[Teachldsseminary] Chat - Reverence question

[Wayne Whitaker]

Rick,

I don't have any quotes handy, except President Packer's "reverence invites 
revelation" (Ensign, November 1991), but I'm happy to share a family 
experience we had several years ago.  When our oldest son was a deacon, one 
of the current "styles" among his peers was to have bleachedr hair.  He 
wanted to do that and it came up at a dinner table discussion.  During the 
conversation on whether that was appropriate or not for a priesthood holder, 
his six-year-old brother said (in effect), "When Tyler was passing the 
sacrament with his bleached hair, I didn't feel very reverent.  I couldn't 
think about Jesus when I just wanted to stare at his hair."  We thought that 
was pretty profound!  (And, yes, our son did bleach his hair a couple of 
times with the stipullation that it was done on Monday so that it would be 
toned down for Sunday.)

But one point I try to bring up when we have a family/class discussion on 
reverence (it's one of those topics you get to do over and over!!) is that 
not only do we have a responsibility to be reverent ourselves, we have a 
responsibility to not prevent someone else from feeling the Spirit because 
of our actions.  Often it's a concept that students haven't even thought of 
before.

Hope this helps,
Becky in FL


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>Subject: [Teachldsseminary]  Chat - Reverence question
>Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 09:21:07 -0500
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>This list is a tremendous source of teaching ideas. Now I've been asked to 
>give a presentation on reverence. I have a few basics, but I'm really 
>drawing a blank on ways to fill this out. I'd really appreciate any 
>stories, quotes, scriptures or experiences that may help demonstrate or 
>explain this principle.
>
>Thanks again,
>Rick
>EM in St. Louis
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