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Originally Posted by OtterPop
I respectfully suggest that it is not always a win-win situation. If you counsel with your bishop about your marriage, and he recommends that you seek divorce but is incorrect in his advice -- but you obey because he is your called and ordained bishop . . . I think being "blessed" for obedience is cold comfort for having followed uninspired advice -- especially if you had your own misgivings.
Again, I'll say that considering a leader's input is one thing. Obeying for the sake of obeying is another.
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OtterPop, have you been faithfully obedient to counsel that has resulted in more heartache? I've never ever heard of a bishop who counseled divorce.
I have be tested with obedience to counsel from a bishop that was against my thoughts and feelings. In time, the blessings were truly amazing and things worked out better than if I hadn't followed the counsel from my bishop. We cannot know all things except through God. Our leaders speak to us for God and we can confirm that through prayer and personal revelation. Only our loving Heavenly Father knows what is truly best for us . . .and sometimes what he asks of us is hard.
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