Saturday, January 26, 2008

Kylee Dribnak says...

In taking the Book of Mormon Challenge and reading this weeks Chapters one verse stood out to me and pretty much became the theme. I know we are all familiar with 1 Nephi 3:7 "..I will go and do the things which the Lord has commanded.." this scripture sounds so easy, just go and do what the lord commands. I feel Like for Lehi and Nephi it was pretty much black and white, good and evil. In our dispensation there is so much gray going on we really need to know where we stand, are we in these gray areas going to church and just floating through our crazy lives or are we doing everything we can to "Do what the Lord commands" and read our scriptures, pray, serve and teach others about our gospel daily? This really makes me want to step up my game and keep reaching for that! Our current prophet reminds us every conference to "BE" a little better in all we do. Be a little kinder, patient, loving, understanding and obedient. I know that through reading the book of Mormon we will find ourselves doing these things as the prophet has asked. The spirit of the book will help us accomplish this.

1 comment:

Holly Harris Murray said...

I am Kylee mentioned this scripture! I was thinking about it all week and what really stuck with me is the part that says, "for I know that the Lord giveth no commandment unto the children of men save He shall prepare a way..."

So really, what excuse do we have? We have the knowledge and He has prepared a way!

Agreeing with Kylee though, it is not always easy to take these commandments on in one big chunk so chipping away and being a little better each day will help us progress and grow as long as we are concious of it and make an effort!