The Book of Mormon's Amulek wisely counsels us that we should "humble ourselves even to the dust, and worship God, in whatsoever place we may be in, in spirit and in truth; and that we live in thanksgiving daily, for the many mercies and blessings which he doth bestow upon us" (paraphrased slightly from Alma 34:38).
In the United States, where many of us are gathering together as families and friends for the Thanksgiving holiday, this is an exceptionally appropriate day for us to remember the debt that we owe to those who've preceded us and to God, "in whom we live, and move, and have our being" (Acts 17:28).
Daniel C. Peterson is a professor of Islamic studies and Arabic at Brigham Young University, where he also serves as editor in chief of the Middle Eastern Texts Initiative. He is the founder of MormonScholarsTestify.org, the general editor of "Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture" online at www.mormoninterpreter.com and he blogs daily at www.patheos.com/blogs/danpeterson.
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Well done, Daniel. I love Invictus as a rousing half-time speech, and a great one for marshaling courage at a moment's notice. But, like so many maxim's, it isn't a universal truth. A great wish at times, but not a philosophy to live More..
RE: in the end, no matter how we fight it, we'll die. True,
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.(Ecc 12:7).
But for Christians there is hope“,… He chose More..
I don't believe Henley's meaning was that we are God, i.e. omniscient or omnipotent. I see the poem, rather, in the way Mandela saw it or, for that matter, the way Stephen Covey might have seen it. Within the constraints of a physical More..