[Teachldsseminary] OT -- Inspiration

[Marji]

=>>I'm sure this will be a trial of this Sister's faith, but it will all be
for good in the end.
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This sister wasn't released from her calling when your husband was called.
Yet, if "several times" in only 8 weeks, he has superceeded her authority in
her calling with his own "new" authority as a member of the bishopric, and
it is resulting in a trial of her faith, then I see this as a problem.  He
wasn't called to her calling, and he has no authority to take it over.  She
is part of his stewardship since he has responsibility for music, and human
trumps program management, including hymn selection.  If his actions are
causing her to "shake her faith", step back, pause, and regroup.  Put the
human first!  It doesn't do much good to try to edify the theoretical
"spiritually needy" person that some particular hymn is supposed to touch
when you are trampling a very real, non-theoretical also apparently
spiritually needy person in the process.

The Lord has many voices - and he can speak to a person's heart no matter
what hymn is being sung.  He is not limited to our mortal offerings.  His
power and might trump all.

Micromanaging is not guaranteed to be inspired.  By his actions your husband
is telling her:  "I know better than you, my authority trumps yours, and
whatever I say goes, even if it causes you to have a huge personal trial,
you have to learn to submit to "my" authority.  I'm in charge here, and your
ideas are small, unimportant, and not as valuable as mine."  

I see a problem here, and I hope it gets resolved in favor of the sister.
Theory X management has no place in the kingdom and can not masquerade as
"inspiration".  Remind him of D&C 121:39.  I'm sure he wants to stay far
away from that.

Someone else wrote:
"My thought on this is, that it is her calling and she should be getting the
inspiration as to which hymns would be the best fit for the meeting.  Is
there really a right or wrong way to pick a hymn from our hymn book?  It is
not worth hard feelings over...sometimes we need to let the small things
go."

All of us have had the experience of holding a calling and being released
and seeing the next person do things quite differently than we did or would
have, and we observe similar situations all the time, where "our personal
touch" would change and tweak things so they were just so.  But that's just
it - the Lord expects all of us to do our little bits toward helping the
Kingdom to grow.  Everyone.  In their own ways.

Marji