tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20526785.post2700118384605594091..comments2023-09-05T23:24:27.006-06:00Comments on Happy meets Crazy: If I Never Wrote AgainCherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10218614720786379961noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20526785.post-87651338203478932742011-11-08T02:42:59.251-07:002011-11-08T02:42:59.251-07:00Awesome thought, Becca. I love that connection you...Awesome thought, Becca. I love that connection you made with his talk. hm.....Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08215431222961203620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20526785.post-86607260129848639392011-11-07T06:19:49.302-07:002011-11-07T06:19:49.302-07:00Well.
Between you and Michelle I think it all got...Well.<br /><br />Between you and Michelle I think it all got said.<br /><br />Your question about sacrifice reminded me of <a href="http://lds.org/general-conference/2011/10/forget-me-not?lang=eng" rel="nofollow">President Uchtdorf's talk from the General Relief Society meeting</a> - the part where he talked about<a href="http://delightinscripture.blogspot.com/2011/10/sacrifices-and-things-that-matter.html" rel="nofollow">good sacrifices and foolish sacrifices</a>. Perhaps every decision we make is a sacrifice - whenever we do something, we are always (consciously or unconsciously) deciding <i>not</i> to do something else (making a sacrifice?) So every day with every decision, perhaps we just have to make sure that we are making good sacrifices rather than foolish ones.Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01667724269493668949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20526785.post-21064102447423182972011-11-06T23:38:35.638-07:002011-11-06T23:38:35.638-07:00" And what is the difference, to you, between..." And what is the difference, to you, between forced sacrifice and volunteerable sacrifice? Is there a difference? How?"<br /><br />This is a lovely and timely post for me. I've been experiencing some powerful breakthroughs as of late, and this question resonated with an aha I had tonite. To me, the difference between voluntary and forced sacrifice is like the difference between drawing a straight line between two points and a crazy, curvy, all-over-the-place line that connects them. It's a whole lot easier, less energy-consuming, more freeing, to realize that God's way is always the better way, the peace-filled way, the way that leads to what is "sweet above all that is sweet." (I felt like the picture you painted at the very beginning of the post captures that sweetness.)<br /><br />That said, being mortal means that it often takes learning by experience, which is more crazy, curvy, and all-over-the-place. And that's what the Atonement is all about. He makes it all straight, if we keep having faith in Him. <br /><br />When I taste the sweetness of that truth, experience the power that comes of His way, then sacrifice as a painful concept isn't so much how I see it. The challenge is that I so easily forget. <br /><br />That mortal thing again. But times like these strengthen my resolve to be better about always remembering, and really trying to trust. <br /><br />p.s. If this is what happens when words fail you.... (in other words, they are not failing.) ;)Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08215431222961203620noreply@blogger.com