Tonight I feel a lot of gratitude and I cannot help but desire to express my feelings for the many joys I have been blessed with. With all of my heart I am grateful for the gospel of Jesus Christ, which fills my soul with the fullest amounts of love and joy and peace and safety and freedom. More than anything, almost, I wish I could share this beautiful gift with the entire human race. My knowledge and application of the truths of the gospel have changed me for good, and though I'm not perfect and continue to make mistakes on a daily basis, my soul longs to be better and to be made more pure through the atonement of Jesus Christ.
I have thought and pondered recently about what it is I really want in life and what would make me truly happy. Sometimes things conflict and I wonder if one day I'll have to choose. Here are the things I have come up with...
To discuss, live, and teach true principles with the people in my life that I love
To work together--through good times and bad--and enjoy the simple things that make life so wonderful and priceless
To share everything I have--material and the love of God--with as many people as realistically possible
To share everything I have with my family and those closest to me
To have the most fun in family traditions and spending time together
To giggle and to laugh and to share memories in each moment
To grow and become better
To have my heart changed to be more like God
To finish off this very thoughtful post (ha, just kidding) I want to share a scripture I read a few weeks ago while I was in Arizona at Jessica's wedding. I had been thinking about what I wanted and would I ever have what I want, and trying to have faith, yada yada, and I found this wonderful little scripture that I'm sure I just passed over many times, without really noticing it. It's in Hebrews 6, and it says starting in verse 10:
“For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister. And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end: That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
“For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, saying, surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.”
How wonderful is life :)
No comments:
Post a Comment