A Color-blind Mother’s Insights on Spiritual Blindness
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VardellFebruary 20, 2020
Thanks for your article. It is a perfect analogy for how we miss scriptural messages. It is always surprising to me how we can read the many examples of Christ forgiving and changing people, and yet still conclude that we must first conquer all our sins before that can happen for us. Too many of us LDS read the scriptures with our “keep the commandments” glasses on and that’s all we see, the onerous demand of the law. Maybe we need a new prescription. Maybe a pair of “grace” glasses, maybe a pair of “Christ forgives us and changes us” glasses would help us see that message which is certainly there, but often overlooked.
Kirk HarropFebruary 17, 2020
Great insightful article!!! It really helped me process through the way I have come to sense how I "see" and "feel" about the darkness in our lives. Gave me the reassurance that I have been able to "see" quite well but doubt sometimes during certain situations that I am truly seeing as Christ wishes us to see.
SamanthaFebruary 17, 2020
There have been numerous times I have started reading the BoM. Too many times I got bogged down in Isaiah and quit. I shall re-read 2 Nephi with the Joy in mind! My father was colorblind. As a child in the '50's, I used to help him sort transistors by color (he built radios and other electronics as a hobby) My son is the lucky 1 in 4 that is colorblind also.
Shirley GriffinFebruary 17, 2020
Wonderful article, perceptive and oh so true.
Pattie SkousenFebruary 17, 2020
Thank you for your new-found colorful insights. I, too, have read Isaiah and have missed the most important parts that you wrote about, the joy. We do have joy in our lives, we just need someone to point them out to us.
DianeFebruary 17, 2020
Wow! Thank you for sharing your experience and insights.
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