God is not nice. He is kind, loving, compassionate, forgiving, generous, patient, and many, many other wonderful things. He is not, however, nice. He does not pander to the feelings and sensibilities of others, and has no problem holding His position. He does not dither, or waver, or lead anyone on - He tells it like it is, and kindly and lovingly expects all of us to buck up and like it. He trusts that we will trust Him, and follow where He leads without having to always be babied along. He supports and guides and answers and listens, and does not waste anyone's time with "nice". "Magnificent", "awesome" and "overwhelming" are much more in His line. God is completely empathetic - He understands perfectly everything we feel and experience, and will not leave us alone unless we ask Him to... and generally not even then.
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I would like to be a valiant, immovable friend. I would like to be known as one who has a kind, loving heart. I'm no longer so concerned about being "nice".
3 comments:
This reminds me a lot of Elder Oaks' talk from this past October.
Right on.
As Little Red says...
"Nice is different than good."
:)
Dangit Cameron, you took my comment.
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