ether 12: 22 - 41
why do you think it is important for us to recognize our weaknesses? why do you think we need to be meek in order to overlook the weaknesses of others?
--> a seminary teacher once pointed out to me that in ether 12:27, it doesn't say the Lord gives us weaknessES, it says He gives us weakness. one weakness. our physical body. that is why it's so important to overcome the natural man. lately i've actually been thinking a lot about the natural man and all the ways we need to overcome it. i've been thinking about how i know the right things to do - whether in a commandment sense, or even things silly as flossing teeth, or what kind of diet i should eat to feel the best. but, i don't always do what i know to be beneficial and helpful. why? because of the natural man. the natural man is lazy. he doesn't want to change. putting off the natural man and becoming a disciple of Christ - a TRUE disciple of Christ, is one of the greatest challenges we face, yet also comes with some of the greatest of blessings :)
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