Weekly Project...

For this week's project, I listened to a talk by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland entitled, "Remember Lot's Wife". I decided to listen to this talk because it is about repentance, which is a major point taught throughout these chapters.

In this talk, Elder Holland teaches of the 'sin' of living in the past. This is a major part of repentance. Once we have repented, we much move forward with our lives. We cannot dwell on what was and what happened...we need to move forward and learn from the past. Elder Holland says that we must look back on the past, "for the embers of learning but not for the ashes."
This talk applies to the chapters we are reading because the people were living as they always had...in the past. The Lamanites especially, were living how they did because of their fathers and the things that they did. It is so important that we live our own lives and live for the future and not in the past. Also, it is important to repent with our whole heart and not look back longing for the things that were like Lot's wife looked back on Soddom and Gamorha.

I shared my thoughts and feelings with a co-worker. It helped me even more because we shared experiences about how sometimes we have looked back on the past and somehow longed to change what happened to not have felt what we felt. Also, we realized that the things that had happened were beneficial and that we can learn from those things. My co-worker exclaimed how important it is to not look back on the things that happened. He said that it helped him grow stronger in the church and his testimony grew because he learned from his mistakes and knew better, the love that the Lord has for him.