tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post8849360144410795744..comments2024-03-27T06:51:19.327-06:00Comments on The Rains Came Down: A Name Blotted OutSilverRainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00580230961425635077noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-26957654338447188222014-06-27T16:39:29.327-06:002014-06-27T16:39:29.327-06:00Years ago I had a difference of opinion with my St...Years ago I had a difference of opinion with my Stake President. It was a difficult very sad time. I was counseled to let it go and to always remember that the Stake President was the presiding high priest in my area . Unless he committed a real and terrible sin, he could do things the way he wanted. So I privately mourned. <br /><br />Time has passed and things changed. I no longer remember Yvonne Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14604335434167862809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-32699435619395384202014-06-25T11:21:57.988-06:002014-06-25T11:21:57.988-06:00I have only in the last couple of years begun lear...I have only in the last couple of years begun learning what it means to mourn with those that mourn. It has made me vulnerable, my heart tender, and my eyes a whole lot more prone to weeping. I, also, do not agree with Sister Kelly and how she acted, but the situation feels so devastating to me. My heart aches for her family and for myself, who was unaccepted at church while growing up and feel aTayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02788026544124837008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-44006032363566598052014-06-24T08:31:43.606-06:002014-06-24T08:31:43.606-06:00Meg, when Lazarus died and his sisters wept bitter...Meg, when Lazarus died and his sisters wept bitterly at Jesus' feet, Christ knew that Lazarus would be redeemed from death, resurrected and made whole. He knew that the sorrow of the sisters he loved would turn to joy. He knew that the glory of God was about to be made manifest. Yet, He didn't rejoice in those things at that time.<br /><br />Instead, with them, Jesus wept.SilverRainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00580230961425635077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-70244318108862189312014-06-24T05:53:34.324-06:002014-06-24T05:53:34.324-06:00Hi SilverRain,
I suppose I didn't cry because...Hi SilverRain,<br /><br />I suppose I didn't cry because I have had various ancestors who were excommunicated in the past, and I have therefore a bright hope in the power of God to redeem even those who go to their graves without regaining their blessings.<br /><br />In the case of my ancestor who was an apostle when he erred, his lack of blessings persisted for 100 years after the act that Meg Stouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01620672313029212529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-6974030922127583312014-06-23T16:16:58.326-06:002014-06-23T16:16:58.326-06:00Being Excommunicating from the Church is not the t...Being Excommunicating from the Church is not the tragic part. Having been excommunicated myself, it was not the Church's response to my actions that was the problem. It was my actions that lead to the Church's response that was the tragic part.<br /><br />Hubris is a killer, I speak from experience. Sister Kelly would not humble herself before the Lord. She put herself above those she hadAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06731756587732034712noreply@blogger.com