Verse 8 starts with the decrees of God are unalterable. What
a blessing that we can always trust Him to keep His word. It gives a sense of
peace and calm, that I think is what is missing in my parenting. I give in to
arguing and whining, and I think I am being loving. But it doesn’t add peace to
our home, or give my kids a sense of stability. I need to speak more slowly,
with more thought, and then stick with what I say.
The way Alma talks about restoration I think sometimes
confuses me. I have spent a lot of my life caught up in the idea of crime and
punishment, focused on details of restoring good for good and bad for bad. It
took a long time for me to understand that the whole idea of the gospel is
about becoming. It is mostly that when we die we will still be ourselves,
nothing really changes. So we will still be who we have chosen to become, and
the peace and joy in our life that comes from trusting God will be the same
peace and joy there, just a greater measure because of greater certainty. And
maybe Alma is really clearly saying that, but I spent a lot of my life in the
gospel not understanding that.
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