The Lord Has Beheld Our Sacrifice

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The Lord Has Beheld Our Sacrifice

• Khinckley1_at_yahoo.com

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Watch carefully for these people..

• Kingman, KS
• I live in a semi-rural area. We recently had a
  new neighbor call the local township
  administrative office to request the removal of
  the Deer Crossing sign on our road. The reason
  "too many deer were being hit by cars" and he
  didn't want them to cross there anymore.
• Kansas City
• My daughter went to a local Taco Bell and ordered
  a taco. She asked the person behind the counter
  for "minimal lettuce."? He said he was sorry, but
  they only had iceberg lettuce.
• Wichita KS
• The stoplight on the corner buzzes when it's safe
  to cross the street. I was crossing with an
  intellectually challenged coworker of mine when
  she asked if I knew what the buzzer was for. I
  explained that it signals blind people when the
  light is red. Appalled, she responded, "What on
  earth are blind people doing driving?!"
• Dallas County Sheriffs Office
• I work with an individual who plugged her power
  strip back into itself and for the life of her
  couldn't understand why her system would not turn
  on.
• Canton, Mississippi
• When my husband and I arrived at an automobile
  dealership to pick up our car, we were told the
  keys had been locked in it. We found a mechanic
  working feverishly to unlock the driver's side
  door. As I watched from the passenger side, I
  instinctively tried the door handle and
  discovered that it was unlocked. "Hey! ," I
  announced to the technician, "it's open!" To
  which he replied, "I know - I already got that
  side."

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Along those lines

• NEW YORK (AP) A drum-maker who imports raw
  animal hides from Africa has been infected with
  anthrax in what is believed to be an isolated
  accident that poses no public health threat,
  officials said Wednesday
• Bloomberg said the man had treated the
  unprocessed animal hides at a work space in the
  DUMBO section of Brooklyn.

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Elder Jeffrey Holland

• I wish to speak of the demands of
  discipline and discipleship, of the
  responsibilities we have to face when we
  choose to follow Jesus Christ. In the Savior's
  life and in ours, Satan counters such discipline
  with temptations of an easier way, with an offer
  of "convenient Christianity.
• Surely fluttering somewhere over the highway to
  hell is the local chamber of horrors banner
  reading, "Welcome to the ethics of ease."

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Question

• What role does sacrifice play in living a
  Christian life?
• Adam and Eve left the garden with only two
  recorded commandments
• Multiply and replenish the earth
• Sacrifice

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Joseph F. Smith

• The spirit of the Gospel is designed to make all
  men good in the sight of God. The Gospel is
  calculated to remove from us everything that is
  not consistent with God and the plan of salvation
  which He has revealed to men
• The principles of the Gospel are calculated to
  make us unselfish, to broaden our minds, to give
  breadth to our desires for good, to remove
  hatred, animosity, envy and anger from our
  hearts, and make us peaceful, tractable, and
  teachable
• A man who cannot sacrifice his own wishes, who
  cannot say in his heart, "Father, Thy will be
  done, not mine," is not a truly and thoroughly
  converted child of God he is still, to some
  extent, in the grasp of error and in the shades
  of darkness that hover around the world

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Set of Strengths
Ether 227 And if men come unto me I will show
unto them their weakness. I give unto men
weakness that they may be humble
Ether 227 for if they humble themselves before
me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak
things become strong unto them
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JST Genesis 221-14

• 2 And the Lord said, Take now thy son, thine
  only Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee
  into the land of Moriah and offer him there
  for a burnt offering, upon one of the mountains
  of which I will tell thee.
• 7 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt
  offering, and laid it upon his back and he
  took the fire in his hand, and a knife, and Isaac
  his son and they went both of them together.
• 9 And Issac said, Behold the fire and the
  wood but where is the lamb for a burnt
  offering?
• 10 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide
  himself a lamb for a burnt offering
• 11 And Abraham built an altar there, and laid the
  wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid
  him on the altar
• 12 And Abraham stretched forth his hand and took
  the knife to slay his son.
• 13 And the angel of the Lord called unto him out
  of heaven, and said, Abraham! Abraham!...
• 14 And the angel said, Lay not thine hand upon
  the lad, neither do thou anything unto him
• 15 For now I know that thou fearest God, seeing
  thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only Isaac
  from me.

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DC 101

• 2 I, the Lord, have suffered the affliction to
  come upon them, wherewith they have been
  afflicted, in consequence of their
  transgressions
• 3 Yet I will own them, and they shall be mine in
  that day when I shall come to make up my jewels.
• 4 Therefore, they must needs be chastened and
  tried, even as Abraham, who was commanded to
  offer up his only son.
• 5 For all those who will not endure chastening,
  but deny me, cannot be sanctified.

Two Reasons for Trials Chastening Because of
our sins Trials Because of righteousness
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President Hinckley

• Over the past years it has been my
  responsibility to extend calls to scores of
  men, their wives, and their families to
  leave all behind and go into the mission
  field. They will, in effect, say, "Of
  course, I am ready to go whenever and wherever
  the Lord calls."
• They and their wives will gather their children
  around them. There will be tears as the children
  think of leaving their schools and their friends.
  The family will kneel together in prayer, and
  when they arise from their knees, although their
  eyes will be moist, they will say in unison,
  "We'll go where you want us to go, dear Lord
  we'll do what you want us to do."
• I confess that at times I feel reluctant to ask
  people to do things in the Church because I know
  they will respond without hesitation. And I know
  also that those responses will entail great
  sacrifice. But I know this also, in the case of
  mission presidents and their families, there will
  be more tears shed when they leave the mission
  field to return home than will be shed when they
  leave home to go into the field.

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Bro Truman Madsen

• "I have indicated that Joseph Smith
  occasionally, deliberately, knowingly, put men to
  a test, almost as if he could discern the
  spiritual growth and blessing that would
  ultimately result. Bishop Edwin D. Woolley was a
  forbear of President Spencer W. Kimball. He was a
  stubborn man (he himself said it)-contrary was
  the word they used in those days. It was said of
  him, 'If he dies by drowning, look for the body
  upstream.'
• Edwin D. Woolley had a store in Nauvoo, and one
  day the Prophet said to him, 'Brother Woolley, we
  want all your goods for the building up of the
  kingdom of God,' or words to that effect. Brother
  Woolley did as he was asked, packing his whole
  stock ready to be moved.
• Then he went to ask Joseph what he wished him to
  do about the goods he had received for sale on
  commission. Was he ready to hand all the other
  goods over to the Church? the Prophet asked.
  Brother Woolley said he was.
• His eyes moist, the Prophet put his hand on the
  other man's shoulder and said, 'The Lord bless
  you. Put them back on the shelves'."

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Question

• Often the first thing to be sacrificed is our
  pride. How does the Lord use the church to do
  that?

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Sister Susan Tanner

• Several years ago a friends daughter got
  married. It was a perfect temple wedding with
  loving family members, warm, Indian-summer
  weather, and a beautiful and happy couple.
• About half an hour before the reception was to
  begin, everything was readyexcept that the
  caterer hadnt come. She was responsible for the
  tablecloths, the wedding cake, and all the
  refreshments. Helpful friends called her business
  and her home and left desperate messages. Someone
  drove to her business, but it was all locked up.
  Friends in the ward rallied and found tablecloths
  for the tables and flowers for centerpieces. They
  bought a small cake from the grocery store and
  decorated it with flowers and even offered to buy
  refreshments. The family declined this kind
  offer, because by this time guests had arrived.
• As people came through the line, my friend gave a
  simple apology about the lack of refreshments and
  concentrated instead on celebrating the marriage
  of this wonderful young couple. Even so, the
  no-show caterer became quite the topic of
  conversation, especially among the men at the
  party. They figured that the brides father had
  planned for this fiasco with the caterer so he
  wouldnt have the expense of refreshments

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Sis. Tanner Cont.

• After most of the guests and family members had
  left, the caterer rushed in with an ashen face.
  She was absolutely grief-stricken that she had
  made such a terrible mistake. She had written
  down the wrong day on her calendar. Never before
  had she done this.
• My friend reached out and hugged her. Dont even
  worry, she said. Were just grateful you are
  all right. We were worried that something
  terrible had happened to you. We had a wonderful
  time tonight, so no harm is done for either of
  us. My friend was not feigning love or
  forgiveness she truly felt it.
• Her example taught many of us so much. Think what
  retaliation and anger could have cost the caterer
  and her business. Think what a mothers decision
  to celebrate the wedding rather than worry about
  the refreshments taught her daughter about what
  is important. Think what she taught all of us
  about the power of the pure love of God.
• Days later, the catoror wrote this

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• I find myself with extra time today . . .
  since I havent a wedding to serve tonight
  as I had planned. First and foremost, once
  again, please accept my deepest regrets
  for Thursday evening Words cannot
  express the hours of agony I have grilled
  myself with as I have pondered the
  evening and what you must have felt. I
  want to make some sort of restitution for
  these damages and I hope you will help me
  create that situation. . . . I am so sorry.
• I also wanted to tell you of the profound
  experience this has been for me from an eternal
  perspective. In my life, I have never been
  treated with such Christ-like love and compassion
  as you did that night. Your first impulse was to
  embrace me, and to comfort me, when I should have
  been consoling you! You were not waiting with
  wrath and anger at my mistake, but rather with
  love and understandingas I have always hoped
  Heavenly Father would be waiting for me. You
  knew, without asking, the intents of my heart.
• Over the years, I have dealt with petty
  complaints (I didnt like the color of the
  punch!, etc.). You had every justification to be
  angry, and yet you chose a higher road. Since
  that night, my mind has continually returned to a
  central theme . . . go and do likewise as you
  have been forgiven.
• My way has been kinder and gentler with my
  children, my husband, and my staff. When their
  work has fallen short of my expectations, I have
  looked on the intent of their hearts rather than
  their shortcomings. I am sorry this lesson came
  to me at your expense, but it is one that will be
  with me forever. Thank you for your loving
  example of the higher road.