yesterday during our young women lesson, i talked with the girls about the word meek. we'd read doctrine and covenants section 25 verses 5, 14, and 16 and i wanted to make sure they knew the definition of the word "meek" since it was mentioned multiple times.
5 And the office of thy calling shall be for a acomfort unto my servant, Joseph Smith, Jun., thy bhusband, in his cafflictions, with consoling words, in the spirit of dmeekness.
14 Continue in the spirit of meekness, and beware of apride. Let thy soul delight in thy bhusband, and the cglory which shall come upon him.
16 And verily, verily, I say unto you, that this is my avoice unto all. Amen.
basically, it's counsel and revelation given to emma about her wifely responsibilities. and then in the last verse, verse 16, it's basically a "ps- this is actually for everyone... not just emma." so i had the girls write down their future to do list of wifely responsibilities and i wanted to make sure they knew what everything meant so they would be clear on how to fulfill it.
we talked about how the work "meek" gets such a bad rap in society these days. that people associate it with being weak, submissive in a bad way, and basically crouching in a corner because you're too afraid and insecure to stand on your own. then we talked about the true meaning of meek..."showing patience and humility; gentle, long suffering." also that it's submissive in a good way, like how the scriptures say to be submissive like a child to his father. i shared with them how my mother has always been a perfect example of this and how it's because of her that i have always striven to be meek... which i really don't think is a very common thing for people to strive for in 2012. we talked about how the scriptures are never old fashioned... they are always for our day and they're always right, even when they disagree with society. i really wanted the girls to know that meekness is an amazing quality they need to strive for. and tonight only confirmed that for me.
honey and i were watching celebrity apprentice tonight. we really love that show and it's the start of a new season. i don't feel like explaining the whole concept of the show but basically, if your team loses a competition then the person in charge takes the two weakest people of their team and the three of them are judged by donald trump and one gets fired and has to go home. so tonight donald trump was asking the team leader about the performance of his team and basically who the two weakest people were. the ones that didn't raise as much money, work as hard, etc. and the team leader said "george. there are a lot of strong personalities on this team and he just doesn't seem to have one. he is really quiet and meek." MEEK. he was saying that george should go home because he's not as macho and vocal as the other guys. he was too much meek and not enough assertive. and the thing is, donald trump was very surprised and taken aback that the team leader would use a word as offensive as meek. donald trump actually defended george saying that he was a strong, smart, quiet type and that he didn't think meek was the right word at all. and eventually the team leader took it back as well. and WHEW, because heaven forbid should you ever on television use a word as offensive as meek!
so really i have no conclusion or wrap up... just this random story about how once again, society has it wrong and the scriptures have it right. and it also reaffirmed to me the importance of keeping up with pop culture because it's insanely important to know what you're up against. so for that reason, if nothing else, i am suuuper pumped for the rest of this season of celebrity apprentice!
ps- george didn't get voted off. no worries.
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