"He hath given unto you that ye might know good from evil, and he hath given unto you that ye might choose life or death; and ye can do good and be restored unto that which is good, or have that which is good restored unto you; or ye can do evil, and have that which is evil restored unto you."
Helaman 14:31
When I was reading this today I had just been watching one of those television courtroom-drama shows, and I was thinking that we so often want other people to pay. We often think "he totally deserved it" when bad things happen on shows, instead of "Wow, what a shame," or "Oh, how sad." ... and unfortunately, sometimes we carry this over even into the real world, having a retribution mindset, thinking that people deserve to have bad things happen to them if they are mean, etc.
The problem with that thinking, of course, is that *we* are the mean people sometimes. We are the ones yelling at someone in traffic, or upset that someone is being idiotic, and determined to point it out. Retribution seems like a really good idea until we're looking at getting the things that *we* do returned on our own heads. Then it seems kind of scary.
Today, let's remember that everyone needs space to repent. Instead of judging people and hoping for immediate condemnation, let's do what we can to help people grow and change. Let's support that possibility and stop to think before we do things, and maybe not do them if we don't want them coming back to us someday.
Helaman 14:31
When I was reading this today I had just been watching one of those television courtroom-drama shows, and I was thinking that we so often want other people to pay. We often think "he totally deserved it" when bad things happen on shows, instead of "Wow, what a shame," or "Oh, how sad." ... and unfortunately, sometimes we carry this over even into the real world, having a retribution mindset, thinking that people deserve to have bad things happen to them if they are mean, etc.
The problem with that thinking, of course, is that *we* are the mean people sometimes. We are the ones yelling at someone in traffic, or upset that someone is being idiotic, and determined to point it out. Retribution seems like a really good idea until we're looking at getting the things that *we* do returned on our own heads. Then it seems kind of scary.
Today, let's remember that everyone needs space to repent. Instead of judging people and hoping for immediate condemnation, let's do what we can to help people grow and change. Let's support that possibility and stop to think before we do things, and maybe not do them if we don't want them coming back to us someday.
I think the tree of knowledge of good and evil was given for this purpose that these who belong to the ( X-good; must increase and to these who belong to Y-evil;must decrease) as the scripture says"it was given to U to do this...".
ReplyDeleteUmmm!Just my bumbling.
Good post Sister,I believe in U.👍👍.