Well you're doing better than me Unicorn man. If I wanted to be released and they weren't willing to move on it, I'd just quit coming altogether for a while. Then I'd tell them, "I don't want to hear anything from anybody, until I get my release." That' usually gets their attention.
I know we're trained to never reject a calling and perhaps that is the Lord's will. But in the end, you have to be your own steward. One thing I learned on my mission was the more you let them push, the harder they will push you. I had to learn to be the one to stand up and take responsibility for my life and learn when to say, "No." I had a hard time figuring that out because obviously I had never been taught that. But I believe there were points when I was right for saying, "No."
Pride and Mormons - where do we stand?
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Re: Pride and Mormons - where do we stand?
And when the confederates saw Jackson standing fearless as a stone wall the army of Northern Virginia took courage and drove the federal army off their land.
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Re: Pride and Mormons - where do we stand?
UnicornMan wrote:Just the ending, when it took 5 months for the Stake to release me after I cited burnout. Took the wind out of my sails.
I'm planning to talk to them about it so I can get my enthusiam back. Ask what their philosophy of releases is, and then let them know my needs if the calling becomes onerous. Thanks for the advice.
That should be good then... also take Ajax's advice... don't be afraid to say no... but at the same time, don't be quick to say it without much thinking either ;-).