Comments on: Do you Get it? http://segullah.org/daily-special/do-you-get-it/ Mormon women blogging about the peculiar and the treasured Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:08:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Angie http://segullah.org/daily-special/do-you-get-it/#comment-21115 Angie Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:53:14 +0000 http://segullah.org/small-epiphanies/do-you-get-it/#comment-21115 I think about this sometimes, mostly because I have had seasons of NOT getting it myself, and usually in a spectuactularly visible way. What am I not getting now that I will regret in five years? Also, I have so many dear loved ones in my life who don't get the gospel at all. As much as I respect their right to make that choice, I also ask myself, "Is there a different way I could explain things to somehow help them see what I see? To not miss the truth because of the flaws in me, the messenger?" I think about this sometimes, mostly because I have had seasons of NOT getting it myself, and usually in a spectuactularly visible way. What am I not getting now that I will regret in five years? Also, I have so many dear loved ones in my life who don’t get the gospel at all. As much as I respect their right to make that choice, I also ask myself, “Is there a different way I could explain things to somehow help them see what I see? To not miss the truth because of the flaws in me, the messenger?”

]]> By: Dalene http://segullah.org/daily-special/do-you-get-it/#comment-20961 Dalene Mon, 22 Oct 2007 03:36:58 +0000 http://segullah.org/small-epiphanies/do-you-get-it/#comment-20961 Excellent post. Nothing more tonight. I'm just mulling it all over. But thank you for sharing such a beautifully expressed lesson and question. Excellent post. Nothing more tonight. I’m just mulling it all over. But thank you for sharing such a beautifully expressed lesson and question.

]]> By: Justine http://segullah.org/daily-special/do-you-get-it/#comment-20720 Justine Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:36:53 +0000 http://segullah.org/small-epiphanies/do-you-get-it/#comment-20720 Heather, I honestly had never thought of it that way! I always assumed there was some laundry list of things wrong with me that I was slowly supposed to tick off until I was perfect. I like the idea that weakness can be singular and be more general in nature. Well wait, that might actually be more overwhelming -- I'm not sure. and yeah, s'mee, I agree. It's all here for me -- even the rude Target girl. Heather, I honestly had never thought of it that way! I always assumed there was some laundry list of things wrong with me that I was slowly supposed to tick off until I was perfect. I like the idea that weakness can be singular and be more general in nature. Well wait, that might actually be more overwhelming — I’m not sure.

and yeah, s’mee, I agree. It’s all here for me — even the rude Target girl.

]]> By: Jennifer B. http://segullah.org/daily-special/do-you-get-it/#comment-20701 Jennifer B. Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:09:04 +0000 http://segullah.org/small-epiphanies/do-you-get-it/#comment-20701 Justine, I love this post. I know there is a lot that I don't get. What I DO get is that life is fleeting. I am trying to learn how to enjoy where I'm at and to make the most of it. General Conference opened my eyes to the importance of prioritizing and doing. You've given me a lot to think about. Justine, I love this post. I know there is a lot that I don’t get. What I DO get is that life is fleeting. I am trying to learn how to enjoy where I’m at and to make the most of it. General Conference opened my eyes to the importance of prioritizing and doing. You’ve given me a lot to think about.

]]> By: Heather H. http://segullah.org/daily-special/do-you-get-it/#comment-20694 Heather H. Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:29:44 +0000 http://segullah.org/small-epiphanies/do-you-get-it/#comment-20694 I love that Moroni says "weakness" not weaknesses, not necessarily a list of all the ways we're failing, but a general weakness in being mortal, in needing the Savior. I've been experiencing a bit of pregnancy blues the past couple of weeks, but every time I go to pray with my husband and my kids I just feel overwhelmed at all that I have. I think there are times I need to ask the spirit to help me overcome my weakness and times I just need to thank Heavenly Father for all that he's given me. I love that Moroni says “weakness” not weaknesses, not necessarily a list of all the ways we’re failing, but a general weakness in being mortal, in needing the Savior. I’ve been experiencing a bit of pregnancy blues the past couple of weeks, but every time I go to pray with my husband and my kids I just feel overwhelmed at all that I have. I think there are times I need to ask the spirit to help me overcome my weakness and times I just need to thank Heavenly Father for all that he’s given me.

]]> By: s'mee http://segullah.org/daily-special/do-you-get-it/#comment-20652 s'mee Fri, 19 Oct 2007 03:41:41 +0000 http://segullah.org/small-epiphanies/do-you-get-it/#comment-20652 I finally get that everything here on this rock, and I mean everything, is here just to benefit me. The lame guy at Home Depot yesterday, the fresh milk I got at my sister's, shoes, bioluminesent fish that swim 3 miles below the surface...all for me. My weakness? Not living up to my potential, forgetting that all this stuff is benefiting me, wallowing in the muck instead of seeing the education in it. Forgetting to praise God and thank Him for every nit, trial and blessing. Forgetting how good life is if I let it just "be" life. I finally get that everything here on this rock, and I mean everything, is here just to benefit me. The lame guy at Home Depot yesterday, the fresh milk I got at my sister’s, shoes, bioluminesent fish that swim 3 miles below the surface…all for me.

My weakness? Not living up to my potential, forgetting that all this stuff is benefiting me, wallowing in the muck instead of seeing the education in it. Forgetting to praise God and thank Him for every nit, trial and blessing. Forgetting how good life is if I let it just “be” life.

]]> By: Michelle http://segullah.org/daily-special/do-you-get-it/#comment-20628 Michelle Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:17:19 +0000 http://segullah.org/small-epiphanies/do-you-get-it/#comment-20628 <i>I am not a strict determinist, and I cherish my free agency, so I just need to figure out where in the middle of those two I lie.</i> Yup, that's me, too. I am not a strict determinist, and I cherish my free agency, so I just need to figure out where in the middle of those two I lie.

Yup, that’s me, too.

]]> By: Justine http://segullah.org/daily-special/do-you-get-it/#comment-20627 Justine Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:00:03 +0000 http://segullah.org/small-epiphanies/do-you-get-it/#comment-20627 Michelle, conference for me was so stunning. There were so many messages that I particularly needed to hear. And your idea about control is exactly me. I want to relinquish control (or my wildly exaggerated claims of such), but it is SO HARD for me. I am not a strict determinist, and I cherish my free agency, so I just need to figure out where in the middle of those two I lie. And Emily, I really mourn for my inopportunity to <b>work</b> sometimes. To just have to worry about my basic survival, and not have to worry about all this other garbage that fills up my life. Michelle, conference for me was so stunning. There were so many messages that I particularly needed to hear.

And your idea about control is exactly me. I want to relinquish control (or my wildly exaggerated claims of such), but it is SO HARD for me. I am not a strict determinist, and I cherish my free agency, so I just need to figure out where in the middle of those two I lie.

And Emily, I really mourn for my inopportunity to work sometimes. To just have to worry about my basic survival, and not have to worry about all this other garbage that fills up my life.

]]> By: Michelle http://segullah.org/daily-special/do-you-get-it/#comment-20620 Michelle Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:53:00 +0000 http://segullah.org/small-epiphanies/do-you-get-it/#comment-20620 Justine, can I just say that I love you? I know, I know, I don't know you, but I really love your spirit that comes through here. Conference is helping me get a lot more -- like, no, REALLY, priorities matter and my time is not simply mine to use up however I choose if I really care about my family and my (and their) relationship with God. I'm getting that faith is sometimes hard, and really being Christlike can be really hard. I don't really get yet that I'm not in control and even though I should do all I can (whatever that really means), it's grace and God's will that really control what happens to me, now and forever. I think I want to get it, but then sometimes it hurts too much to try to get it all at once so I go back to line upon line. If there is anything I get, it's that I have a long way to go. And I don't fully get yet that that doesn't mean that I might as well shoot myself. God does care about progress and desire. Right? RIGHT? Justine, can I just say that I love you? I know, I know, I don’t know you, but I really love your spirit that comes through here.

Conference is helping me get a lot more — like, no, REALLY, priorities matter and my time is not simply mine to use up however I choose if I really care about my family and my (and their) relationship with God.

I’m getting that faith is sometimes hard, and really being Christlike can be really hard.

I don’t really get yet that I’m not in control and even though I should do all I can (whatever that really means), it’s grace and God’s will that really control what happens to me, now and forever.

I think I want to get it, but then sometimes it hurts too much to try to get it all at once so I go back to line upon line.

If there is anything I get, it’s that I have a long way to go. And I don’t fully get yet that that doesn’t mean that I might as well shoot myself. God does care about progress and desire. Right? RIGHT?

]]> By: Justine http://segullah.org/daily-special/do-you-get-it/#comment-20616 Justine Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:52:04 +0000 http://segullah.org/small-epiphanies/do-you-get-it/#comment-20616 pjb, I am absolutely stealing that line to use on my kids. smart cookie, you are. pjb, I am absolutely stealing that line to use on my kids. smart cookie, you are.

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