Every thing shall live whither the river cometh

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Every thing shall live whither the river cometh

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C.S. Lewis

• in other sciences the instruments you
  use are things external to yourself (like
  microscopes and telescopes), the instrument
  through which you see God is your whole self.
• And if a mans self is not kept clean and bright,
  his glimpse of God will be blurredlike the Moon
  see through a dirty telescope.
• Nathan Jenson, The Restored Gospel According
  to C.S. Lewis, p. 43

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What is it that aids our vision?

• C.S. Lewis (Chronicles of Narnia)
• Here on the mountain I have spoken to you
  clearly I will not often do so down in Narnia.
  Here on the mountain, the air is clear and your
  mind is clear as you drop down into Narnia, the
  air will thicken. Take great care that it does
  not confuse your mind.
• And the signs which you have learned here will
  not look at all as you expect them to look, when
  you meet them there. That is why is it so
  important to know them by heart and pay no
  attention to appearance.
• Remember the signs and believe the signs. Nothing
  else matters.
• The Restored Gospel According to C.S.
  Lewis, p. 45

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Ezekiel 47

• Afterward he brought me again
  unto the door of the house and,
  behold, waters issued out from under the
  threshold of the house eastward for the
  forefront of the house stood toward the east, and
  the waters came down from under from the right
  side of the house, at the south side of the
  altar.

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Ezekiel 47

• Then brought he me out of the way of the gate
  northward, and led me about the way without unto
  the utter gate by the way that looketh eastward
  and, behold, there ran out waters on the right
  side.
• 3 And when the man that had the line
  in his hand went forth eastward, he measured
  a thousand cubits, and he brought me through
  the waters the waters were to the ankles.
• 4 Again he measured a thousand, and
  brought me through the waters the waters
  were to the knees. Again he measured a
  thousand, and brought me through the
  waters were to the loins.
• 5 Afterward he measured a thousand and it
  was a river that I could not pass over for
  the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a
  river that could not be passed over.

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Michael Wilcox

• The first time we enter a temple, we barely get
  our feet wet. We are barely introduced to the
  Lord's light and love. What a tragedy it is when
  members of the Church judge the temple to be
  shallow or not deeply refreshing based on that
  first experience. Yet all of us know that on a
  hot summer day, wading even ankle deep in a cool
  stream brings instant refreshment and a hesitancy
  to leave the flowing water to return to our
  shoes.
• Elder Widtsoe cautioned that it is not fair "to
  pass opinion on temple worship after one
  day's participation followed by an absence
  of many years. The work should be repeated
  several times in quick succession, so that
  the lessons of the temple may be fastened
  upon the mind."
• Little do the casual waders know that
  down the river, if they will patiently
  persist, are life-giving, healing
  "waters to swim in." For the water
  rises each time we wade. Little do
  they realize the power of those
  waters to heal the disharmony of our
  lives, our families, and eventually the
  world. (House of Glory, p. 40-44)

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Living Waters

• Then said he unto me, These waters issue out
  toward the east country, and go down into the
  desert, and go into the sea which being brought
  forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.
• And it shall come to pass, that every thing that
  liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers
  shall come, shall live and there shall be a very
  great multitude of fish,
• because these waters shall come thither for they
  shall be healed and every thing shall live
  whither the river cometh.

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Interesting

• Ezekiel 4712
• And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this
  side and on that side, shall grow all trees for
  meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall
  the fruit thereof be consumedand the fruit
  thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof
  of medicine.
• Parley P. Pratt
• ...a pure river of the water of life, clear as
  crystal, will flow through this renewed city,
  proceeding from the throne of God, just as living
  waters will flow from the sanctuary in the
  temporal city, as described by Ezekiel...the tree
  of life will stand on either side of the river,
  even the tree which will have once borne twelve
  manner of fruits, and have yielded its fruit
  every month, its leaves having been for the
  healing of the nations.
• (A Voice of Warning , p.108)

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Spencer J. Condie
Question If this is the case, why are so many of
us not willing to take advantage of the living
waters. Why are there still too many dead
things in the church?

• Thus, using the example of the Dead Sea, the
  Lord's prophets have chosen the worst possible
  case to illustrate the power of the living waters
  to heal that which is dead.
• The living waters of the gospel of Jesus Christ
  and His atonement can heal dead marriages, dead
  relationships between parents and children, dead
  friendships between business partners and
  neighbors, and spiritual death from years of
  alienation from the Church.
• (Your Agency, Handle with Care , p.103)

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Elaine Marshall

• On that first day as a nurse, I assumed cure,
  care, and healing to be synonymous. I have
  learned they are not the same. Healing is
  not cure. Cure is clean, quick, and
  done-- often under anesthesia. The antibiotic
  kills the pathogen the scalpel cuts out the
  malignancy the medication resolves the
  distorted chemistry.
• Healing, however, is often a lifelong process of
  recovery and growth in spite of, maybe because
  of, enduring physical, emotional, or spiritual
  assault. It requires time. We may pray for cure
  when we really need healing.
• Whether for cell reconstruction, for nerve and
  muscle rehabilitation, for emotional recovery, or
  for spiritual forgiveness, healing needs work and
  time and energy.

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Elder Holland

• The Church . . . is more like a
  hospital provided for those who wish to get
  well. . . . For some of you that is simply to
  live with greater faith, to believe more. For
  some of you it does mean to repent Right here. .
  . .
• For virtually all of us it means to live more by
  the promptings and promises of the Holy Ghost and
  to "press forward with a steadfastness in Christ,
  having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love
  of God and of all men." . . .
• Come unto Me," BYU Devotional, March 2nd,
  1997