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I will make what I believe to be a statement that sums up my feelings on this Topic: Service does not require a call, it requires heart. Living the Gospel does not require a title it requires servicing the needy. Many get trapped in titles, callings, meetings, positions and forget the basics: visiting the sick, the needy, the ones in prison, feeding the beggar, etc. The calling in my opinion is to simply channel the direction of your service, it is not meant to be the end all neither the start. Can't tell you the number of people I see with supposed 'high' callings that can't even find time (according to them) to do home teaching, or help at the local soup kitchen, but yes, they have plenty time to eat the cookies that RS makes for the 'fun' activities.

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Hmm. I agree wholeheartedly that one's mere having a calling is some form of status measure, or indicates one's commitment to the Gospel or the Savior. I have never even implied such a thing.

I don't feel that my point is valid on only a technical level. But for the sake of leaving this loop, I'll bow out. I see no point in beating on a horse that no one seems to acknowledge exists.

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What does it matter whether it is valid or not? I would stop making the topic about you and what you said, everyone is free to make their input, that is mine, you are welcomed to accept it or reject it. Maybe you should look at the Art of Discussion.

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I view a calling like a tool, like a hammer, wrench, or level. If used correctly it can build up the individual and those around them. But in the wrong hands these tools can be a dangerous weapon.

So I am with the camp that believes it is not the calling that we have that is important (as all tools are necessary in building up the kingdom of God) but that the heart of the individual who is using the tool is infinitely more important.

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I was not making the thread about what I said; I was responding to a comment made regarding one of my posts made by LDS_Forever. I should have quoted it, since your post followed his. I apologize for the confusion there. Peace.

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TheQuietMan, I never said you implied anything. The point we disagree with is what I perceive to be a contradiction when you say:

If that's the case, then why those same sisters who are busy raising a family are "depriving themselves of blessings and progression" when they choose not to accept a calling in an "official" church capacity? If raising a family IS serving in the Church, aren't they reaping the same blessings?

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I personally don't believe so. The act of calling upon a member to serve is ultimately the offering of greater blessings and spiritual progression. And it is also a test of our willingness to serve. All that is asked of us is to serve, and do our best. Those who do so are added upon. Those who choose when they will serve and when they will not (when called upon to serve) cannot possibly expect the Lord to give them blessings which are wholly dependent upon their answering his call.

I don't see how saying so is somehow contradictory with the statement "Raising a family IS serving in the Church." It sure is. And when the bishop receives revelation that my wife-currently a mother of six-should serve as a counselor in the R.S. Presidency, she accepts (which she did). And while I may not be able to ennumerate them, or even identify them, I know our family is receiving blessings and she is progressing in ways that she would not have had she rejected that call to serve. That's all I'm saying.

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So you're linking spiritual progression to callings? I guess it would be okay if we know for sure, 100% that every single calling extended to us is done by inspiration of God and not by desperation. In my years as member of the Church, I have seen both.

It is contradictory. If she, according to you, as a mother already IS serving in the Church, then she is reaping the same blessings but you seem to think otherwise. As a matter of fact, it is my personal opinion that she will receive GREATER blessings by magnifying her calling as a mother than ANY OTHER calling she can ever have in her life.

I guess we see this topic in a total different perspective.