So I'm changing Mondays. Now Mondays will be Book of Mormon Mondays. I usually have some sort of insight at least once a week from reading in the Book of Mormon. AND isn't writing about the Book of Mormon a much better use of time than writing about television and movies? I thought so.
So here we go! Derek and I made a goal to read scriptures together each morning. We were reading together just before bed and that was a disaster. We have a bad habit of staying up until we're falling asleep and never planning enough time for reading. It was a struggle just to stay awake long enough to read any number of verses.
Thinking it over, we decided that mornings would be better. We'd still be half asleep, but we'd be waking up. I think that's the lesser of the half-asleep evils. And sometimes it's just one of us reading while the other gets dressed and ready, but hey, we're reading consistently! And in our house, that's improvement!
And on to my insight this morning. It was one of those I'm getting ready while Derek's reading mornings. We're in chapter 9 of Alma. It's one of the Alma and Amulek sermons. This is part of what we read...
1 And again, I, Alma, having been commanded of God that I should take Amulek and go forth and preach again unto this people, or the people who were in the city of aAmmonihah, it came to pass as I began to preach unto them, they began to contend with me, saying:2 Who art thou? Suppose ye that we shall believe the testimony of aone man, although he should preach unto us that the earth should pass away?3 Now they understood not the words which they spake; for they knew not that the earth should pass away.4 And they said also: We will not believe thy words if thou shouldst prophesy that this great city should be destroyed in aone day.5 Now they knew not that God could do such marvelous aworks, for they were a hard-hearted and a stiffnecked people.7 And they stood forth to lay their hands on me; but behold, they did not. And I stood with boldness to declare unto them, yea, I did boldly testify unto them, saying:8 Behold, O ye wicked and perverse ageneration, how have ye forgotten the btradition of your fathers; yea, how soon ye have forgotten the commandments of God.
During verses 2-3, I was thinking, what stupid people! They shouldn't doubt that "the earth should pass away!" Everybody knows that once you start thinking that, God will send some hardship, big or small!
And then I caught myself. How many times do I start thinking that way. I've been thinking that lately. Even with the economy being in the state it's in now, I'm still thinking, no way things won't get that bad, really bad things won't happen to us!
How stupid am I?!!! I can't believe it! I should know better! I've read the Book of Mormon; I know about the pride cycle. And I'm afraid my friends that we are in the beginnings of the crashing phase. We shouldn't worry too much or be afraid. We just need to be doing our part to be prepared and be good!
This is so true. I have been kind of trying to stave off my fear by saying it won't really happen, too. but I know that's not true...instead, I just need to concentrate on following the council of our leaders and be prepared, and then I won't have that fear. Because I can't control the economy or the election.
ReplyDeleteSo true Rachel. As we continue to improve ourselves, always seeking to be more prepared spiritually, physically, and finacially we have no need to fear, only rejoice in our Heavenly Fathers plan.
ReplyDeleteWay to go that you have been reading more consistently - we are trying to do that too!!! We need the lessons in the Book of Mormon now more than ever and I know that it was written for our day - for us to learn from. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
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