526. When Problems won't Budge, The Value of Counseling Together!
This article gives very good counsel about what to do when we or others may need help. We are told we should take care of our own stewardships, and not try to take over another person's stewardship. But there are times when others may see solutions to our problems that we aren't able to. I like the ideas here. When Problems Won’t Budge: The Value of Counseling Together By Wm J. Monahan · October 22, 2015, from Meridian Magazine From the despair of debt to the quicksand of illness and loss, our deepest dilemmas can seem blindingly hopeless. The Lord has said, “Come now, let us reason together…” (Isaiah 1:18; see also Doctrine and Covenants 50:10). If we are willing to open our hearts to the counsel of good mentors, they can see things we missed. Why counsel together? The value of counseling together in councils hit me like a road-to-Damascus moment in the mission field. In the Philippines, power outages occur routinely and witho...