(August 19, 2015)
There
are some things that happen to you that color the way you see the scriptures
and the rest of the world. I have had
some experiences of this sort that draw my attention towards the importance of
leaders having compassion on those out of the way and those who are ignorant.
This is
really just another way of saying “showing forth afterwards an increase of love
toward him whom thou hast reproved, lest he esteem thee to be his enemy.” In the absence of compassion and love for those
under a leader’s stewardship, that leader’s capacity to make meaningful change
and bring about repentance is severely curtailed. Any progress is often in spite of, and not
because of, the leader’s participation.
On the
other hand, when you know that a leader has love for you and compassion for
you, it changes the way you view so many things. It prepared the ground of the soul for the
call for repentance.
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