Ch. 11 -- CHRIST IS IN THE AMERICAS!! What a wonderful thing it is to KNOW that our Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ walked on this continent and preached to the people!! As I read this chapter, I felt the Spirit tell me that what I was reading was true!! Tears come to my eyes to think about Christ telling these ancient people of His crucifixion and the fact that He did it for us!! What a glorious event that was!! To feel the prints in His hands, feet, and side--what an amazing experience and testimony builder! It breaks my heart to think that I was a part of the pain that He suffered...but at the same time He lifts me up because He loved me enough to suffer for me!! I owe so much to Him and I don't think I can ever repay Him!! I truly love Him and believe in His words!!
Ch. 12 -- Christ gives His new law in this chapter. I find it interesting that is is so simple but we have a hard time with it! Love your enemies and pray for them, turn the other cheek, don't turn those away that need your help...so simple and easy when you think about it, but we all struggle with this concept...especially me!! It is so hard to love those that have been cruel to me...it still hurts to think of all of the things that were done to me by those people. But I know that if I forgive them and live as Christ commands in this chapter, that I will be happier.
Ch. 13 -- This chapter really hit me because the Lord tells the people to serve others and pray and fast...but to do all of those things in secret-not for people to see. Sometimes I feel that as members of the Church we do this. Not so much to other members but to non members. We show them how 'righteous' we are because we pray and we fast and we attend Church every Sunday and we are modest. All of these things are important and we should live like these things are true...but we should not flaunt this things. At school, I see it...and it honestly makes me sad to say that I believe the same things as those people.
Ch. 14 -- Yesterday in my other religion class...we discussed the topic of pride and to cast the beam and mote out of your eyes. It is an interesting topic to discuss and think about. If we open our eyes and do not judge others on their weaknesses and their faults, we will be happier and closer to our Heavenly Father. We do not always know why people act the way they do or why they say the things they say...they may have situations that they are dealing with that we have no idea about and our judgmental views and words do not help. We need to act as Christ would and remember that everyone is our brother or sister and that we are all God's children!!
I love these chapters and realize now that they are my favorite!! The things written in these few chapters are probably the most important things that we can ever read about!! Christ visiting and testifying of His existence and of His law...what else do we need!!?? If we believe in Christ and follow His example, we will be blessed and we will be happier in our own lives and can improve the lives of those around us. I honestly believe these things and will try harder in my own life to live this way...as I believe we all must!!
No comments:
Post a Comment