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Buscador, I call it the “muddle in the middle” – and I also like living there. It’s MINE. Thanks Ray. The ‘muddle in the middle’ or the warm fuzzy grey area, it’s all the same to me. It has taken me a while to enjoy uncertainty. I hope LaLa can appreciate it with us.
LLL, you might be interested in the following post: “Faith, Doubt and Enduring Uncertainty” (
http://thingsofmysoul.blogspot.com/2009/04/faith-doubt-and-enduring-uncertainty.html asha wrote:I have been so busy the past few days it has been hard for me to find time to check the forum… maybe that was what the bishop was hoping for when he gave me this new calling
😮 .Ha! I can appreciate that.
asha wrote:BTW, I HATE it when kids get up and bear their “testimonies”, but maybe that makes me a grumpy old scrooge.
When I turned 8 I was really sure the Church was true. I had a testimony, but couldn’t express it very well. So I got baptized. I know the expectation was there (as the youngest of 5 kids), but I didn’t feel ‘pressure’. I just wanted to be baptized.When I was confirmed, I was filled with the Fire of the Holy Ghost,
from the crown of my head to the soles of my feet. That phrase is very special, and at that point I had as strong a witness from God as many people get in their whole lifetimes. Point being, when I bore my testimony, I really knew something. I couldn’t express it well due to my age, but I really *did* know something.
So when I hear children bear their testimonies, I try to give them the benefit of the doubt. You never know what *they* know, but can’t express.
HiJolly
Old-Timer wrote:I rarely play the “calling card”, but it might help him to know that I have a very visible calling. That kind of makes me the anomaly, but it shows that those who explore and seek difficult answers aren’t excluded from active participation in the Church. It can take a while, but it’s possible.
You and me both, Ray.
HiJolly
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