tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46512328945339167.post8685904966490414138..comments2022-02-22T20:18:57.135-08:00Comments on Scriptural Insights from a Work-in-Progress Latter-day Saint: Cogs in Zion (Moses 7:18)Obadiahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02135334616357252056noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46512328945339167.post-43659958955467652732012-01-23T12:04:14.443-08:002012-01-23T12:04:14.443-08:00This is one of the best blogs I've read in a w...This is one of the best blogs I've read in a while. Thank you for touching on two very different and distinct differences. The world’s way to “be different” and “the Lord’s way to be different. It's funny how in order to be true to ourselves the world would have us conform to standards that would make us just like everyone else. We need to get the right body part pierced or inked. We need to wear the right jeans, or have the right phone. We have to agree on the same idea of what is right and be intolerant of anyone who doesn’t agree with us. We must always be "socially correct."<br /><br />The real irony is that the people who are different, unique and yes in the true sense of the word “peculiar,” the ones who do stand out and the ones who shine are the once who don't try to fit in. These brave disciples stand out and are pillars of light to others, why those who follow the crowd to be different look like carbon copies of each other.<br /><br />It's like the new concept that competition is a bad thing, that there should never be a loser. That everyone should get an award and that empowering people’s self-esteem is far better than awarding achievement. The end result is the adoration of mediocrity. The world’s notion is that to try to be better is somehow incorrect, and that we actually punish people who are trying and that we look down on success because it makes those who don't try feel bad.<br /><br />We were created in the Lords image, he is the ideal to conform to, the example to emulate. We can all do that differently in the way snowflakes differ, but we can also do it in a way that shows respect and honors what we have been given. I don't think this is a bad thing either.MY VIEWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11358888281800202218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46512328945339167.post-45001955937497267232012-01-23T10:31:18.720-08:002012-01-23T10:31:18.720-08:00cool thoughts, thanks for sharing.cool thoughts, thanks for sharing.yetihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11063558865333842640noreply@blogger.com