Hesed
Last week in my Institute class, we were talking about hesed-- a Hebrew word that has a meaning of such depth and nuance that there are fourteen or fifteen different English terms used in the Bible as translations of it, including lovingkindness, great mercy, goodness, and loyalty . In a Liahona article titled The Everlasting Covenant from October 2022, President Russel M. Nelson described hesed as "a covenant relationship in which both parties are bound to be loyal and faithful to one another." This is a good description, but I don't think that even this description quite conveys the power and depth behind the word. To give a little bit of background about what we were discussing in class, I'm taking an Institute class called "Adulting 1010." Just by the name, it sounds like a class meant to teach a lot of practical skills related to being an adult, such as managing finances, building relationships, or raising children--and it does seem ...