Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Be grateful for your LDS scriptures

Since we arrived here I have been looking for a good Dutch bible.  There are soooo many versions and, of course, they do not have the King James Version here and thus no LDS scriptures (we are so spoiled).  The first Sunday we were at church we went to our phones and the LDS app, but no, there is no Dutch version of the bible on your phone at all.  Then we found out that both of our bibles we had brought with us are from different translations.  Judy's is actually is the one we bought in Suriname during our last mission and that doesn't follow the ones translated here in the Netherlands.  But as we sit in church and read along we find that there are many different versions even among the Dutch saints.  I took a picture of the Book of James, for you to take a look at the first chapter, with which we are all familiar.  The verses are all smashed together, you have to look for the verse numbers among the writing and the big difference is that there are no footnotes.  Oh, how I wished the saints here had what we have.  Every time I pick up my English version scriptures I think of all those who put this together in the late seventies and early eighties. 
The committee, who put our present day scriptures together was chaired by Elders McConkie, Monson, and Packer, oh how grateful we need to be to these men.  Pres. Packer said at the time that it would be one of the greatest things to ever happen in the Church.  Just the other night, I was listening to to a talk by Robert Millett in which he mentioned the huge difference in the readiness of the students now, compared to when he started teaching at BYU some forty  years ago.
Now, with the emphasis on home centered study of the gospel it will prove to be an even greater blessing.  So, I hope you appreciate the English version of the scriptures as much as I do and thank the Lord for inspiring His leaders to undertake these marvelous jewels.
   

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