THE GATHERING OUT - DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES?

In times past, I have always wondered about when - and even if - something would occur along these lines. Would it become so unbearable to live among the ungodly, that, out of necessity, righteous Saints would have to flee Babylon in order to live their religion fully?

I keep bumping into people who have elected (even in the face of hardship) to make the jump out of Babylon and who are working on the "old arts" - the things that allowed society to function without all the multiple layers of complexity that we have today. The things that kept people grounded - things like natural medicine, canning, sewing (by hand), animal husbandry, gardening, keeping an orchard, hunting, fixing all things mechanical, woodworking, midwifery, knitting and too many other things to mention.

Somebody in our new abode read the blog, tracked my wife down and, as it turns out, is like-minded and a lover of what is good and right. If you are living your life properly, you WILL be attracted to those things. You will feel a need for them in their proper place in your life and will focus on them. Why, you ask? Because they will keep you alive when times are tough - and it is survival of the spiritual fittest, not of the physical fittest. If you are lulled to sleep by the intoxicating hum and excitement of babylon, you will consider all of these arts non-sense. In fact, you will begin to fight against those who are humbly trying to follow what the Spirit of the Lord is directing them to do. The results of that is: "....And thus the Church began to fail in its progress. (Alma 4:10)"

So, there is a sub-culture within the Church of people who are feeling a little out of the box - and I say - who are actually spot on. They are doing exactly as they have been asked by our leadership since Joseph Smith; and more importantly, have been following the Spirit completely without babylon-clouded thinking. I strongly feel the leadership is at a loss as to what to do, as you can only dumb things down so much before there ain't no more dumbing down to be done.... At those points, its just a matter of time before the hammer falls.

I am grateful for my wife who is valiant enough to be a leader in our family to point out and expose corruption where it is and deal with it the best she can. It truly gives me hope for our future.