of failure because He sees us as no human eyes can see us. Some religions teach that God sees so clearly that He knows all our shameful thoughts and nasty secrets. I prefer to believe that God sees us so clearly that He knows better than anyone else our wounds and sorrows, the scars on our hearts from having wanted to do more and do better, and being told by the world that we never would." ~Rabbi Harold Kushner

09 September 2010

ELEVEN DAYS


Deuteronomy 1:2 - (There are eleven days journey from Horeb by the way of Seir unto Kadesh-barnea.)


Horeb is the place where Moses received the 10 Commandments.  Kadesh-barnea is a point at which Moses sent spies into the promised land to see what's the what.  I had a friend once tell me that the drive from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea takes about 45 minutes...that is about the drive from Salt Lake City to Provo on a normal traffic day.  The Israelites wandered for FORTY YEARS.  They were an eleven day journey away from the promise land...but because of their hardened hearts and pride...they wandered for FORTY.YEARS.

Am I going to hang on to anger and frustration and pride and "wander for forty years"?  Or am I going to be able to just let it go and reach the "promise land"?

In October General Conference of 2008 Elder Lawrence E Corbridge gave a talk entitled "The Way" .  (Read it. Love it.)

He made the following statement:  
Life is hard, but life is simple. Get on the path and never, ever give up. You never give up. You just keep on going. You don’t quit, and you will make it.
There is only one way to happiness and fulfillment. Jesus Christ is the Way. Every other way, any other way, whatever other way is foolishness.
And so...I really am trying to get on and stay on that path...and never give up.  Some days are better than others...but I am just going to keep on going...because any other way is foolishness.
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