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Sometimes students look at the Word of Wisdom backwards -- as only a list of restrictions, instead of the Lord sharing information to help us greatly improve the quality of both our spiritual and physical lives.
In the October 2006 General Conference, Elder Larry W. Gibbons (Ensign, November 2006, p. 102) shared a wonderful statement that Rabbi Harold S. Kushner made in a 1994 talk at Brigham Young University. In speaking about kosher laws, Rabbi Kushner said:
"I'm a traditional Jew, and I observe the biblical dietary laws. ... I suspect most of you assume I go around all day saying to myself, 'Boy, would I love to eat pork chops, but that mean old God won't let me.' Not so. The fact ... is, I go around all day saying, 'Isn't it incredible? There are five billion people on this planet and God cares what I have for lunch [and] what kind of language I use.'
"... I am not diminished by being told there are certain things I may not do because they are wrong. Rather, it enhances me."
What a wonderful way to look at the Word of Wisdom!
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