What is this blog?

In 2008 I stumbled upon a blog organized by a woman who wanted to read The Bible each day through the year and then comment and receive comments about the reading assignment. I decided to join and I really enjoyed the experience of discussing the passages. I wanted to continue that. I thought I would start a blog that follows the LDS Sunday School lessons, not in any way replacing them, but just to offer a venue to comment on the readings for those who don't like to/get to comment in class or don't get to go to class at all, or just anybody. 2009 was my first full year with this blog, reading the Doctrine and Covenants (all archived in 2009). 2010 I did my best to discuss the Old Testament but fell off in the fall. 2011 is a review of The New Testament, but I was even less successful in continuing with that year, but I hope to fill those in during the year! During 2012 we discuss The Book of Mormon. I will post at least once for the week's readings. I will not post on General Conference weeks and will probably be behind your current reading due to our church schedule, but hope you can still find relevancy. Also, I probably won't proofread much, so please forgive me for errors, I'll be lucky to just get a post each week in. Feel free to comment on my current week or your class' current week. Enjoy! I do!

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Afterthought - Foreordination

This is a quote read in our Sunday School class about foreordination, by Elder Neal A. Maxwell:

"Foreordination is like any other blessing - it is a conditional bestowal subject to our faithfulness. Prophecies foreshadow events without determining those outcomes, because of a divine foreseeing of that outcome. So foreordination is a conditional bestowal of a role, responsibility, or a blessing that, likewise, foresees but does not fix the outcome.

Another side note: my spellchecker in two programs does not recognize the word foreordination. Too bad. On a number of levels.
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2 comments:

  1. Life's a DanceJanuary 15, 2010 at 3:16 PM

    This is how I have learned to think about foreordination. God gave us the money to buy a hamburger. Whether we actually buy the hamburger or not is up to us. :) If not us, he can give more money to someone else to buy the hamburger.

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  2. LisaJanuary 15, 2010 at 4:55 PM

    That's a great way to think of it! Thanks!

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