Thursday, January 13, 2011

The Scriptures

I heard a great quote on NPR yesterday by Karen Armstrong who wrote a book called 12 Steps to a Compassionate life:
"The scriptures are not a text, they are an activity"

It reminded me of another nugget by Elder Eyring from this past conference:

"Reading, studying, and pondering are not the same. We read words and we may get ideas. We study and we may discover patterns and connections in scripture. But when we ponder, we invite revelation by the Spirit. Pondering, to me , is thinking and the praying I do after reading and studying in the scriptures carefully."
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2 comments:

  1. UnknownJanuary 13, 2011 at 6:27 AM

    you are a shining example in SO many things!

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  2. Jo JoJanuary 13, 2011 at 10:13 AM

    Love that explanation. I've never heard of that before. Thanks for sharing.

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