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Monday, September 27, 2010

My first step towards endowment

Got my initial Temple recommend from the Bishop yesterday. It was a big deal! I am very excited to be on my way to the temple. I know I still need to get the stake presidency to approve it, but I believe it will be OK.
I have been waiting for this for a long time, so now that it's here I am very happy.

The lesson I gave on Sunday was very challenging, but I still managed to get through it reasonably well. My PPT was going while I was trying to figure out how to connect each slide to the next... I did find some interesting things in the book of Hosea, specifically 2:16, with the play on the various ways to say "husband" in Hebrew: Ishi (אישי) = "my man", vs. Baali (בעלי) = "my master / owner". To me this implied a certain raising of the level of the woman depicted in the scripture, as well as the symbolism to the ability to raise even the unfaithful Israel...

I will be posting the entire lesson on my GD website: www.tudtuu.info.
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2 comments:

  1. Absolutely GREAT news. I'm really, really happy for you. I miss the unique Gospel Doctrine lessons ; )

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  2. Tal,
    I am so excited and cried a bit at the news. So wonderful to hear that you will be going to the temple soon. I wish that I could join you in that journey. You are a special son of our Heavenly Father and I know He can't wait to see you in His house.
    Please let me know if there is ever anything that I can do for you or your family. Remember, you always have a place to stay in Utah.
    Gene

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