tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199633972689777295.post982181093584314649..comments2024-03-25T10:57:21.969-07:00Comments on BARE RECORD OF TRUTH: 402: RIPENING FOR DESTRUCTIONBARE RECORD OF TRUTHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04525289075352079487noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199633972689777295.post-77384650725564753382017-08-28T09:42:02.971-07:002017-08-28T09:42:02.971-07:00This isn't to minimize anything you have said ...This isn't to minimize anything you have said here, because you are right that I need to think a lot more about people who need my help. Thank you for the reminder. I just wanted to say that Sodom and Gomorrha were, in fact, destroyed for the sexual perversions in them as well as the selfishness:<br /><br />Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. —Jude 1:7Maddie S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09772285373052577498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199633972689777295.post-65829779354036712782017-04-04T23:17:24.231-07:002017-04-04T23:17:24.231-07:00Yes, Michael, I have brought poor people into our ...Yes, Michael, I have brought poor people into our home, several times. Once it was a family who had been stranded from another state; another time it was a backpacker freezing in a blizzard at Point of the Mountain. Connie and I are still convinced he was an angel sent to test the Saints.<br /><br />Another time it was a poor woman whose roommate had stolen her boyfriend and kicked her out. We befriended her and years later she is still like family, and in fact adopted one of our grandchildren. She joined the church while living with us, and ironically, the roommate who had thrown her out is LDS now, too.<br /><br />In none of these instances were we ever afraid for our family, because for one thing, the first thing I did in every instance was ask a quick prayer, "Lord, should I pick this person up?"<br /><br />Only once did the spirit impress it upon me that I should keep driving. Only once.Alan Rock Watermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04971243364867111868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199633972689777295.post-19495112898350386552017-04-03T19:16:21.836-07:002017-04-03T19:16:21.836-07:00Well, I must ask: Do YOU bring the poor into your...Well, I must ask: Do YOU bring the poor into your home?<br /><br />I can say that I don't. Not because I see them as unworthy, but because I don't bring strangers into my home, period. I'm unwilling to risk my family's safety. Sorry.<br /><br />It is very easy to point a finger at others when perhaps we should work on our own shortcomings first. (Yes, I have many, many of those)Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15622350027166654627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199633972689777295.post-21949720356580994502017-04-01T22:37:21.770-07:002017-04-01T22:37:21.770-07:00This is the magic of the atonement. We can always...This is the magic of the atonement. We can always turn back to God, His hand is stretched out still.<br />Christ said when you do it unto the least of these, you do it unto me. The outstretched hand of the beggar is the hand of God. <br /><br />God does not want us looking back at our mistakes, he wants us to look forward, and choose what is right. Sodom and Gommorah would have been spared if only a few righteous men were there. We can be those righteous men in our day.Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10761024757445480029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199633972689777295.post-78872427771432837732017-03-31T23:53:59.983-07:002017-03-31T23:53:59.983-07:00This hit home to me because today I stopped at a c...This hit home to me because today I stopped at a corner store to grab a snack and saw 4 homeless people outside. I parked as far away from them as possible and walked inside while averting my eyes. I did my best not to think of them as I looked at chips and soft drinks, and after buying my unneeded food, I hurried back to my car so as not to be asked for anything... I wish I had read this earlier and could have been more Christlike in my thinking and behavior. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02956114488700785655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199633972689777295.post-4964111669126279132017-03-31T20:40:47.314-07:002017-03-31T20:40:47.314-07:00Heaven forbid we make a shelter for the homeless a...Heaven forbid we make a shelter for the homeless and needy in MY BACKYARD-- "it will lower our property values here in the shadows of the Draper Temple." Such low-lifes are not allowed so close to God's holy place. I would rather live in my secluded dream world of lollipops marshmallows and rainbows than to lend the furthest stretch of MY BACKYARD to help any poor bastard. I worked hard to get my status and home value here in DRAPER...<br />Why don't THEY buckle down and work hard LIKE I DID?<br />BTW, where is Sandy, Riverton, West Jordan? THEY ought to be doing this dirty work instead of me!Mjensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18413555610140837902noreply@blogger.com