Monday, December 14, 2009

FREEDOM THROUGH DISCIPLINE

A quote from the book I am reading - Let Me Be A Woman by Elisabeth Elliot

"As I sit here in the window of this cottage I can see a sailboat skimming silently along the horizon.  It is a beautiful image of freedom.  But the freedom of the sailboat to move so swiftly and beautifully is the result of obedience to laws.  The builder of the boat had to know the proper ratio of beam to keel and mast.  The one who sails the boat obeys the rules of sailing.  A ship tacking against the wind moves deviously, but when she runs with a strong tide or a following wind she takes to herself the power of tide and wind and they become her own.  She is doing the thing she was made for.  She is free not by disobeying the rules but by obeying them."

And scripture to agree with Elisabeth Elliot - Doctrine and Covenants 98:8

"I the Lord God, make you free, therefore ye are free indeed; and the law also maketh you free."