I started this topic with a trip to dictionary.com to find out the definition of "aright." I could guess what it meant by looking at the parts of it, but as it was an unfamiliar word I wanted to make sure. Not surprisingly, this is what I got:
Aright (adverb): rightly, correctly, properly.
In other words, something is "aright" if it is done or said how it should be done or said. But who makes the standard of what is correct? That is an easy answer in the context of scriptures, as all the standards and definitions of what is correct come from God. In Jeremiah 8:6 it says:
6 I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
In this scripture, it is speaking about how people are not speaking aright - or they are not preaching the word of God, and because of it they have no direction in their life.
Last weekend was a big event for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, as it was our semi-annule world general conference. Unlike most conferences where you go to hear new policies or vote on decisions, this conference consists of ten hours spread out over three days (one of them is the weekend before) to listen to sermons by leaders in the Church. The highlight of the conference is the sermon given by the President and Leader of the Church Thomas S. Monson. I always try and pay extra attention to what he says, not only so I can have a response to the question "Oh, you have a living prophet? What has he said recently?", but also because I take what he says seriously as things I need to be working on right now.
In this last conference, President Monson spoke on how this world is loosing it's footing and that it is because of the belief in moral relativism, or in other words that everyone is free to do whatever they wanted and that there is no "right" and "wrong." He declared that the standards of God are not old fashion for a past age, that they are to be lived in our day and that we are as accountable to those laws as ever. He also pretty much said the exact same thing as Jeremiah - that without these standards set by God we end up drifting in this life.
I believe what he says. I can see proof of it around me everyday in my own life and in the lives of others. I can tell you right now, that our living prophet "speaks aright," and that we should listen.
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