I read all your articles. This one is particularly beautiful. Thank you.
Robert M. JohnsonMarch 5, 2026
NO ORDINARY PEOPLE
“... the dullest most uninteresting person you talk to may one day be a creature which, if you saw it now, you would be strongly tempted to worship. . . There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. . . ”
—C.S. Lewis, (The Weight of Glory)
SEE PEOPLE AS THEY CAN BECOME
We must develop the capacity to see [others] not as they are at present but as they may become when they receive testimonies of the gospel of Christ.
—President Thomas S. Monson (October Conference 2012)
“Each of us is a son or daughter of God, endowed with something of his divine nature. Each is an individual entitled to expression and cultivation of individual talents and deserving of forbearance, of patience, of understanding, of courtesy, of thoughtful consideration.”
—President Gordon B. Hinckley
BECOMING LIKE GOD
(True Evolution - See D&C 50:24)
24 That which is of God is light; and he that receiveth light, and continueth in God, receiveth more light; and that light groweth brighter and brighter until the perfect day.
LIKE A RIVER - A BETTER DEFINITION OF THE NATURAL MAN
(The Evolution Process)
Being a natural man does not mean being born inherently evil or really troublesome or bad people. The natural man means something like natural resources, like a river. We need to shape it and discipline it. Dam it a little bit here or encourage it a little bit there where it might need to be a little bit more free flowing.
[Being a natural man means] working with a wonderful resource that is potentially powerful and a beautiful terrifically constructive thing. [We] have this natural capability [to become like God] and we're supposed to shape it in the way we tame a river and other natural gifts. Don't be to hard on yourself and surely don't be to hard on other people. Steer that natural gift into a wonderful very attractive aspect of a Latter-day Saint's life.
—Elder Jeffery R. Holland (See For Times of Trouble DVD,3)
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Alison SelfridgeMarch 5, 2026
I read all your articles. This one is particularly beautiful. Thank you.
Robert M. JohnsonMarch 5, 2026
NO ORDINARY PEOPLE “... the dullest most uninteresting person you talk to may one day be a creature which, if you saw it now, you would be strongly tempted to worship. . . There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. . . ” —C.S. Lewis, (The Weight of Glory) SEE PEOPLE AS THEY CAN BECOME We must develop the capacity to see [others] not as they are at present but as they may become when they receive testimonies of the gospel of Christ. —President Thomas S. Monson (October Conference 2012) “Each of us is a son or daughter of God, endowed with something of his divine nature. Each is an individual entitled to expression and cultivation of individual talents and deserving of forbearance, of patience, of understanding, of courtesy, of thoughtful consideration.” —President Gordon B. Hinckley BECOMING LIKE GOD (True Evolution - See D&C 50:24) 24 That which is of God is light; and he that receiveth light, and continueth in God, receiveth more light; and that light groweth brighter and brighter until the perfect day. LIKE A RIVER - A BETTER DEFINITION OF THE NATURAL MAN (The Evolution Process) Being a natural man does not mean being born inherently evil or really troublesome or bad people. The natural man means something like natural resources, like a river. We need to shape it and discipline it. Dam it a little bit here or encourage it a little bit there where it might need to be a little bit more free flowing. [Being a natural man means] working with a wonderful resource that is potentially powerful and a beautiful terrifically constructive thing. [We] have this natural capability [to become like God] and we're supposed to shape it in the way we tame a river and other natural gifts. Don't be to hard on yourself and surely don't be to hard on other people. Steer that natural gift into a wonderful very attractive aspect of a Latter-day Saint's life. —Elder Jeffery R. Holland (See For Times of Trouble DVD,3)
JuliannMarch 5, 2026
Beautiful insights well articulated. Thank you
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