Sharing our thoughts from our life of discipleship
I hope that tomorrow morning I will rise from my bed and find that I am a more compassionate person because of the things I did today, I also hope that this pattern is one that I can follow as I strive to learn to love the Savior more fully.
Do we allow our faith to be powerfully, even transformatively, lead by compassion? Or do we see compassion as something we pull behind our faith? Do we allow compassion to challenge our beliefs? Or do we challenge compassion with our beliefs?
I never served a full time mission like my niece. I always wanted to, but my life took a different course. However, I am a missionary and have always felt that my calling was to help my family come unto Christ.
There are many forces in this world that help or harm families. Do we recognize them?
The mind gives us logic, dogma, creeds, and beliefs. The heart gives us love, service, relationships, and covenants. Balancing these becomes the work of discipleship.
I believe the Book of Mormon was specifically written for the modern world. We all need it's profound message to come unto Christ.
Just as the kingdoms of heaven expand to reach God's children rather than contract away from them, so can our love towards others different from us.
Let us come together to see the glorious plan God has in store for all of us, just as the picture and poem above so beautifully illustrates two different women unified in the common cause of Christ.
I think the Spirit of God teaches us truth and beauty. And when we seek the people and things in this world that are true and beautiful, we will find God.
