1165. Living Up to Our Privileges: A Consecrated Life By Meghan Decker, in Meridian Magazine. A GREAT ARTICLE!
Living Up to Our Privileges: A Consecrated Life By Meghan Decker · November 19, 2019 Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE Every time I hear the quote from Brigham Young about living beneath my privileges, I experience FOMO—fear of missing out. While that can feel like an underhanded marketing trick when I’m convinced to buy something “While They Last!”, Brigham Young’s insight invites me to think about whether I am fully living the life that can be mine: There is no doubt, if a person lives according to the revelations given to God’s people, he may have the Spirit of the Lord to signify to him his will, and to guide and to direct him in the discharge of his duties, in his temporal as well as his spiritual exercises. I am satisfied, however, that in this respect, we live far beneath our privileges. ( Discourses of Brigham Young , p. 32) Those are invaluable promises: the Spirit of the Lord will help me understand God’s will and guid