Deep Thoughts: What I Learned while Cutting the Lawn – 12 Jun 2011 (for Magrath 2nd Ward).
Yesterday, I woke up and discovered that while it was somewhat overcast outside, it was not raining for a change, so I put on my work-in-the-yard clothes and cut the grass from 8am until well past noon. As I pushed my old electric mower around the yard, I thought of you and your ward and what I might say that would be of value to you in your lives. As I worked along, I considered several parables and concepts, three of which I would like to consider today:
Yesterday, I woke up and discovered that while it was somewhat overcast outside, it was not raining for a change, so I put on my work-in-the-yard clothes and cut the grass from 8am until well past noon. As I pushed my old electric mower around the yard, I thought of you and your ward and what I might say that would be of value to you in your lives. As I worked along, I considered several parables and concepts, three of which I would like to consider today:
- parable of the dandelion: perseverance
- parable of the lawnmower: power of the priesthood, spirit teaches not me
- parable of the cut grass: endure to the end, line upon line, not perfect .. but complete
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