"The power to ask questions—and ask the right questions—is both formidable and fundamental. Think in the scriptures how often parables or sermons are the direct response to a really soul stretching question," said David B. Thomas, Deputy General Counsel for Brigham Young University, at the January 19 devotional held at the Cannon Activities Center.
He urged the audience to have a clear question, even when searching the scriptures, stating, "the fact that most if not all of the scriptures that we are to read and ponder are answers to specific questions leads to the simple matter of whether we actually recognize or have firmly in mind the questions that led to the answering scriptures. Simply put, in reading the scriptures do we get the questions? If in reading the scriptures we don't pay attention to or lose track of the questions, how helpful are answers, really?"
"Many people see our lives as a quest for answers, but I hope that we don't forget that an essential part of coming to an understanding of the answers is in really understanding what the questions mean," said Thomas.
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