Comments for Larry Barkdull

Comment on Priesthood Work Then, Now and Forever by gospelidea

gospelidea — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:02:23 +0000

Dear Nila,
I would be honored to meet you someday. Thank you for your kind words.
Larry

Comment on Priesthood Work Then, Now and Forever by Nila Peterson

Nila Peterson — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:21:44 +0000

Bro. Barkdull,
I have been reading “The Three Pillars of Zion” ever since you released it, reading it very, very slowly. Do you really realize what you have written here! Thank you for listening to that voice that urged you to write this. It is the answer to so many of my prayers. I would like very much to meet you some day when I come to Utah.
God bless you Brother Barkdull…..God bless you…..

Comment on Is Your Life Really Without Purpose? by gospelidea

gospelidea — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:11:10 +0000

Thank you for your kind words. I am convinced that parents who strive to bring many children into the world qualify to receive unique and exceptional blessings from God. I cannot explain it; I just believe that it is so. Heaven cannot ignore such a sacrifice to keep this very difficult commandment. You have a deep reservoir from which you can draw assistance. You have created that reservoir one child at a time as you have brought them into your covenant family in faith. I doubt that you realize just how much protection you really have. May God bless you always.

Comment on Is Your Life Really Without Purpose? by Danny

Danny — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:20:40 +0000

Larry,
Your writings have had a profoundly positive influence in my life, starting with “Zion–Seeking the City of Enoch” through your “3 Pillars of Zion”, and “Portrait of a Zion Person”. My wife and our nine children and I have been tremendously blessed through the years. For the last 12 months we’ve experienced our own time of trial and uncertainty, as we’ve struggled to make it to “garbage week”. Reading your inspired writing has helped me to put off my fears and doubts and renew my determination to become a Zion person, and seek more unity and its attendant blessings. Thank you and may the Lord bless you and your family.

Comment on Contact by gospelidea

gospelidea — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:55:29 +0000

Bless your heart! I watched my mother struggle through similar circumstances. No one knows how lonely and sometimes desperate is the life of a single parent. But the blessings are incredible. I assure you that you are being sustained by powers that you cannot fathom. Your life truly does have purpose–exalted purpose.

Comment on Contact by Janine

Janine — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:08:24 +0000

Please accept my gratitude for your Meridian article “Is Your Life Really Without a Purpose.” I am a single mother of nine children and recently unemployed. I had spent the entire morning in prayer and contemplation about my present circumstances. Your article came as a direct and specific answer to my very private prayers. The spirit bore witness to me that the Lord knows you and he knows me because he brought your spiritual effort to me. All is well.

Comment on Is Your Life Really Without Purpose? by Kristen

Kristen — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:14:00 +0000

No, you are not the only one who has felt like this or wondered these things. It appears that Malachi understood also. As a student of the Old Testament, I love the thought that I am being prepared to construct a temple someday (but aren’t we all doing that, in our own temporal and spiritual lives?)

Comment on Contact by gospelidea

gospelidea — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:32:07 +0000

The principles are the same regardless of a person’s age. Church leaders, friends, spouses, siblings–anyone who wishes to participate in the Lord’s plan of redemption can do so by following the principles the Lord has set out. My book focuses on wayward children, but it is not limited to that group. Keep in mind that ultimate judgment cannot come until a person has full light and knowledge then choose away from it. We are clearly shown in the Book of Mormon a very vile man who had apostatized from the Church and was brought back through a partnership of God and a righteous father. This is not an isolated experience. Mormon meant it to be a pattern.

Comment on Contact by Keith Brandt

Keith Brandt — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:23:35 +0000

I am presently reading your Wayward Children book and am eagerly searching for an answer to our situation. How is the situation changed when your adult child has had her name removed from the records of the Church? She was Born in the Covenant, rebelled in her teens and when she went away to college assumed a gentile lifestyle and then had her named removed. We firmly believe that the only way to effect a change is to pursue a course of sanctification. But has the situation changed since she is no longer a member of the Church?

Comment on Contact by Amelia Campbell

Amelia Campbell — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:32:04 +0000

Dear Brother Barkdull;
I am a widow {16 years},70 years of age, mother of 10, grandmother of 29, and a member of the church for 30 years. My husband and I have 7 of our children sealed to us, however only 5 of the 10 are active.
As a Black family, all of us have had offensive actions and remarks we’ve had to deal with. The inactive children, especially, could not understand how people who said they believed in a God of love, who is no respecter of persons,[ and all of us are of the tribe of Ephraim], could treat us with such disdain, as we received, and so as they left home , one by one, they left the church.
Five of us served missions. Of the 5 girls,4 married non members who later joined then left the church so my grandchildren from these unions are at risk.
I feel so alone at times, as far as being able to talk to anyone and especially to my children. Yes, I Do speak with my Father in Heaven and my Savior, and I Am Thankful for the companionship of the Holy Ghost, but I fear that I keep trying to urge them back to the gospel and I make things worst. So now I’m trying to be like Lehi and “say no more”
I have ordered your book on Wayward Children so that I might gain guidance. I know that “the Lord sent me these 10 special spirits because He trust me”. I am hoping to get the additional help I need by reading your book. By reading some of your readers comments I see that I am not the only parent dealing with this challange, however, we, as Black members in the United States, do have some ‘different’ problems.
I will appreciate any priesthood wisdom you can impart.
Thank you, Sister Campbell