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In Ezekiel 33:11-19, we learn the importance of accepting reproof and correction for growth. Elder Neal A. Maxwell emphasizes that through chastisement, we can discover opportunities for improvement, even when it is uncomfortable. Correction can challenge our egos, but it is essential to our spiritual development. This passage invites us to reconsider how we respond to correction, acknowledging its role in shaping us into better versions of ourselves, and encouraging us to embrace the process of learning and growth.
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Ezekiel 33:11–19 “Can we expect to become like Him, given our imperfections, unless we can learn to accept and apply needed reproof and correction . . . ? How essential our capacity to receive correction and reproof is” (Neal A. Maxwell, Even As I Am [1982], 63). Elder Neal A. Maxwell Reproof and Correction
Ezekiel 33:11–19 “With chastisement comes the chance for improvement, which, though we do not welcome it, we at least do not reject and resent it. Chastisement may occur in the most private circumstances of life or quite publicly. Either way, it is usually a major challenge for our egos. To be dressed down, as it were, just when we are dressed up, appearing to be something other than we are, is no small blow” (Neal A. Maxwell, We Will Prove Them Herewith [1982], 118). Elder Neal A. Maxwell Reproof and Correction