This
is a verse that has never really stood out to me before. There are things Alma has been told through
the spirit that he doesn’t know from beginning to end. As he’s talking with Helaman about the
records and why they need to kept, he’s not certain of the full impact they
will have throughout the history of the world, he just knows it’s
important. He tells Helaman, “Now these
mysteries are not yet fully made known unto me; therefore I shall forbear.”
What
are mysteries? The dictionary says “something
that is difficult or impossible to understand”.
There are a few things in my world currently that are mystifying me –
most of them too personal to post in a blog.
I
had a bit of a bump yesterday at church as I was given another calling. I’ve felt like I was running faster than I
have strength and the Lord gives me more.
Obviously, I’m not getting something, and the Lord wants me to learn
something I haven’t yet learned. I will
do this calling, and I will give it 100% of what it deserves. Is the Lord telling me that my personal
agenda is not important? Well, maybe He
is. For sure, in order to make time for
this new calling, something will be neglected.
It will most likely be music – the one flexible part of my life that
calls to me constantly and just as constantly gets put aside. Oh, there are others, not the least of which
is genealogy. I can’t seem to find the
time to get that one off the ground.
So
why do I even mention these things? I
don’t know why the Lord has called me to this task. That is the mystery. But I shall forbear. What does it mean to forbear? The dictionary says “politely and patiently
restrain an impulse to do something. The
“something” in this case would be to say “no!”
It’s not in me. I know the Lord
knows something here that I do not know – a mystery. Therefore, I too shall forbear.
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