"Without Compulsory Means" Object Lesson

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[Seminary-Notes] ==================================== FOR YOUR INFORMATION... ==================================== Elder Craig A. Cardon described a fun and easy object lesson that you can use in class to help your students better understand some of the concepts in Doctrine and Covenants 121:46 -- The verse concludes with a beautifully instructive reference to a distilling process. To better understand the application of these principles in the refinement of our personal lives, consider two glasses of water, each with the same outward appearance, placed in a room with high humidity. After a period of time, water begins to condense on one of the glasses because it is at a different temperature, occasioned by prior preparation not obvious initially, while the other glass remains dry and unaffected. Without compulsory means, the humidity is able to “flow unto” the one glass while the other receives nothing. In a similar way, qualities that greatly enlarge the soul; charity toward others, especially our families; and thoughts garnished with virtue adjust our spiritual temperatures to allow the doctrine of the priesthood to distil upon our souls. -- Craig A. Cardon, Ensign, November 2006, p. 96 Best wishes, Ken www.KenAlford.com ScriptureMastery@KenAlford.com