https://padlet.com/starerickson/k0vbr7r7hy6svu24 Please share your favorite verse(s) from this week's lesson: Ether 12 - 15 en-us 2020-06-29 02:12:24 UTC 2025-10-21 15:35:59 UTC hello@padlet.com starerickson https://padlet.com/starerickson/k0vbr7r7hy6svu24/wish/953243063 I have more faith in Heavenly Father than I have in myself. This scripture gives me confidence. He will compensate for my weaknesses as I turn to Him.]]> 2020-11-23 17:23:20 UTC https://padlet.com/starerickson/k0vbr7r7hy6svu24/wish/953243063 https://padlet.com/starerickson/k0vbr7r7hy6svu24/wish/953594481 4 Wherefore, whoso believeth in God might with surety hope for a better world, yea, even a place at the right hand of God, which hope cometh of faith, maketh an anchor to the souls of men, which would make them sure and steadfast, always abounding in good works, being led to glorify God.

What better anchor during these perilous times?
Kerry Rasmussen]]> 2020-11-23 18:46:42 UTC https://padlet.com/starerickson/k0vbr7r7hy6svu24/wish/953594481 https://padlet.com/starerickson/k0vbr7r7hy6svu24/wish/961628588 I used to read this verse as “I give unto men weaknesses that they may be humble.” Until I realized that it actually says “I give unto men weakness” and not “weaknesses.”
 
For me this is pretty significant. I used to interpret it as the Lord has given me specific, quantifiable weaknesses, like talents, and some have more and some have less.  “Weakness” on the other hand is a very universal human trait. I am left open to choose which part of my human weakness I wish to indulge or I wish to strengthen. I may have certain personality traits and gifts that are innate, but depending on the circumstance they could easily be a strength or a weakness. Who is to say!! The Lord says they can be both. The word weakness in general tells me I am not pinned down to certain  weaknesses God has given me just to teach me a lesson. No, He has not done that. He wants us to be completely whole. Discovering what weakens us will be a lifelong process as we will continue to have different experiences. I wasn’t born with specific chinks in my armor that it was my duty to discover and straighten out, but rather life will give us dents and dings in places we never thought possible and we are given the opportunity to strengthen those areas until EVERY single area has been beaten and then strengthened, and it’s a complete total spirit and body makeover. It will most likely be the resurrection when I ever see this come to pass, but that’s okay... I’m not expected to be perfect yet... just open my eyes and start the painful process of hammering my chinks out and fortifying those areas one little place at a time.
-Kelli Rich


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Earlier in my life verse 4 really helped recognize how  the restored gospel and Jesus Christ could help me not feel so adrift in life by allowing Him to “anchor my soul.”

Now in my life, verse 27 is helping me recognize how my weaknesses are an opportunity to draw closer to the Lord. Regardless of being in the boat and being anchored, I need the Lord. 

As I seek the Lord in high places I am reminded that both these verses help me have an unencumbered view of the Lord, his majesty, and his love. ]]> 2020-11-27 17:48:14 UTC https://padlet.com/starerickson/k0vbr7r7hy6svu24/wish/966102681 https://padlet.com/starerickson/k0vbr7r7hy6svu24/wish/967181748 Ether 12:30  
30 For the brother of Jared said unto the mountain Zerin, Remove—and it was removed. And if he had not had faith it would not have moved; wherefore thou workest after men have faith.
Priesthood powers, the power of our faith is unimaginable.  My body and sole tingle at the thought of it.]]> 2020-11-28 16:02:09 UTC https://padlet.com/starerickson/k0vbr7r7hy6svu24/wish/967181748 https://padlet.com/starerickson/k0vbr7r7hy6svu24/wish/969045277 As I tried to express myself during the 7 days of gratitude, I found that the words I wrote on FB were never the words I had in my head....and no matter how many times I went back to correct or say what I felt, they never came out right on paper - thus the "awkwardness of our hands".

]]> 2020-11-29 17:40:23 UTC https://padlet.com/starerickson/k0vbr7r7hy6svu24/wish/969045277 https://padlet.com/starerickson/k0vbr7r7hy6svu24/wish/969151616 As I read this verse, I could not help but think about the Pandemic and wonder if stronger, more collective faith is needed to allow the Lord to remove this from our midst.  If he can create the world and all things therein, he can surely rid the world of this virus, so are we doing our part?
Doug Steck]]> 2020-11-29 18:53:00 UTC https://padlet.com/starerickson/k0vbr7r7hy6svu24/wish/969151616