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Are you bad because you're trying to be good? - Page 2

That's so true...I just have to 'programm' myself that in my brain --> everytime somebody tries to put me down. Thanks for remind me these things.

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Most I have found 'want' something and envy those who have it already:

"Concerning greed, the counsel from Ecclesiastes speaks caution: 'He
that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth
abundance with increase.' Jesus counseled, 'Take heed, and beware of
covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the
things which he possesseth.' We must learn to separate need from greed."

(Thomas S. Monson, "Peace, Be Still," Ensign, Nov. 2002, 53)

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Unless you have committed the unpardonable sin I do not see where it would be possible for someone to not apply the Gospel of Christ in their life. Then it must come down to something of faith. Faith to believe that through Christ the person can be made whole again.

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I have found, in my experience that it isn't necessarily whether or not the person was ever inactive, but more if they are now fully active.  I mean active spiritually not just that they attend Church.  I find that people who criticize others for trying to fully live a particular gospel principal are trying to justify the fact that they don't.  They feel threatened by the ability of the other person to more fully live a particular principal of the gospel.

I remember when the Bishop in my Ward was moving to another state.  We all knew he was moving and that we would be getting a new Bishop.  One person I know made a comment about this other person who they didn't believe would be called because they were too radical or extreme in their beliefs and/or attempt to live gospel principals.  He felt they went too far with the gospel.  

Guess what?  This "extremist" was, in fact, the one called to be Bishop.

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.... and another charisma point for you being on target.

Actually in reviewing this thread a lone I see those that have actually reacted in a negative way simply because it is not 'happening' in their life.

In the end it amazes me why some people just can't see other people happy...

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"Perhaps the greatest charity comes when we are kind to each other, when
we don't judge or categorize someone else, when we simply give each other
the benefit of the doubt or remain quiet. Charity is accepting someone's
differences, weaknesses, and shortcomings; having patience with someone who
has let us down; or resisting the impulse to become offended when someone
doesn't handle something the way we might have hoped. Charity is refusing
to take advantage of another's weakness and being willing to forgive
someone who has hurt us. Charity is expecting the best of each other."

(Marvin J. Ashton, "The Tongue Can Be a Sharp Sword," Ensign, May 1992, 19.)

Are you bad because you're trying to be good?

I was mentioning this fact last Sunday in Relief Society, we were talking about the power of example, and I was saying how some people in the Church feel threaten somehow when they ask you to do something and you tell them no because is the Sabbath for instance, they think you want to show off thatyou are better than them.