Lynne's Scripture Journal D&C

December 5, 2018 Section 126:1-3 Church Service, Callings that Prepare Us, Learning Opportunities, Learning Takes Time and Devotion, This section consists of 3 verses, all directed to Brigham Young. The apostles have been on missions in Europe for some time, and now—July 1841—they are beginning to return. It’s interesting that the study manual says that Brigham Young was now able to spend more time with his family than he had been able to in the previous several years, and then it says that he was near to his family and the prophet 28 of the last 36 months of Joseph’s life. That means he was still absent from his family 8 months, which was 25% of those last 3 years. I always think if the demands on those early saints: the prejudice that was against them, the multiple moves and in the end…moves that also involved much peril and sorrow and deprivations and other severe life impacting situations. Add to that the amount of time the leaders were away from thei...

July 30, 2017 Section 58:1-7 Sacrifice, Tribulations, Learning Opportunities, Growth, Law of the Stretch, Lord’s Vision is Better Than Ours, Our Purpose On Earth, It’s August 1, 1831 and this revelation was given to Joseph the Sunday after he had arrived in Missouri. Members of the Colesville branch-- who had first tried to settle in Thompson Ohio but Leman Copely had changed his mind as to giving part of his property to the Colesville saints—had also just arrived as they had followed the Lord’s direction and moved again—this time to Missouri. And as the preface to this section says: “ Many were eager to learn the will of the Lord concerning them in the new place of gathering.” The Lord begins this lengthy section encouragement to “ keep my commandments” and to be “ faithful in tribulation” (v 2). He also explains in v 3: “ Ye cannot behold with your natural eyes, for the present time, the design of your God concerning those things which shall come hereafter, and the glory...