Comments on: Proverbs 9:10

By: Emily M.

Emily M. — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 03:53:41 +0000

I just got back from BYU’s “Beholding Salvation” exhibit. I felt connected to those believers, across time and across religious traditions. There were Eastern Orthodox icons, Rembrandt etchings, and (always a favorite; I love to imagine her painting away in rural Idaho) Minerva Teichert. We are all connected to the divine, and therefore to each other.

By: Dalene

Dalene — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 05:43:41 +0000

A beautiful message so wonderfully expressed.

Thank you!

By: Sharlee

Sharlee — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 04:53:32 +0000

Melissa, what a beautiful post. More holiness is something I long for too.

I love that we can learn so much from good people of other religions. I have always been very uncomfortable with the us/them rhetoric we hear so often in the church. I cringe when I hear those “I could tell right away that she was LDS because of her glow” stories. Truth is, I’ve met plenty of glowing Catholics, Protestants, Jews, and Buddists in my time!

I had a student once who was a Born-Again Christian (at BYU; imagine!) and she was the best little witness of Christ I’ve ever known. Now this girl had a serious *GLOW*! She radiated joy and, in a completely natural and unpretentious way, took every opportunity to speak of Jesus and her love for Him. Talk about someone letting her light so shine. I learned a lot from that kid.

By: Maralise

Maralise — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 02:36:10 +0000

Thank you. In all of my struggles to just simply be, I’ve completely forgotten to be something more…more holy, more peaceful, more sincere. I needed the reminder.

By: Justine

Justine — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 02:14:58 +0000

Melissa, this is beautiful. I loved growing up in Michigan in a largely Catholic community. I was a strange oddity, and not all the Catholics were very holy, but there were many holy and righteous people.

I’m glad you had a great experience, and I, too, want to take the sacrament more seriously, and walk away from Sunday feeling more holy.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 23:51:49 +0000

Angie, I feel the same way with the busy-ness. Sometimes I feel good about it, like I am about my Father’s busy-ness, but in some moments of clarity I realize that in all this business of building the kingdom, I am missing the boat. I am failing to truly commune. I realize that this is a common problem, especially for LDS moms with small children (I try to at least catch the THEME of each talk from sacrament meeting, from the three sentences I get to really hear), but I know if I don’t stand up to the busy-ness and BE STILL, it will be what comes between me and God rather that what brings us together.

Also, I love to hear the testimonies from people of other faiths, especially about Jesus. It reminds me that the Holy Ghost witnesses of truth. Always.

By: Angie

Angie — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 20:01:18 +0000

I love this, Melissa. I’m better at being reverent and righteous than I am at being holy. I have been reminding myself every day to stop, to commune with God, to let Him, fill me. My natural tendency is to busy myself too much, to deny mysefl the blessings of the Atonement.