[Teachldsseminary] teach D&C 49 looking for a readiness activity

[Barb]

This story may help -- it comes from Pres. Hinckley's "6 B's" talk.

Many years ago I worked for a railroad in the central offices in Denver. I
was in charge of what is called head-end traffic. That was in the days when
nearly everyone rode passenger trains. One morning I received a call from my
counterpart in Newark, New Jersey. He said, "Train number such-and-such has
arrived, but it has no baggage car. Somewhere, 300 passengers have lost
their baggage, and they are mad."

I went immediately to work to find out where it may have gone. I found it
had been properly loaded and properly trained in Oakland, California. It had
been moved to our railroad in Salt Lake City, been carried to Denver, down
to Pueblo, put on another line, and moved to St. Louis. There it was to be
handled by another railroad which would take it to Newark, New Jersey. But
some thoughtless switchman in the St. Louis yards moved a small piece of
steel just three inches, a switch point, then pulled the lever to uncouple
the car. We discovered that a baggage car that belonged in Newark, New
Jersey, was in fact in New Orleans, Louisiana-1,500 miles from its
destination. Just the three-inch movement of the switch in the St. Louis
yard by a careless employee had started it on the wrong track, and the
distance from its true destination increased dramatically. That is the way
it is with our lives. Instead of following a steady course, we are pulled by
some mistaken idea in another direction. The movement away from our original
destination may be ever so small, but, if continued, that very small
movement becomes a great gap and we find ourselves far from where we
intended to go.

Have you ever looked at one of those 16-foot farm gates? When it is opened,
it swings very wide. The end at the hinges moves ever so slightly, while out
at the perimeter the movement is great. It is the little things upon which
life turns that make the big difference in our lives, my dear young friends.
(Gordon B. Hinckley, "A Prophet's Counsel and Prayer for Youth," New Era,
Jan. 2001, 4)

-----Original Message-----
From: teachldsseminary-bounces at latter-dayvillage.com
[mailto:teachldsseminary-bounces at latter-dayvillage.com] On Behalf Of Terri
Ingalls
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 3:38 PM
To: teachldsseminary at latter-dayvillage.com
Subject: [Teachldsseminary] teach D&C 49 looking for a readiness activity

Does any one have an idea for a readiness activity about the effects of 
believing false ideas?

Thanks
Terri Ingalls

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