러셀 엠 넬슨 회장: 이 세상을 위해 선지자가 드리는 감사, 희망, 치유의 기도
예수 그리스도 후기 성도 교회의 러셀 엠 넬슨 회장은 아흔여섯 해를 살면서 많은 시련을 보았습니다. 그러나 그는 어려운 시기에도 기쁨을 얻을 수 있는 단순한 치료법이 있다고 가르칩니다. 그 치료법은 바로 감사입니다.
as a doctor i know the value of good
therapy
so dear friends may i prescribe two
activities to help us
experience the healing power of
gratitude
during my 96 years of life i’ve seen a
great depression
a world war the rise of terrorism
hunger and poverty throughout the world
i have also witnessed the advent of
space travel
the internet medical advancements galore
and countless other discoveries that
delight me
prior to my ministry i was a
cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon
and spent many hours in operating rooms
as a surgical resident i was one of the
research team that developed the first
heart lung machine to be used in a human
open heart operation
subsequently i had the privilege of
helping to save lives of hundreds of
patients
and sadly i watched other patients die
despite my best efforts
as a man of science and is a man of
faith the current worldwide
pandemic has been of great concern to me
as a man of science i appreciate the
critical need to prevent the spread of
infection
i also honor the devoted service of
health care professionals
and grieve for the many whose lives have
been
upended by covet 19.
as a man of faith however i view the
current pandemic
as only one of many ills that plague our
world
including hate civil unrest
racism violence
dishonesty and lack of civility
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skilled scientists and researchers are
laboring diligently to develop
and distribute a vaccine against the
coronavirus
but there is no medication or operation
that can fix the many spiritual woes
and maladies that we face
there is however a remedy one that may
seem
surprising because it flies in the face
of our
natural intuitions nevertheless
its effects have been validated by
scientists as well as men and women of
faith
i’m referring to the healing power
of gratitude
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the book of psalms is filled with
admonitions to express gratitude
here are just three of them
it is a good thing to give thanks unto
the lord
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oh give thanks unto the lord for he is
good
come before his presence with
thanksgiving
jesus christ frequently expressed
gratitude
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before raising lazarus from the dead
before miraculously multiplying
loaves and fishes and
before passing the cup to his disciples
at the last supper
the savior prayed and gave thanks to god
no wonder the apostle paul later
declared
in everything give thanks
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over my nine and a half decades of life
i have concluded that
counting our blessings is far better
than recounting our problems
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no matter our situation showing
gratitude for our privileges
is a fast-acting and long-lasting
spiritual prescription
does gratitude spare us from sorrow
sadness grief and pain
no but it does soothe our feelings
it provides us with a greater
perspective
on the very purpose and joy
of life
nearly 16 years ago my wife dancel and i
were
sitting on the sofa holding hands while
we watched television
suddenly she collapsed
despite being well trained to treat the
very thing that ended her life
i could not save my own life
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denzel and i were blessed with nine
daughters and one son
tragically i have lost two of those
daughters
to cancer
no parent is prepared to lose a child
and yet despite these and other
difficult experiences
i am incredibly grateful eternally
for so very many things i’m grateful to
god for the nearly 60 years dansel and i
shared together
for a lifetime of love and joy and
cherished memories
and i thank him for my wife wendy whom i
met
after dance’s passing wendy
now fills my life with joy
i am grateful to god for the years i had
with my two
departed daughters father’s heart
melts when i see attributes
of those girls in the precious faces of
their children
and grandchildren we can all give thanks
for the beauties of the earth
and the majesty of the heavens that give
us an inkling of the vastness
of eternity we can give thanks for the
gift of life
for our amazing bodies and minds that
allow us to grow
and learn we can give thanks for
art literature and music
that nurture our souls we can give
thanks for the opportunity to repent
start over make amends
and build character we can give thanks
for our families
friends and loved ones
we can give thanks for the opportunity
to help
cherish and serve one another which
makes life so
much more meaningful we can even give
thanks for our trials from which
we learn the things we would not know
otherwise
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most of all we can give thanks
unto god the father of our spirits
which makes us all brothers and sisters
one great global family
as a doctor i know the value of good
therapy
so dear friends may i prescribe
two activities to help us experience
the healing power of gratitude
first i invite you
just for the next seven days to turn
social media into your own personal
gratitude journal post every day
about what you’re grateful for who you
are grateful for
and why you are grateful at the end of
seven days
see if you feel happier and more at
peace
use the hashtag give thanks
working together we can flood social
media with a wave of gratitude
that reaches the four corners of the
earth
perhaps this will fulfill in part
the promise god gave to father abraham
that through his descendants all
families of the earth shall be blessed
second let us unite in thanking god
through daily prayer
jesus christ taught his disciples to
pray
by first expressing gratitude to god
and then petitioning him for the things
we need
prayer brings forth miracles
in that spirit i would now like to offer
a prayer
for the world and everyone in it
as i pray i hope you will feel inspired
to do the same
pouring out your heart and gratitude for
the countless blessings god has given
you
and petitioning him to heal our hearts
our families our societies
and the world at large
our father in heaven as fellow
passengers on thy planet
earth we humbly pray unto thee
we thank thee for life and all that
sustains life
we thank thee for the beauties of the
earth for order in the universe
the planets stars and all things of
eternal
significance we thank thee for thy laws
that protect and guide us
we thank thee for thy mercy and loving
watch care
we thank thee for our families and loved
ones who fill our lives with joy
we are grateful for all who are striving
to combat the covet pandemic
please bless them with protection and
inspiration
will thou help us end this virus that
has plagued so many of thy children
we thank thee for the leaders of nations
and others who strive to lift us
we pray for relief from political strife
will thou bless us with a healing spirit
that unites us
despite our differences will thou also
help us repent from
selfishness unkindness
pride and prejudice of any kind
so that we can better serve and love one
another as brothers and sisters
and as thy grateful children
we love thee our dear father and pray
for thy blessings upon us
in the name of thy beloved son jesus
christ
amen
thank you for listening may god bless
you
one and all
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you