tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10424035.post5086857887642019868..comments2023-09-11T08:58:24.710-06:00Comments on Reach Upward: Emotional LearningScott Hinrichshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11831447472339880148noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10424035.post-23482000190352099142008-03-16T21:09:00.000-06:002008-03-16T21:09:00.000-06:00Another fine post. I struggle a lot as a parent tr...Another fine post. I struggle a lot as a parent trying to find the right balance between forcing my kids to do the right things and allowing them to learn from doing wrong things. My kids are very young, and I imagine this will only get harder as they get into school age. <BR/><BR/>I don't want anything bad to happen to them, but I also wouldn't want to rob them of opportunities for growth. Your post reminded me of the very powerful lesson from the Spencer Kimball manual, <A HREF="http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=da135f74db46c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=f339862384d20110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&hideNav=1&contentLocale=0" REL="nofollow">Tragedy or Destiny</A>.<BR/><BR/>One of the things Kimball said in that lesson was this:<BR/><BR/>I may develop priesthood power as I perfect my life, yet I am grateful that even through the priesthood I cannot heal all the sick. I might heal people who should die. I might relieve people of suffering who should suffer. I fear I would frustrate the purposes of God.<BR/><BR/>Had I limitless power, and yet limited vision and understanding, I might have saved Abinadi from the flames of fire when he was burned at the stake, and in doing so I might have irreparably damaged him. He died a martyr and went to a martyr’s reward--exaltation....<BR/><BR/>I fear that had I been in Carthage Jail on June 27, 1844, I might have deflected the bullets that pierced the body of the Prophet and the Patriarch. I might have saved them from the sufferings and agony, but lost to them the martyr’s death and reward. I am glad I did not have to make that decision.<BR/><BR/>With such uncontrolled power, I surely would have felt to protect Christ from the agony in Gethsemane, the insults, the thorny crown, the indignities in the court, the physical injuries. I would have administered to his wounds and healed them, giving him cooling water instead of vinegar. I might have saved him from suffering and death, and lost to the world his atoning sacrifice.Bradley Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06030210881782328907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10424035.post-30467957086288980752008-03-14T16:49:00.000-06:002008-03-14T16:49:00.000-06:00GREAT post. Funny how we try to protect our kids f...GREAT post. Funny how we try to protect our kids from this - especially if we have been through the teenage heartache ourselves. We are currently in the process of helping a daughter pick up the pieces from a relationship she was more invested in than the other participant. I told her mother I wouldn't say I told her so, but I did in fact tell her she was headed for a little bit of pain.<BR/><BR/>It hasn't been easy to watch her walk the road, and we've been able to soften the edges a bit for her. But in the end, she's learned some things about life that are best learned first hand, unfortunately.That One Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02733838946095632239noreply@blogger.com