Basically I was murmuring about doing THIS murmuring post. In my minds eye I could see the Lord chuckle at me too.
Now I am NOT applying that murmuring is a joke or to be laughed at.
Rather it can be serious as it leads one on a descending path of disobedience.
Years ago I read a General Conference talk on murmuring and it stuck with me. I wrote down part of it and made bookmarks out of it. I realize that over the years I have done ALOT more murmuring then I ever realized, when I use the following to describe murmuring. It can be so much more than the regular "whining and complaining".
First-I begin to question- (dispute/doubt/debate) the instructions that I have been given from the Lord.
feel to exercise my own judgment upon the instruction given by the Lord
Second- rationalize, justify, and excuse myself from doing what I had been
instructed to do.
Making an excuse for disobedience ( I have been really good at this one)
Third- slothful in following the commandment(s) of the Lord.
I have been SLOW in following. Yet other words can describe this.
According to the 1828 Webster's dictionary Slothful=inactive; sluggish; lazy; indolent; idle
Inactive= not active, not diligent
Sluggish= slow
Lazy= disinclined to action or exertion, slow
Indolent=indulging in ease. Indisposed to labor
Idle=useless, vain
*The promptings I get from the Holy Ghost and/or from hearing the voice of the Lord are my personal commandments from him. *
Just last week I realized that I had slipped into this and needed to STOP and repent (turn back to the Lord) and rededicate myself with Full Purpose of Heart yet once again.
The more we have faith in Him the more we will trust him. Until we trust him COMPLETELY.
Mosiah 7:33 But if ye will turn to the Lord with full purpose of heart, and put your trust in him, and serve him with all diligence of mind, if ye do this, he will, according to his own will and pleasure, deliver you out of bondage.
2 Nephi 2:22 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid; for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also has become my salvation.
Proverbs 3:5 ¶Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
May you be wiser then I have been in following the commandments of the Lord.
Let us all be quick to observe and obey. Harken unto the Lord.
I just looked up the definition of harken in the 1828 Webster dictionary.
HE'ARKEN, verb intransitive h'arken.
1. To listen; to lend the ear; to attend to what is uttered, with eagerness or curiosity.
The furies hearken and their snakes uncurl.
2. To attend; to regard; to give heed to what is uttered; to observe or obey.
Hearken, O Israel, to the statutes and the judgments which I teach you. Deuteronomy 4:1.
3. To listen; ; to attend; to grant or comply with.
Hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant. I Kings 8:30.
That's all I need to share for now. So until next time.......
