tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340001692212865058.post6380427042166006823..comments2015-01-28T11:08:51.022-07:00Comments on Batyah: Luxuriating in LiesLauren Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07880531224430402303noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340001692212865058.post-31403848383076793642011-10-19T09:40:16.437-06:002011-10-19T09:40:16.437-06:00edit: I realized that was incomplete. Fear is the...edit: I realized that was incomplete. Fear is the other thing I see around me. Folks whose priorities differ from mine and/or who are afraid. (Of course, either or both of these can apply to me, depending on who I am meeting with and what we are discussing.)<br /><br />Anyhow, edit is to say, the reason I choose to err on the side of caution that I do is because time and again whenever I feel someone is complacent, once I get to know them I find that what I first viewed as complacency was actually either a sincere difference in priorities or the seeming complacency was driven by fear. I feel this is especially true in my interactions with our LDS culture.Merinmel Caesghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07025064961118599642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340001692212865058.post-77414638003109984262011-10-19T09:03:25.604-06:002011-10-19T09:03:25.604-06:00"I am more wary, however, of the complacency ..."I am more wary, however, of the complacency that might come with feeling utterly and completely satisfied with our efforts." <br /><br />I think this is where we differ. I don't feel that I've met many people who are truly complacent. More common is folks whose priorities differ from mine.<br /><br />I think we agree at root and are looking to the same goal. Just choose to err on the side of caution in different directions, perhaps?Merinmel Caesghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07025064961118599642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340001692212865058.post-77048001439563225612011-10-19T00:21:45.488-06:002011-10-19T00:21:45.488-06:00Merinmel, thanks for your comment! I absolutely u...Merinmel, thanks for your comment! I absolutely understand where you're coming from. I think, though, that there's a fine balance between assuring ourselves of our sufficiency before the Lord and excusing our actions, which are absolutely within our control and changeable. Regular readers of my blog know that I am very much in favor of each of us recognizing and realizing our divine potential...but that I also am not afraid of asking the tough questions that might help us get there.<br /><br />I agree that I am enough, that you are enough, the each of us is enough. I am more wary, however, of the complacency that might come with feeling utterly and completely satisfied with our efforts. The prophets of old and of modern-day are here to urge us to recognize our goodness and spur our continuing change, repentance and spiritual growth.Lauren Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07880531224430402303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340001692212865058.post-64524116638366727342011-10-18T23:16:09.325-06:002011-10-18T23:16:09.325-06:00My comments here are offered in a spirit of sincer...My comments here are offered in a spirit of sincerity and conversation, and not contention.<br /><br />The first image/thought that came to mind while reading this posting was of sitting in a meeting listening as a Relief Society President explained her concern for the women of our ward. "As a Relief Society President," she explained, "the way that I listen to Testimony meetings has shifted. So many of the girls expressed feelings of insufficiency. I trust they are working hard. I want them to feel like they are good enough."<br /><br />Which then brings me to an affirmation learned in an MFHD course, "I am enough, and there is more."<br /><br />I would alter your statement, "The point is not to fit the Gospel into our lives, but to fit our lives into the Gospel." I would instead seek the navigations and tuggings of a paradox: "The point is to fit the Gospel into our lives and to fit our lives into the Gospel."Merinmel Caesghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07025064961118599642noreply@blogger.com