Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Abraham 5

7 And the Gods formed man from the dust of the ground, and took his spirit (that is, the man’s spirit), and put it into him; and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.
8 And the Gods planted a garden, eastward in Eden, and there they put the man, whose spirit they had put into the body which they had formed.
9 And out of the ground made the Gods to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food; the tree of life, also, in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
10 There was a river running out of Eden, to water the garden, and from thence it was parted and became into four heads.
11 And the Gods took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden, to dress it and to keep it.
12 And the Gods commanded the man, saying: Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat,
13 But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the time that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die. Now I, Abraham, saw that it was after the Lord’s time, which was after the time of Kolob; for as yet the Gods had not appointed unto Adam his reckoning.


I was told in a blessing from Chris that while we were apart I needed to try especially hard to attend the temple every month. I've made it every month and I was thinking I wasn't going to make it this month. While I was reading this part I was just thinking about the temple and that I really do need to go. I'm not sure how yet, but I am going to really try.


14 And the Gods said: Let us make an help meet for the man, for it is not good that the man should be alone, therefore we will form an help meet for him.
15 And the Gods caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam; and he slept, and they took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in the stead thereof;
16 And of the rib which the Gods had taken from man, formed they a woman, and brought her unto the man.
17 And Adam said: This was bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; now she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of man;


I need to be a better help meet. I have been making more strife and contention because of my stupid issues. I wish I knew how to just be done with it all and be back to "normal" except better than normal.

3 comments:

David said...

I feel a whole lot of things I want to say, but then I run into this feeling that I'm not the one who should try to teach you. I didn't have anybody teach me what I know... I learned what I know because I trusted in the Spirit and picked up on things here and there and thought about things a lot. Looks like you're doing that :)

Britta said...

Well, I'm glad you are following the spirit, but I wanna know, haha. Thanks, Dave.

Chris said...

There is no such thing as normal. "Normal" people freak me out. The stepford wives are normal and a lot of people are normal and they weird me out.
you have quirks it is what makes you you. I would not be happy with you without all your individual individualities.
I do not know if i spelled that right or maybe I made up a whole new word.
love you