tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470536077683229440.post812067369452762748..comments2023-11-02T09:09:22.129-04:00Comments on Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord: Last Man Standing: Lessons Learned about Never Leaving Your CompanionDr. Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18061544604584544836noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470536077683229440.post-33887636067346837392008-11-26T08:17:00.000-05:002008-11-26T08:17:00.000-05:00Raymond:Amen to your comments. I think many peopl...Raymond:<BR/><BR/>Amen to your comments. I think many people equate righteousness with callings. The Lord puts his finger on you if you are somehow chosen over your colleagues. I remember M. Russell Ballard telling us he could call any of the sixty missionaries at a zone conference to be his assistant and we would all do a good job. It would be done slightly different but that when a man was chosen as his assistant or even as a bishop they called the right man not the best man to the position. He explained that the right man was one they could get along with rather than the one to do the job most efficiently. How true in this organization that people are many times called because of social skills. As a consequence elders should learn how to get along if that is how they are judged. It sure becomes apparent when an elder or sister steps on someone on the way up. So we really care about stuff like positions then we should cultivate skills that are more human relations in nature like President Monson who goes around visiting the widows and elderly.Dr. Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18061544604584544836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470536077683229440.post-31953038025144576912008-11-26T01:37:00.000-05:002008-11-26T01:37:00.000-05:00This is a really powerful article. I imagine it wo...This is a really powerful article. I imagine it would have taken you a lot of courage to be able to bear your soul hear. A couple of times I nearly cried, because it was so sad what you had to go through on account of these other missionaries using their agency to turn against you and each other. As a result, poor D.P. suffered, the very Elder who appeared to be oblivious of the other Elders' jealousy of him.....<BR/><BR/>It's funny how even today, even though the bar has been raised, this politcal struggle among missionaries to be number 1 still exists. It used to sicken me every time someone in our mission talked negatively about the newly appointed A.P.s, because they secretly themselved coveted that postion. I personally never sought for any leadership position in my mission, however, I did have the privilege of serving as a District Leader twice, and I got to train one missionary who has since become one of my best friends. But this whole stupid childish nonense about competing against each other, instead of working together ot build the Kingdom, still exists to this day, and it's really sad to see.....Raymond Teodo a.k.a. was_bedeutet_jemandenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07749775681608438674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470536077683229440.post-49142420710391323522008-11-25T17:36:00.000-05:002008-11-25T17:36:00.000-05:00Anonymous IIIssues, lots of issues.Anonymous II<BR/><BR/>Issues, lots of issues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470536077683229440.post-69949650865471331702008-11-25T17:24:00.000-05:002008-11-25T17:24:00.000-05:00Wow, sounds just like you.Wow, sounds just like you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com