This podcast was so good. I never have nor ikely would have grasped the concepts in Ether 12 pertaining to weakness and opposition as it was discussed in episodes part 1&2. "A" is true and "B" is also true. The two parts don't cancel one another but deepen one another...such as the commandments given to Adam and Eve in the garden. Truly appreciate your insights here.
As one who struggles with suicidal ideation-I want to thank you for your caring, thoughtful words and putting 988 out there for the listeners. I am very grateful for the Follow Him podcast and learn so much from you and your guests. ♥️♥️♥️
As a mom of a young adult just beginning the journey to identify & work through depression, I can't like this episode enough. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
As one who had lost all hope for a season due to mental illness, I can testify that the Lord will honor our efforts even if we are 'just going through the motion' for a time. It may take a while - even a very long while😅- but the Lord will come through like a sunset after a long winters night.❤
31:37 My dad who teaches for the church talks about this too, that in Ether 12:27 it is weakness singular, not plural, and that it refers to our mortality, or as Doug said, humanity. Earlier when Doug said “weakness” singular, I noticed it and wondered if he would talk about it 😅 sure enough! We are ALL fallen and we all have to come to Christ.
When I hear Elder Scott quoted, I remember a Regional Primary Leadership meeting in the late 70s early 80s when he was presiding. After a few speakers, the chorister asked us all to stand for a rest song, “Popcorn Popping on the Apricot Tree.” Elder Scott didn’t miss a single action! Melted all our hearts
Hank, you are awesome! I remember when you came up to Alaska to go fishing! Jimmie Rosenbruch is my grandfather that I am named after! I love that you used the tides as an example of why we need an anchor. I have been on the receiving end of a tide that knocked loose my anchor. We can truly end up miles from where we were. This shows me that my spiritual anchor needs to be strong. Because the tides of life can drag me miles away from where I want to be in life.
Thank you for your close reading of "giveth unto men weakness"! So often people fall into pluralising that into "weaknesses" but that is not what the Lord said. My mission president pointed this out years ago and I have never thought of it the same way again. The Lord GAVE this unto us and when we come unto him he will show us that we are mortal and thus dependant on him. So you can't perfect yourself and overcome all things on your own and do everything you want to do? Well, welcome to mortality! Yup, you are human along with the rest of us. We are all on this earth together and we are all weak and will always need the Saviour. And that is NOT a bad thing. But when we scorn our weakness (mortality) we also scorn the help the Lord is trying to give us; we are soooo stuck and the Saviour must be so sad. It is by admitting "I need thee every hour" that we understand one reason why he gave us mortality: so that we would be humble and rely on his Atoning sacrifice.
“Emotions and thoughts are not facts”. So true. I have had alot of anxiety and depression in my life. When I was depressed it was very hard for me to separate emotions and thoughts from facts. One day I felt impressed to write everything down in three columns. What I thought and felt, just the facts, and what I could do about it. This process brought almost immediate relief. Later when I was reading a self help book I found this same strategy in this book. I was amazed and even more amazing was that this was evidence that my Savior knew me, that he cared about me and would help me as promised. Depression can be very isolating but I knew I wasn’t alone. He gave me a way to find hope and the faith to act on it which increased my hope and faith in a cyclical way just like Dr. Bensen described.
Many of God's children deal with feelings of defectiveness. This was a great discussion of how this is part of the plan and something that He is willing and able to help us overcome.
Shout out from your Follow Him fans in the Florida Jacksonville Mission. We love our missionaries and we will keep an eye out for Dr. Benson's daughters and take good care of them. We are in Jacksonville proper and many of our 24-member Zoom FHE group follow this podcast as part of our personal study each week. The missionaries will return with honor saying things like "y'all" and loving barbeque and banana pudding. Thank you for trying each week to reach the one who is struggling with all manner of affliction or even suicidal. Christ would love the whole person, and minister, and so should we.
I love "covenant confidence". Keeping our covenants is a great key to acting on our faith, which does increase our hope in Christ. We may be weak, but with His enabling power, we can become strong. Thanks for another great lesson.
I can't help but think that not only can our weakness be made strong here and now, but also in our eternal progression. If our weakness is a lifelong circumstance because of our mortality, it can still be turned into our crowning glory when we are no longer in mortality.
As to people who talk about their successful families at the pulpit, I recall Marvin J. Ashton addressing this in conference. As I recall, he said, “please do not burden us with your successes… “
or... rather, I can recognize that I am not perfect and accept that, and I can have joy because the Savior has paid the price so I can learn from my mistakes. Facing the need to be perfect brings us to the Savior... because there is no other way. Isn't it great to be humble and seek to overcome, to be perfect... knowing Christ is there to help us. '
I'm curious - how many hours each week go into editing these? I'm sure it must be a lot, choosing which audio channel to use, clipping the sounds and video perfectly, making sure that the edited conversation flows well. Thank you, editor(s)!
I loved this information, especially about checking if emotions fit the facts & that thinking and feeling a certain way does not mean I have to act that way. Such timely advice for my family, especially my three boys. Does Dr. Benson have a book or articles written for youth? His perspective is so good.
This podcast was so good. I never have nor ikely would have grasped the concepts in Ether 12 pertaining to weakness and opposition as it was discussed in episodes part 1&2. "A" is true and "B" is also true. The two parts don't cancel one another but deepen one another...such as the commandments given to Adam and Eve in the garden.
Truly appreciate your insights here.
Oh my goodness! I wish I could have heard this about perfection when I was a youth! I needed this!!! Bless all of you!
As one who struggles with suicidal ideation-I want to thank you for your caring, thoughtful words and putting 988 out there for the listeners. I am very grateful for the Follow Him podcast and learn so much from you and your guests. ♥️♥️♥️
Those were some very heartfelt words. Please take care!
God bless your heart and mind
As a mom of a young adult just beginning the journey to identify & work through depression, I can't like this episode enough. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
A perfect guest for these sad sad chapters. My heart is full.
As one who had lost all hope for a season due to mental illness, I can testify that the Lord will honor our efforts even if we are 'just going through the motion' for a time. It may take a while - even a very long while😅- but the Lord will come through like a sunset after a long winters night.❤
31:37 My dad who teaches for the church talks about this too, that in Ether 12:27 it is weakness singular, not plural, and that it refers to our mortality, or as Doug said, humanity. Earlier when Doug said “weakness” singular, I noticed it and wondered if he would talk about it 😅 sure enough! We are ALL fallen and we all have to come to Christ.
When I hear Elder Scott quoted, I remember a Regional Primary Leadership meeting in the late 70s early 80s when he was presiding. After a few speakers, the chorister asked us all to stand for a rest song, “Popcorn Popping on the Apricot Tree.” Elder Scott didn’t miss a single action! Melted all our hearts
That would have been so fun to see.
Hank, you are awesome! I remember when you came up to Alaska to go fishing! Jimmie Rosenbruch is my grandfather that I am named after! I love that you used the tides as an example of why we need an anchor. I have been on the receiving end of a tide that knocked loose my anchor. We can truly end up miles from where we were. This shows me that my spiritual anchor needs to be strong. Because the tides of life can drag me miles away from where I want to be in life.
Thank you for your close reading of "giveth unto men weakness"!
So often people fall into pluralising that into "weaknesses" but that is not what the Lord said. My mission president pointed this out years ago and I have never thought of it the same way again.
The Lord GAVE this unto us and when we come unto him he will show us that we are mortal and thus dependant on him.
So you can't perfect yourself and overcome all things on your own and do everything you want to do? Well, welcome to mortality! Yup, you are human along with the rest of us. We are all on this earth together and we are all weak and will always need the Saviour. And that is NOT a bad thing.
But when we scorn our weakness (mortality) we also scorn the help the Lord is trying to give us; we are soooo stuck and the Saviour must be so sad.
It is by admitting "I need thee every hour" that we understand one reason why he gave us mortality: so that we would be humble and rely on his Atoning sacrifice.
“Emotions and thoughts are not facts”. So true. I have had alot of anxiety and depression in my life. When I was depressed it was very hard for me to separate emotions and thoughts from facts. One day I felt impressed to write everything down in three columns. What I thought and felt, just the facts, and what I could do about it. This process brought almost immediate relief. Later when I was reading a self help book I found this same strategy in this book. I was amazed and even more amazing was that this was evidence that my Savior knew me, that he cared about me and would help me as promised. Depression can be very isolating but I knew I wasn’t alone. He gave me a way to find hope and the faith to act on it which increased my hope and faith in a cyclical way just like Dr. Bensen described.
Many of God's children deal with feelings of defectiveness. This was a great discussion of how this is part of the plan and something that He is willing and able to help us overcome.
Shout out from your Follow Him fans in the Florida Jacksonville Mission. We love our missionaries and we will keep an eye out for Dr. Benson's daughters and take good care of them. We are in Jacksonville proper and many of our 24-member Zoom FHE group follow this podcast as part of our personal study each week. The missionaries will return with honor saying things like "y'all" and loving barbeque and banana pudding.
Thank you for trying each week to reach the one who is struggling with all manner of affliction or even suicidal. Christ would love the whole person, and minister, and so should we.
I love "covenant confidence". Keeping our covenants is a great key to acting on our faith, which does increase our hope in Christ. We may be weak, but with His enabling power, we can become strong. Thanks for another great lesson.
I can't help but think that not only can our weakness be made strong here and now, but also in our eternal progression. If our weakness is a lifelong circumstance because of our mortality, it can still be turned into our crowning glory when we are no longer in mortality.
As to people who talk about their successful families at the pulpit, I recall Marvin J. Ashton addressing this in conference. As I recall, he said, “please do not burden us with your successes… “
Thanks brothers!!! The was so powerful!
I really needed this today!
Thank you for another beautiful lesson❤❤!
Thank you
Hey Dr. Benson, My husband and I graduated from Morehead State University in the 60's!!
If we spend too much time pondering our past, are future may pass us bye
This is so cool! I can be me and not beat myself for not being perfect.
or... rather, I can recognize that I am not perfect and accept that, and I can have joy because the Savior has paid the price so I can learn from my mistakes. Facing the need to be perfect brings us to the Savior... because there is no other way. Isn't it great to be humble and seek to overcome, to be perfect... knowing Christ is there to help us.
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I'm curious - how many hours each week go into editing these? I'm sure it must be a lot, choosing which audio channel to use, clipping the sounds and video perfectly, making sure that the edited conversation flows well. Thank you, editor(s)!
I loved this information, especially about checking if emotions fit the facts & that thinking and feeling a certain way does not mean I have to act that way. Such timely advice for my family, especially my three boys. Does Dr. Benson have a book or articles written for youth? His perspective is so good.
That Taylor/Tyler line was hilarious 🤭
My in-laws are serving as service missionaries in the Jacksonville mission! I wonder if they will run into each other?