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Originally Posted by Truth
Just be open and read the HWMR. If it helps, it helps. If it doesn't, it doesn't. It also depends on what topic the HWMR is covering. Sometimes I find the topic helpful with the HWMR; sometimes not. But it is unnecessary to make an issue out of it. Even if my LC is using the HWMR, it doesn't mean I have to use it. I can use other materials to cover the same topic. Use whatever material helps you.
This may be a shock you all: when I was in the FTTA, a sister was having a hard time with using the HWMR for her morning revival, so she went to Bro Ron Kangas. You know what he told her? He said, don't use it for morning revival. He said something to this effect: Read it another time so that you are on the same page with the saints when the material is covered on Lord's day. But you can use other materials or just the bible if that helps with your morning revival. We were all surprised at the answer.
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For all the things brother Kangas had said on stage and invited critique, I have always had a respect for him - if only because of the way he has interacted with me.
I have spoken to him on a few occasions, but one in particular stands out. It was at a college retreat and he was the speaker one evening. I talked to him afterward for a while.
Essentially, I laid out to him some very intractible difficulties in my spiritual life. I told him that "calling on the Lord" wasn't helping. Indeed, I was a little antagonistic regarding the "solutions" the LC often offers.
He said (paraphrased): "Brother, I don't know. I know that you can't just decide to fix things. We're all flawed. I don't know what to tell you but to pray. Talk to your brothers. But pray. I don't have a specific solutiuon. But our Lord does and its bigger than our thinking about it."
That meant a lot to me. It still does. Even as I could critique his speaking on other issues.
We are complicated creatures.