tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post6861769884911860444..comments2024-03-27T06:51:19.327-06:00Comments on The Rains Came Down: I Believe in Authority from GodSilverRainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00580230961425635077noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-7913686932928747182008-10-20T06:53:00.000-06:002008-10-20T06:53:00.000-06:00Silver Rain--May I add another way of looking at t...Silver Rain--<BR/><BR/>May I add another way of looking at this experience: it is not that you were told not to go, but were told not now. The experience you had at 22 was completely different than would have been at 21. The people that you met, and the experiences that occurred, were exactly what you needed. Had you gone earlier, they would not have been in place. <BR/><BR/>I began my Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-21349830199925381192008-10-19T20:55:00.000-06:002008-10-19T20:55:00.000-06:00Thank you, SilverRain, for posting about this beau...Thank you, SilverRain, for posting about this beautiful example of how the circumstances of a call can so definitely show us evidence that it came from God by prophecy.<BR/> <BR/>And thank you, Papa D, for sharing the touching and inspiring example of your parents’ mission call.<BR/><BR/>Jendoop, I have come to believe that it is very wise to share with priesthood leaders any real concerns about Rosalie Erekson Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985594370560172873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-83195606329400722482008-10-19T20:15:00.000-06:002008-10-19T20:15:00.000-06:00After reading your last two posts I have to say th...After reading your last two posts I have to say thank you! <BR/><BR/>This issue of church callings is difficult. I went into adulthood with an "infatuated faith" believing that every calling was a lightening bolt from heaven. Now having more experience in the church I understand it is more the way you have presented it. <BR/><BR/>What does this do to the notion that we should never turn down a jendoophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01010044127553834584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-77943834955551123852008-10-19T08:12:00.000-06:002008-10-19T08:12:00.000-06:00Due to a condition of my mother's (about which I h...Due to a condition of my mother's (about which I have written on my own blog) and their relative poverty, my parents assumed they would never be able to serve a "regular" mission as a couple. However, after talking with their bishop extensively they decided that they would be able to serve at Cove Fort (not far from their home), since it would not be stressful on my mother and would cost very Papa Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06704974609266088416noreply@blogger.com