Elder Holland says love of wife and kids not in top 3 priorities
Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2022 9:05 am
Holland starts with a bizarre analogy between the gospel and a maypole.
Braiding a Maypole strikes me as a fairly niche activity that a lot of people won't be able to relate to. However, having set off on the path Holland continues and unwittingly tells people his family don't rank in his top 3 identities/priorities.
https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders/2 ... -a-maypole“Did you ever braid a maypole when you were a little kid?” questioned Elder Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. “We always braided the maypole every May 1. And if the maypole is the gospel, then everything else weaves around and becomes part of that configuration.
“But if the maypole is something else, then prophets, seers and revelators have trouble. If it’s material wealth, if it’s social standing, if that’s what you’re braiding to, then we have trouble because some of our colors aren’t going to work.”
Braiding a Maypole strikes me as a fairly niche activity that a lot of people won't be able to relate to. However, having set off on the path Holland continues and unwittingly tells people his family don't rank in his top 3 identities/priorities.
“I can only braid the gospel maypole,” he said. “My first identity, my first identity is love of God, and love of the Savior of the world, and love of neighbor, in that order. And then the strands of that … beautiful little pole can work.”