(April 4, 2014)
Sometimes I think we get hung up on the details of particular ‘transactions’ with the Lord. We examine the relative values of peoples and genders, or whether this or that is redeemable or passes under the rod, or in general act like lawyers engaged in a business deal. In so doing, I think we mostly miss the point.
The point is that everything belongs to the Lord. Everything. We give Him what He asks for, and are allowed to keep what He doesn’t ask for. But it is all His. Reading the Mosaic Law in that frame of mind, or reading certain parts of the Doctrine and Covenants that way leads to a much better understanding of what is going on.
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