Chastening

This is a great talk. Not as tender and beautiful as the most recent two, but this is a really profound talk. It is about the purposes of being chastened. Please take the time to listen or read.  Find the text here.

I love this quote. I had it all wrong.  Elder Dallin H. Oaks explained: “The Final Judgment is not just an evaluation of a sum total of good and evil acts—what we have done. It is an acknowledgment of the final effect of our acts and thoughts—what we have become..."

Divine chastening has at least three purposes: (1) to persuade us to repent, (2) to refine and sanctify us, and (3) at times to redirect our course in life to what God knows is a better path.

The Lord declared, “As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. There is a sweet little lady at church that I love. She is a perfect example of "bad things happen to good people." Oh, the list of hardships she has had to deal with is heartbreaking. She always tells me "The Lord chastens who he loves. I just wish he didn't love me so much sometimes.

I loved the story about the current bush. I love that God is in charge and can help us along to become what he knows we can be.