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Anderen te dienen is de essentie van de verplichting tot een christelijk
leven (Marcus 10:44-45). Dienstbaarheid verandert
abstracte liefde in concrete liefde, ze is er de belichaming van. De HLD
geloofstraditie, zoals verwoord in patriarchale zegens en inwijdingsgebeden,
leert ons dat we allen een zending te vervullen hebben; een bediening
of roeping die zin geeft aan ons bestaan en ons oproept onze gaven aan
te wenden om anderen te dienen.
Het HLD gebruik om leken voor functies in de kerk te roepen, draagt bij
aan een cultuur van enthousiast vrijwilligerswerk, maar draagt ook het
voortdurend risico dat leden volkomen opgaan in de noden van de eigen
geloofsgemeenschap i.p.v. open te staan voor dienstbetoon op andere terreinen.
We zouden op eigen initiatief "ijverig voor een goede zaak werkzaam"
moeten zijn (LV 58:26-28). We hoeven niet
te wachten op een roeping door een kerkelijk leider; het verlangen of
de gewilligheid te dienen is op zich al een roeping
(LV 4:3; 6:4-5).
De nood in de wereld is overwelmend. De schriften sporen ons aan niet
moe te worden om goed te doen. Door ogenschijnlijk kleine dingen kunnen
grote dingen tot stand worden gebracht (Alma 37:6-7;
LV 64:32-33). "Indien gij het wenst, zult gij onder dit geslacht
veel goeds kunnen doen," zo belooft God ons (LV
6:8).
| Aanverwante Onderwerpen:
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 Een
Persoonlijke Zending |
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| I Will Be Valiant (Children's
Songbook 162) |
| Have I Done Any Good? (Hymns
223) |
| Franklin D. Richards:
Every one in all the Church should be filled with a spirit of blessing.
The authority of the Priesthood should cause a gushing forth from
the fountain of the heart, a bubbling forth of streams of blessing,
of consolation, of comfort and of rejoicing, each should try to help
and benefit the other in every possible way. |
| Journal of Discourses
26:100 |
| Glenn L. Pace: We must
reach out beyond the walls of our own church. In humanitarian work,
as in other areas of the gospel, we cannot become the salt of the
earth if we stay in one lump in the cultural halls of our beautiful
meetinghouses. We need not wait for a call or assignment from a Church
leader before we become involved in activities that are best carried
out on a community or individual basis. |
| "A Thousand Times,"
Ensign, November 1990, 10 |
Chieko N. Okazaki:
No act of compassion is ever futile or wasted. Each choice to act
from tenderness feeds our own spirits and becomes a conduit by which
the pure love of Christ can spill into a world hungry for such transforming,
abounding, infinite love.
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| Cat's Cradle (Salt
Lake City: Bookcraft, 1993), 128 |
Chieko N. Okazaki:
Because of the Savior's life and death, his love has power in us;
and it manifests itself through our desire to perform Christ-like
service. What do I mean by that? First, it means that we should
minister to individuals in love, rather than worry about administering
programs. When we are truly filled with the love of the Savior,
we are more concerned about people than about programs. |
| Cat's Cradle (Salt
Lake City: Bookcraft, 1993), 180 |
Susan Kamei Leung:
The Lord created us each to be an individual. He sent each of us
to earth to serve a unique set of missions in our own excellent,
often different, ways. We serve him best by being the best of whomever
he made us individually to be.
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| "If You're a Drummer,"
To Rejoice As Women (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1995), 53 |
Gordon B. Hinckley:
Do you want to be happy? Forget yourself and get lost in this great
cause. Lend your efforts to helping people. Cultivate a spirit of
forgiveness in your heart against any who might have offended you.
Look to the Lord and live and work to lift and serve His sons and
daughters. You will come to know a happiness that you have never
known before if you will do that. I do not care how old you are,
how young you are, whatever. You can lift people and help them.
Heaven knows there are so very, very, very many people in this world
who need help. . . . Stand taller, stand higher, lift those with
feeble knees, hold up the arms of those that hang down. Live the
gospel of Jesus Christ. Forget yourself.
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| Teachings of Gordon
B. Hinckley (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1997), 598 |
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