Falling to Heaven: The Surprising Path to Happiness
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MaryApril 19, 2014
Finally, a sensible thought to help me when others tell me to, "love myself." I didn't know what that meant and it confused me. Ferrell's writing gives me relief to know that loving the Lord and doing his will is the answer. I don't have to feel guilty now.
AnneApril 18, 2014
What people need is to strive to feel the LOVE of the LORD. When that is felt and basked in, they automatically love themselves and it flows through them to others. When that is our focus, everything else works out so that we are incredibly happy. I know from experience.
MikeApril 18, 2014
With respect to self-love, I have wondered much about the place of self-love, given that such a concept is easily mingled with "selfishness." What I am now understanding is that self-worth is more easily defined with selflessness - where I glory in the identity and love of Father in Heaven. When I am in that light, I can better reflect such love that I can reach out to my "neighbor" in love. The model would be that the "glory" be God's - not mine. The blessing of consequence is that I feel better - more alive and joyful - when I am in that condition, than when I am in the natural man of self-pity and self-concern. Thank you for sharing, Brother Ferrell. This is an important subject. Many are struggling and need the light of God's love in their life for better context.
AndrewApril 18, 2014
Will this and future excerpts include the footnote references? Always enjoy the work from Bro. Ferrell and the Arbinger Institute.
KarenApril 18, 2014
I am looking forward to the insights in your future articles. This last decade my husband and I have had some very challenging trials. I have been sustained by seeking opportunities to serve my family members, through my church callings, by offering to help with many service requests like funerals, moves and more, and by personal gestures like baking cookies, weeding, or taking in a meal for a friend. Bearing testimony monthly in fast meeting and sharing a less formal testimony whenever possible has reaffirmed and strengthened my testimony. Visiting teaching has been a particular joy. These moments of living beyond myself have brought me the strength to endure the trials we could not change with a high degree of peace and happiness. When the black monster of despair has threatened, I have chased him away by serving. For the sake of full disclosure, I have so say I am not a person prone to depression. I have friends who are immobilized by it, and I would not wish my remarks to imply they are inadequate in any way.
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