[Teachldsseminary] OT -- Inspiration

[debra storm]

Interesting experience. I had a similar one years ago when I was YW Pres. I
turned in two different names for a secretary; both times the bishopric
prayed about these names and also felt they were right, yet when the sister
was invited to accept the calling, both turned it down, for various reasons.
It shook me very deeply, because I was new in the ward, and didn't know
anyone, so I relied heavily on prayer, fasting and inspiration, to no avail.
My bishop explained that I needed the experience of relying  on the Lord,
that my feelings were not wrong, and that these sisters needed the
opportunity to accept or reject the calls. On my third try, I did receive a
secretary who was absolutely fabulous!

Maybe this sister is receiving inspiration that is meant more for her. As
she reads through the hymns, certain gospel principles might speak to her
that help her testimony and understanding to grow. It does not necessarily
mean that the hymn is the best for the congregation at a particular time.

Another thought - are the choice of hymns so bad that they have to be
changed? Just maybe there is one in the congregation who needs to sing or
hear the message of a particular hymn?
Has his sister been given a list of the topics for the upcoming sacrament
meeting ahead of time? Does she know how to use the back of the hymn book by
looking under various topics to find appropriate hymns?

I know that this will be a wonderful learning experience for both your
husband and this sweet sister in the end-
Best wishes
Debra
Columbus, OH
Go Bucks!


On 1/8/07, jarvismail at comcast.net <jarvismail at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Wise and wonderful teachers,
>
> My sweetheart asked me to throw this question out to you, to see if he
> could gain some insight.  He is a member of a newly called Bishopric (about
> 8 weeks old).  He is the counselor over music.  He was meeting yesterday
> with the Ward Music Director.  In the years that this sister has held this
> position, she has never had a leader change the music on her.  As of this
> last week, this has happened a number of times that the Bishop/Bishopric
> Member has asked that another hymn be sung during Sacrament Meeting.  This
> is shaking this sisters faith (she is a convert, and Taiwanese, so there is
> a language barrier here also) -- her comment to my sweetheart was, "If I am
> receiving these hymns by inspiration, why isn't the Bishop getting the same
> inspiration?"  My sweetheart gave her the usual "line leaders" response, but
> it didn't seem to satisfy this sister, and has caused my sweetheart to
> wonder what kind of counsel he should have given her.
>
> Any thoughts would be appreciated.
>
> --
> Sister Jarvis
> Marysville Washington EMS
> 20 Juniors (and 3 investigators)
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