Those in favor of Traditional families, for whatever reason (religion or not) should band together, and become articulate, and sit at the side. I cannot say "so what" because all these people who may be choosing the wrong about SSM, need to be warned. It is our duty to warn our neighbor.
Now, will we win...no. But we have to show each other and most importantly Heavenly Father that we fought the good fight for His cause. I do not think President Hinckley will give more counsel on what we should do on the matter. He may encourage us, and reiterate what the church has already said. But it seems that Heavenly Father tells us what is right, and lets us figure it out on our own (with the great help of personal revelation). It is not often we get step by step guidance over the pulpit.
As a side note, I�m holding the List owners only BEAUTIFUL granddaughter (my sister Rebekah's Baby). She would really like to contribute her typing to this post. Julia is 6 months old, and generally happy. I wish you all could see her. She has her Grandpa Redelfs' big eyes and forehead :)
Sara Peterson Brookline Mass
From: Gerald Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ZION] General Conference Hopes Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 16:53:10 +0000
I'm not discouraged. I see this as being part of the plan. God has already told us what would happen in the last days. So, why worry? Do your part, and know that Christ will come out victor in the end. That is where hope lies, in seeing beyond this earthly realm, and into the heavens beyond.
If the whole earth turns homosexual, except for the Saints, so what? How will that affect your testimony? How will it overcome the work of God? We have many more righteous on earth right now than Noah had in his day before the ark. Why should we be any different? Don't forget, those that be with us are more than those against us. We have battalions of angels ready to fight our battles. God told us in the Book of Mormon that if necessary, he will call down fire from heaven to defend us from His enemies.
So, we put up the good fight, knowing that we'll lose some skirmishes along the way, but the entire war is ours. And that IS a comforting thought to me.
Gary Smith
Jon Spencer wrote:
>
> Satan wants you to be discouraged, John. Take heart. Do something
> positive, perhaps encouraging same-sex marriage by taking on a few more
> wives.
>
> Okay, maybe not. But do something to help the situation and you will
> feel
> much better.
>
> Jon
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John W. Redelfs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 1:05 PM
> Subject: [ZION] General Conference Hopes
>
>
> > General Conference is coming up in less than a month on April 3 and 4.
> > I
> > hope that President Hinckley will give us some additional guidance on
> > the
> > matter of same-sex marriages. Right now I am terribly discouraged. The
> > advocates of same-sex marriage seem to have a plan and are all pulling
> > together for what they want. The opponents of same-sex marriage, on the
> > other hand, seem to be in a state a great confusion pulling in several
> > different directions. I see no hope that the opponents of same-sex
> > marriage will prevail when they cannot even agree on a common strategy.
> >
> > John W. Redelfs [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > =============================================
> > The traditional family is under heavy attack. I do not know
> > that things were worse in the times of Sodom and Gomorrah.
> > -- President Gordon B. Hinckley, 2004.
> > =============================================
> > All my opinions are tentative pending further data. --JWR
> >
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